Green Thing friends (see our little creature behind Heather above?) international artists Ackroyd and Harvey have a new project in the works. They’re returning to their roots in Dorking, Surrey alongside Anne Brodie and Amanda Loomes. Although all four of the artists have lived in the area, collectively over 100 years, they have never exhibited together in their hometown.
The artists will be transforming a vacant shop into a gallery and will be exploring habit and habitat, and what local means to the artists.
The exhibition ‘Artists in Residence, Dorking’ is taking place at 13 St Martins Walk Shopping Centre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1UT and will be open to the public for the first 3 weekends in October. It all kicks off tomorrow, October 1st. To find out more, or reserve tickets for talks by the artists, you can call the box office: 01306 881717.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
