{"product_id":"friends-talk-sara-dudman-rwa","title":"Friends Talk: Sara Dudman RWA","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003eWednesday 05 August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTime:\u003c\/strong\u003e Doors open 5.45pm, Talk starts 6pm \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Friends of the RWA are thrilled to present our August talk - presented by RWA Academician Sara Dudman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter speaking to Friends earlier on this year in the Kenny Gallery, we are thrilled to invite Sara to return to us in the Youngwood Room, to speak more about her current work - \u003cem\u003eLey of the Land. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLey of the Land \u003c\/em\u003epresents new earth-pigment paintings arising from a series of ‘nomadic-sporadic’ walks undertaken in an ancient Cotswolds Land Circle.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the social walks, folk dancing, foraging for wild earth pigments and unearthing the ancient and modern stories held within the land, \u003cem\u003eLey of the Land\u003c\/em\u003e condenses and imagines future, past and present relationships with this rural part of the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilmmaker Hannah Earl has created an accompanying film which interprets and articulates the experience of the walks, creative processes and conversations with the paints and human collaborators. This is slow art. Paintings have been created from the collected earth pigments, which hold traces of every occupation and event which has ever happened in each location.  The paintings become\u003cem\u003e Deep Maps \u003c\/em\u003eof the Cotswolds, to be presented in exhibitions, starting at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebucklandgallery.co.uk\/\"\u003eLittle Buckland Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e in September 2026. The works will be shared alongside a 10-year archive of Land Art by Sara. The paintings are joyful celebrations of The Cotswolds themselves and of past, present and future environmental uncertainties.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith assistance from Evesham Ramblers, Sara and Hannah walked within the Land Circle. Their walking routes took them through the heartlands of the north Cotswolds National Landscape.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLey of the Land\u003c\/em\u003e asks how walking and dancing together, along ancient tracks and making paintings help us understand and express this place and how we live with it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProject news : Instagram @saradudman1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e If you book a place at this talk but cannot attend for any reason, please cancel officially either by contacting us or via your confirmation email, so that someone else may take your place. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a talk for Friends of the RWA.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Friends of the RWA information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rwa.org.uk\/products\/join-the-friends-of-the-rwa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind out about becoming a Friend of the RWA\u003c\/a\u003e, the benefits a membership provides, including free access to all RWA exhibitions, a monthly newsletter, access to talks and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4030","offers":[{"title":"Friends Talk Ticket","offer_id":42971406467143,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Friends Talk Ticket and donate £5","offer_id":42971406499911,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Friends Talk Ticket and donate £10","offer_id":42971406532679,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Donate £15","offer_id":42971406565447,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2297\/4037\/files\/9792f273-38b8-42c8-95cf-5075c9392d86.jpg?v=1784210476","url":"https:\/\/www.rwa.org.uk\/products\/friends-talk-sara-dudman-rwa","provider":"RWA Bristol","version":"1.0","type":"link"}