Photo by Andy Rygielski

Roaming Perspectives Rushenden

Saturday June 12^th 2010, 2-4pm

To celebrate the natural beauty of Rushenden, Art at the Centre is inviting a professional artist to lead the third Roaming Perspectives workshop on Saturday the 12^th of June. Artist Richard Perry has been commissioned to deliver the Art in the Public Realm project in Rushenden, which will consist of a major new sculpture and a installation along a fence leading into the village. As part of this project participants are invited to take pictures of the area, which will be collected on the day, and become part of photographic exhibition and inform a colour palette for Rushenden.

Rushenden is positioned on the western side of the Isle of Sheppey, bordering on to ancient marshland, and close to sites of historic significance including Deadman’s Island, and one of the earliest settlements on the Island. The area has seen many forms of industrial use, and still has a working mini railway with carries scrap metal across the main road. The walk will lead the group through a range of inspirational landscapes, and will focus on capturing the colours and textures that exist both in the natural and manufactured environment.

The images will then be collated in a group work collage to be exhibited in the Art at the Centre Mobile Art Space later in the year in Rushenden.