As part of the GUIDEline programme at Longdendale Environmental Centre, near Tintwistle in Derbyshire, Glassball Studio, in partnership with the Peak District National Park Authority, have curated a season of special artist-led activities and workshops for visitors to Park’s boundary.
Following on from our ‘Tracing the Bounday’ events, from archaeology walks to lumen printmaking, we offer this unique art walk where you will be encouraged to trace the northwest boundary of the Peak District at Ogden Brook. This walk is being offered as part of Alison’s micro-commission with Glassball Studio for the GUIDEline project, during the walk Alison will also share her artistic walking practice.
This walk starts from Longdendale Environmental Centre and will follow the boundary through Tintwistle, along Arnfield Lane, all the way to Ogden Brook, where we will stop for our drawing activities with the supplied eqiupment. The walk to Ogden Brook will take about 45 minuets at a steady pace and we aim to work at the selected location for around 1 hour and then return to the centre for lunch, followed by a review of our drawing activity.
A small fee is requested to secure your place and to help us manage numbers. A full refund will be given once you have attended the event.
We would like to showcase works made during this walk at a GUIDEline exhibition in the local area, which is due to take place in the Autumn. This walk is made possible by support from the Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Peak District National Park Authority.
GOOD TO KNOW:
– Longdendale Environmental Centre is a fully accessible venue, with plenty of parking, or it is a 25min walk from Hadfield train station.
– No previous experience or specialist equipment needed.
– This walk is open to all, but please be aware that there will be uneven ground and some steep paths to negotiate, plus the time we will be walking and working outdoors, we recommend that the walk is better suited to children 10yrs+.
– Please feel free to also bring along your own digital cameras and/or camera phones.
– The number for each walk is limited to 12 participants, so please book your place now so we can safely manage numbers during the events.
– The walks will be COVID aware and hand sanitiser will be provided.
– Please bring your own drinks and snacks for the walk. A buffet lunch will be provided at the end of the walk, so do indicate any food allergies when booking or email info@glassball.uk.
– Due to unpredictable weather, please wear suitable all weather clothing and sensible footwear.
– A small payment is requested to secure your place and to help us manage numbers. A full refund will be given once you have attended the event.
Alison Lloyd
Alison Lloyd is an artist based in Nottingham whose early work includes curating and commissioning exhibitions, catalogues, and projects with Stephen Willats, Marina Abramović, and Sarah Staton’s Supastore, which presented early works by Jeremy Deller, Mathew Higgs, and Jessica Voorsanger within a freelance and institutional context. Before she returned to an arts practice in 2010, Alison also worked for Birmingham Artists Studio supporting resident artists to develop their individual projects, followed by working as Head of Visual Arts & Literature for Arts Council England, East Midlands Office. She is a resident artist at Primary.
In 2014 her work shifted to include walking as art and out of these experiences a PhD emerged, Contouring: Women, Walking and Art (2020). The thesis combines a critical, analytical discussion of women artists of the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s with a reflective evaluation of the emergence of walking in her work. Her return to practice was driven by her experiences as a recreational hill walker and from art literature which foregrounds historical walking practices, largely within the field of postmodern sculpture. Her practice has adapted navigation, route-finding skills and contouring as artistic strategies, tools, and processes.