As part of FRAUD’s Stanley Picker Fellowship exhibition, A Simultaneous Agreement, the Gallery is hosting a Bathing Request Public Consultation to gather public views and support. The consultation will contribute to the evidence required for an application to DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) seeking designated bathing water status for a section of the Hogsmill River near the Gallery. If you would like to participate in the request you can fill in this form with your views and this information will be submitted to DEFRA as part of the application.
To coincide with the consultation period the Gallery hosted a series of Hogsmill Community Events, including workshops, guided walks, panel discussions, screenings, citizen science activities, and informal gatherings. The programme was developed in collaboration with members of the community, who proposed activities that raised awareness of the Hogsmill River by exploring its current ecological condition, tracing its histories, and inviting participants to speculate on its future. The programme helps to demonstrate public interest, use, and care for the Hogsmill River and helps the artists to develop diverse forms of evidence.
Events programme:
Tuesday 16 June | 6:30-8:30pm
Walking with Hogsmill Water Voles Join local ecologist and director at Citizen Zoo Elliott Newton for a walk from the source of the Hogsmill River to Six Acre Meadows where John Everett Milais painted Ophelia, exploring the reintroduction of water voles and their role as ecosystem engineers.
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Wednesday 17 June | 3-4pm
How to Communicate with and Persuade Politicians – A Practical Workshop with Marilyn Mason of Transition Town Kingston and editor of Kingston Environment News,
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Thursday 18 June | 12-4pm
Woven Observations of the Hogsmill River Workshop with Dominique Bailey-Boahene, exploring how landscape can be observed and reinterpreted through cloth.
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Thursday 18 June | 5-6:30pm
Hogsmill Wastewater Treatment Plant Walk with Laura Nee from the South East Rivers Trust, learn about the lifecycle of the chironomids (midgies) that proliferate with sewage overflow.
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Friday 19 June | 3-5pm
Plants of the Hogsmill River Join artist and KSA lecturer Angela Ford for a walk and cordage making workshop using local plants and materials.
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Saturday 20 June | 11-1pm
Hogsmill River Poetry Workshop with Henny Turner local environmentalist, learn how to write a poem in response to the river.
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Saturday 20 June | 1-3pm
Lunch on the Hogsmill Island – Join us in the Gallery for a lunch that takes in the sites of the island
Saturday 20 June | 3-5:30pm
The Peoples Emergency Briefing and panel discussion with artists, ecologists and activists on actions to support local stewardship.
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