‘Students of Nature’ is an alternative/otherwise learning programme led by artist Exodus Crooks.
‘Y: the symbol of man’ (2023), Exodus Crooks. Image courtesy of Katerzyna Perlak for ICF.
In April, Grand Union and artist Exodus Crooks invited applications from artists in the West Midlands for ‘Students of Nature – The City as a Classroom’, an alternative/otherwise learning programme.
Alongside Exodus, the group (Students of Nature) will use the city as resource and starting point to experiment with how we can use elements such as earth, water, wind and sun within nature as teachers, to develop new ways of learning together.
The group consists of 4 emerging artists, researching and shaping a new curriculum that responds to the idea/context of ‘The City as a Classroom’: Gugan Gill, Susie Olczak, Rumbidzai Savanhu and Mads Washbrook.
‘Students of Nature’ will formulate through a series of learning days using different educational techniques, readings and practices to then develop a series of public lesson plans to share.
More information will be added to this page as the project develops.
