We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the final two events of the British Art Network seminar series, Art Science Nature. 

Colchester and Ipswich Museums have been awarded bursary funding from the British Art Network to devise and deliver this series of four seminars.
The events are open to members of NatSCA (the Natural Sciences Collections Association) as well as the British Art Network, to promote the opportunity for sharing knowledge across networks.

The events are free, and include lunch and refreshments. Spaces are limited, with advance registration essential.

To register for one or both of the first two sessions, please visit the Eventbrite page here: https://banartsciencenature.eventbrite.co.uk

24th February 2020 at FirstSite, Colchester

Taxidermy collections have always provided inspiration for artists to draw from and be creative with. We are now experiencing a moment of growing interest in the contemporary interpretation of taxidermy collections by curators, academics and artists. This seminar will give an insight into the history of taxidermy, past approaches to display and how taxidermists work today.

The seminar will take place at Firstsite, an international art gallery and creative space for Colchester.

A number of spaces are available for individuals who are not currently members of the British Art Network or NatSCA to attend this seminar. Please chose the 'non-member' option on the registration page.

Confirmed speakers

Sophie Stevens, Collections and Learning Curator (Natural Sciences), Colchester and Ipswich Museums

(Not) a Case of Mistaken Identity: Buntings Reunited

Karen Banton, Assistant Collections and Learning Curator (Natural Sciences), Colchester and Ipswich Museums

Still Life, in Taxidermy

Pat Morris, Biologist

Walter Potter’s Curious World of Taxidermy

Sam Shaw, Teaching Fellow in Nineteenth-Century Art, University of Leicester: Teaching Unnatural Histories

Animal Studies and Art History in Higher Education

Hannah Debnam, Taxidermist, Hannah’s Creatures

Working as a Contemporary Taxidermist

Jazmine Miles Long, Taxidermist

A Tribute to Taxidermy

The British Art Network is led and supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, with public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

The last event will be in Flatford, Ecology of Art 

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/flatford-mill/conference/ecology-art

24 March 2020, times tbc | Flatford

 

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