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OrganicARTS - Projects


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OrganicARTS

is involved in a wide range of projects and events. Find out about some of them here.

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Organic Learning - Mind Maps

This is a project to encourage visitors to add their own ideas about what they learn. Interested in taking part?

Find out more here.

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The Community Garden Project

The Community Garden is tended by The Volunteer Group who meet at the farm on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Find out more here.

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Projects linking city based groups with the farm.

Find out more here.

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Working Within Woods

Regenerating neglected woodland and learning old and new skills.

Find out more here.

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Environmental

Projects involving water, power and recycling

Find out more here.

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Earth Horse

A giant horse ploughed in a field by giant horses. This was a special project created by Sara Bor.

Find out more here.

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Apple Day

A celebration of the West Town orchard and of apples. We held an Apple Day with a range of activities taking place in the Barn and the Orchard.

Find out more here.

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Cow Poems

The West Town milking herd was sold at auction on the 24th January.

Find out how we marked the event.

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Nine Artists and One Farm

OrganicARTS was involved in last year's 9 Days of Art Event. 9 Artists exhibited work inspired by the Farm over a 9 day period under the name of Nine Artists and One Farm.

Click here for more information.

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Text+Image

Adults and children explore the farm with a Text+Image bag. They gather images with a digital camera and text on an Alphasmart Neo keyboard. The collection of images and text is then presented as a Powerpoint to other visitors on the farm.
OrganicARTS has also created a 5 Senses Walk around the farm to enagage visitors in a range of creative writing.
Text+Image was part of the tExt Festival of writing in Exeter. Visit www.textfestival.org for more information

Click here to see a presentation as a Quicktime movie
Click here for examples of Text work on the farm. 

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Educational Visits

Primary school children visit the farm to explore and engage in a range of activities including living and growing, environmental sculpture, study of natural and man made features and poem writing. OrganicARTSseeks to develop long term relationships with schools allowing the children to gain a real sense of connection with the farm. Alphington Primary School and St Davids Primary have built farm visits into their curriculum develpment across the whole school.

Click here to see the Sculpture Visit as a Quicktime movie
Click here for a single image
Click here to see the Sound Poems as a Quicktime movie
Click here for a single image

University of Plymouth

OrganicARTS established a relationship with lecturers at Plymouth University. Their students studying for a module in Contextual Practice used the farm as a resource for their course work The farm hosted an exhibition displaying this course work with OrganicARTS acting as mentors for these students.

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The Outdoor Kiln

An outdoor kiln was made in partnership with the Univeristy of Plymouth. It used clay dug up from the farm for both its structure and for the pottery that groups model. Firing took place over a 24 hour period using wood from the farm.

Click here for more information.

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Tree Circle

Tree Circle is a long term project by Beth Richards creating a celebrational space based on the trees in the Celtic Lunar Calendar.

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The Fresco

A traditionally constructed fresco was created on one of the farm yard walls. Using natural pigments a group of University of Plymouth Students painted onto lime render. They had to work quickly for once the render has dried no more changes can be made.

Click here for more information.