Nature: Sensory, Outdoors Open Studio with Helen Thomas

About

Enjoy an outdoors open studio with artist Helen Thomas.

Over recent weeks, Wakefield based artist, Helen Thomas, has been painting on site at Walton Colliery Nature Park. The work that Helen is doing at the park is part of a project called Nature: Sensory.

Stop by for a quick chat as Helen sketches; see some of the paintings, and hear more about the project and her work.

Helen will be working at the side of the Trans Pennine Trail route, on the water’s edge, near the weir. If you use What3Words you can find Helen near what3words: ///nature.commit.wiggling

Parking: Shay Lane, Wakefield, WF2 6PR

See Helen’s work on Instagram and Facebook: @HelenThomasArtist

Nature: Sensory

Nature: Sensory centres alternative readings and understanding of landscape that are wider than the visual and incorporate other senses. The project responds creatively to disabled artists who have different bodyminds and who find joy in exploring green spaces with touch, sound, movement, taste and smell. It will profile disabled artists and support those that cannot access both green spaces and cultural spaces easily. In inviting disabled artists to create artwork responding to their sensory interpretation Nature: Sensory will create artwork that is beyond expected understanding of landscape.

There will be an exhibition of the artists’ work at The Art House, in Wakefield, in January 2025.

Nature: Sensory is funded by Wakefield Council as part of Our Year – Wakefield District 2024.