NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK 2022 - #HABITATFORSPECIES PROGRAM
As part of National Science Week 2022 the Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub engaged acclaimed artists Todd Fuller and Angus Fisher to facilitate a public program tutoring skills in ornithological scientific drawing, collage and stop motion video.
Participants met both in person and online resulting in an animation highlighting endangered/vulnerable birds living in the Central West NSW. View the video created from #HABITATFORSPECIES program above.
The animation brings awareness to ‘conservation biology’ and triggers thoughts on how communities can care for inland rivers, migratory corridors and endemic planting, whilst creating healthy habitats for woodland birds and animal species.
“I wanted to tell you how fantastic the recent workshops with Todd Fuller and Angus Fisher were, and what a deep impact it has had on me. Not only did I learn much about endangered birds of the region, their habitats and the various reasons for their decline, but I was able to kick start long dormant skills and learn new ones too. I will be using several of the exercises we did, incorporating them into lessons with my school students at school. As a regional artist, it can be difficult to meet other creatives in real life, to connect, share ideas, processes and knowledge. Angus and Todd gave not only invaluable advice and insight into their own practices and skillsets, that will continue to assist me in my art journey. This cannot be underestimated in its lasting effect. Also, connecting with other local creatives has led to conversations between us on how to further keep in contact and develop/facilitate creative and cultural life in Cowra. From a mental health standpoint, it was also truly lovely to turn off and tune in, to carve out time for doing something meaningful and with purpose. I feel a tremendous sense of contentment at how we all as a group encouraged, inspired and supported each others progress. So the benefits have been many, in the present as well as in the future. I hope this is just one of many of these initiatives you are able to fund and keep formulating, programming, developing - Thanks for it all!”
“Thanks to the CORRIDOR project for facilitating a fantastic set of scientific drawing and animation workshops. An intensive program delivered to highly engaged and enthusiastic students who thoroughly enjoyed their time learning and creating an impressive animated film”
“Another Science week has rolled around with the opportunity to discover new things about our world, and in particular, some of the vulnerable bird life in the Central West. Drawing and inking amidst the Lanolin smell of the old woolshed was heaven, under the tutelage of Angus Fisher and Todd Fuller. The Corridor Project accommodated us and fed us, with all the care and comfort of home. The number of species on the endangered list is large - SOS to us all : Saving our Natural world is the only thing that will Save ourSelves”
“We take a group of strangers, teach them the highly intensive traditional practice of botanical illustration in a setting where some of the participants have never even drawn before. Then we make them kill their darlings and cut up their labour intensive artworks for contemporary animation on iPads. The group dynamic is the best part. An incredible mix of newbies and artists from all over the region, with various degrees of technological literacy. The workshop is an exciting challenge, the group are generally complete strangers so naturally we ask them to collaborate intimately. They research new source materials and subjects in depth, share their findings, work together in a highly dynamic exchange, both on zoom and in a woolshed. ... And then we casually ask them to make a masterpiece and push them to create something of calibre with an exhibition outcome in mind. On paper this workshop shouldn’t work in such a short timespan... but in reality, it is a beautifully fruitful exchange, an intense incubator of skills, and an extremely satisfying and rewarding program to run.”
ARTISTS, HSC STUDENTS, TWITCHERS, BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATORS, ANIMATORS, ECOLOGISTS, REGENERATIVE FARMERS…..
#HABITATFORSPECIES VIEW ON NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK WEBSITE HERE
Would you like to contribute in making a collaborative stop motion video bringing awareness to ‘conservation biology’ whilst learning about sub migratory woodland bird and animal species, delivered by key presenters in botanical illustration and animation!!!
Join us for National Science Week 2022, discover how communities can protect and create healthy habits for endangered endemic flora, fauna, and invertebrates through awareness of inland rivers, migratory corridors and endemic planting with Birdlife Australia Jayden Gunn [field walks/talks]. Renowned artists Todd Fuller, and Angus Fisher will facilitate a series of workshops over two weekends to explore, exchange and be part of a unique science/arts collaboration.
August 13th-14th [location: the CORRIDOR project 2997 Darby Falls Road Wyangala]
August 20th-21st [online zoom tutorials both group and individual]
Presenter:TODD FULLER
With a practice that integrates sculpture, moving image, performance and painting, Sydney based artist Todd Fuller is, at his core, a draughtsman. Underpinning all aspects of his practice is a love of drawing and a belief in its power as a democratic medium to connect, engage and delight audiences.
For ten years, Fuller has been crafting hand-drawn animations that grapple with love and loss, as well as ideas of place, identity and community. Often narrative in form, these award winning works are derived from Fuller’s experiences with different communities, sites and histories.
Presenter: ANGUS FISHER
Angus Fisher is a Sydney based artist that specialises in printmaking and drawing, working primarily in pen and ink and copper plate etching. Known for his precise and intricate observations of the natural world, Fisher’s practice not only investigates the diversity of ecology through his subjects, but the evolving attitudes, relationships and philosophical interpretations of humankind to the wider natural world. In 2018, Fisher presented a folio consisting of 24 editioned hand-coloured etchings titled ‘Birds of New Holland’ as a contemporary reference and accompaniment to the early encyclopaedic natural history illustrations of J.W. Lewin
Supported by: Inspiring Australia [Details for this program will be posted beginning of July with registration details]
To view an example of our previous drawing and stop motion animation program in 2021 GO HERE. Or TCP in partnership with AMRI [Australian Museum Research Institute - GO HERE]
Presenter: Jayden Gunn
Central NSW Woodland Birds Project Coordinator - BirdLife Australia