This newly published book from Quaker Arts Network focuses on climate change and grew out of Seeking Routes, an art exhibition held in 2019 at Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria.
40 Full colour illustrations, 48 pages 21 x 21 cm, ISBN 978-0-9933627-7-4
The Mother Tree, recycled paper collage by Ann Johnson. ‘Mother trees’ are the largest trees in the forest, supporting seedlings by supplying vital nutrients for their development.
Ways to Kiss the Earth presents art works by 26 contemporary Quaker artists responding to the challenges of environmental breakdown in a diversity of styles and media.
The works are are presented under themes of
Wonder and reverence
Spiritual and creative processes
Climate emergency
Simple and sustainable
Witness and activism.
Chocolate and Chimpanzees, a textile panel by Dorothy Jerrome, shows a female chimp comforting a male who has just lost a fight. This image symbolises other losses, such as the profound one of habitat loss caused by the destruction of rainforests for the purpose of growing cocoa.
A final section illustrates the beginnings of the Loving Earth Project, a community textile project aimed at helping people to engage creatively with environmental issues without becoming overwhelmed.
Two QCA members are featured among the book’s artists – Ann Johnson and Dorothy Jerrome.
Ways to Kiss the Earth, 1 Sept 2020, QAN
For details of how to purchase a copy please visit the Quaker Arts Network on the following link:
http://quakerarts.net/resources/
Thanks to QCA for including this, Ann Johnson