Free Workshops

Please ring 07866 007454 to reserve your place

The Big Draw, Drop in Drawing
Weds 28th pm only, Fri 30th, Sat 31st& Nov 1st

Expect different ways to draw with Environmental Artist, Wren Miller, past winner of Big Draw's 'Drawing Inspiration Award' 2000

Hands to Earth
Friday 30th October

Hands-on workshop creating sculptural forms from mud -the oldest eco building material. With Environmental Artist, Wren Miller 10.30-12.30pm & 2.00-4.00pm

Rattle your Bones, Halloween Drumming
Saturday 31st October

Drum Workshop with West African Master Drummer, Jahman Sillah. 11.00-11.45am, 12.15- 1pm, & 2pm - 2.45pm

All of the above workshops take place at:
The Chameleon Gallery,
23-25 Sandwell Street,
Walsall
WS1 3DR
Telephone 01922 646724

I am an Arts Council funded 'visionary' artist, a lead environmental, contemporary public artist, with over twenty years' experience bringing together exceptional artwork, artists and the wider community - within public art, trails, exhibitions, community projects and performances. An idea of mine, the A4e contemporary environmental arts trails, was discussed at the Quantum Leap Conference.

My work has been selected for international exhibitions and celebrations, including The Severn Project and Darwin Centenary Celebrations; the Shift-Time Festival.

Research

Join me as I embark on 18 months of Arts Council funded research and development, seeking for new materials to build art work and inspire with. On this journey across three continents I begin a range of experiments and eco encounters to blog and share on this website-in-development.

wrenmillerart.co.uk

This site will be an accessible website full of ideas and inspiration for the next generation of artists and home builders.

Increasingly my art works are of a temporary but giant nature. I will be researching and experimenting with combining earth, recycled and waste materials, and looking at the challenges eco artists have to produce long lasting work.

Underpinning this are my studies for an MSc at Centre for Alternative Energy (CAT)

See my work in the OMH cafe, Shrewsbury, until October 20th, with a collection of images of the Giant Remembrance Labyrinth made from 7000 donated books, in collaboration with Ray Jacobs.

See how the Labyrinth came to be, on my visual blog: the remembrance path, facebook.

Community participation

Past winner of Big Draw's 'Drawing Inspiration Award' 2000, Youth Participation Consultant to Lancashire County Council and used by Education Business Partnership (EBP), you can expect both imaginative and memorable delivery and ways to engage.

Working with individuals, recycling companies and charities such as Oxfam, World of Books and European Textile Recycling, my work aids communities in the UK and overseas.

Schools work

Natural House eco-building workshops for schools and community groups.

"It was very hands on, very interesting, muddy and fun! Thanks for your time" - Ben "I'm hungry, I'm mucky and I'm proud!" - Ryan
Natural House workshops feedback.

Current Show: Meetings in the Middle of Somewhere

A solo exhibition at the Chameleon Gallery, Walsall.
Wednesday 28th October to Wednesday 4th November 10.30-5.00pm daily

This show is a response to travelling for two months in Mali, West Africa, studying the incredible mud architecture and meeting Mali's unique mix of Animists and Muslims, in the Tuareg, Dogon, and Bambara tribes.

Works will include 'a mile in their shoes', 'the five pillars', 'drink deep'- pieces made with donated, unwanted clutter and turned into contemporary art. The art works have involved people who have donated in a dual process of clearing and giving.

Follow the 'Meetings in the Middle of Somewhere' blog for updates on all the goings-on behind the scenes at this interactive exhibition.