Urban Food Foraging Workshop - Dundee

Urban Food Foraging Workshop

11am, Saturday 14th October 2006

meet at the dragon sculpture on the High Street, Dundee

free to all

Artist Beth Hamer will introduce people to the various kinds of edible
plants that grow wild around the city. This workshop will be in the form
of guided tour around areas of Dundee where such plants can be found.

The foraging workshop will involve a walk around the city of Dundee,
looking for and identifying edible plants, which grow abundantly
throughout the city streets and green areas. The workshop will include
collecting edibles and a foraged feast at the end of the day. As a
response to oil depletion and our heavy reliance on supermarkets, this
workshop will provide a foundation in the knowledge that we can provide
for ourselves by being more aware of our environment.

The workshop will be outdoors, please wear suitable clothing.

Beth Hamer is a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art,
Environmental Art Department, and winner of the 2006 Eco Prize.
Beth's artworks are designed to inspire and assist people to take small
steps to overcome an enormous challenge - how to live sustainably and
ecologically in an urban area. She is interested in low-cost, low-tech,
resourceful ways of presenting and elaborating artistic work, which
engages its viewers.

The workshop is part of the exhibition 'diggers', with Simon Yuill, Chad
McCail and Beth Hamer, at the Hannah Maclure Centre Gallery, September
15th to December 15th. Gallery and Coffee Shop opening Hours: 9.30am to
4.45pm Monday to Friday. The Hannah Maclure Centre, 3rd Floor, Student
Union Centre, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee. Supported by
the Scottish Arts Council and the University of Abertay.

'diggers' is part of the spring_alpha project. spring_alpha is
supported by Alt-W, the British Council, Centre for Contemporary Art
(Glasgow), Dundee Contemporary Arts, Media Arts and Imaging (University
of Dundee), Media Centre (Huddersfield), the National Lottery through
the Scottish Arts Council, Netherlands Institute for Media Art, New
Media Scotland, Piet Zwart Institute, and the University of Abertay.

http://www.spring-alpha.org

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