The Ash Project - Kent Downs

Ash tree in Scotney Castle gardens, Kent. Photo: John Miller.

Ash tree in Scotney Castle gardens, Kent. Photo: John Miller.

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Ackroyd and Harvey, fabricating Ash to Ash. Photo: Kent Downs AONB
PastTalk

Ackroyd & Harvey: Ash to Ash

Quarterhouse, 49 Tontine St, Folkestone CT20 1BN

Saturday 8 September 2018, 2- 3pm

Join us for this chance to hear first hand about this unique commission celebrating and commemorating one of our most common trees.

Cobham Woods, 2017. Photo: Fiona Fyfe
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Peter Fiennes and Lisa Samson – Journeys Through Trees

The Woodland Tent, Boldshaves Garden, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3RA

30 June 2018, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Join us at the Wealden Literary Festival for a talk with two authors who have written about the tragic and violent loss of trees.

Ash Tree, Knowle House, Kent. Photo: John Miller
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Poetry Evening in The Ash Archive

Studio 3 Art Gallery, Jarman Building

Thursday March 29 2018, from 6pm

Join us for an evening of poetry, art and wine, in the Ash Archive exhibition. The evening will feature poet Urvashi Bahuguna, the University of Kent’s Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow in the School of English.

Sopwith Camel. Image: Ackroyd and Harvey
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Ash Object Lessons Part 2

Urban Room, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1QH (Parking is available on the Arm)

Sunday 5 November 2017, 2-4pm

Ash wood is known for being lightweight, tolerant to vibration and very hard. Egyptians imported ash from Europe and used the wood, which bends when steamed, to perfect the invention…

The effects of ash dieback in the Kent Downs. Photo: Kent Downs AONB, 30 Sept 2016.
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Landscape Change and a Future for Trees

Urban Room, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1QH (Parking is available on the Arm)

Friday 3 November 2017, 7-9pm

The talk will take in the impacts that this and other tree threats will have on the future of our landscapes and how we might mark and celebrate ash in light of this epidemic trees before it is too late. With Ackroyd and Harvey and David Carey leader of the Tree Wardens of Kent.

Arrows. Image: Ackroyd and Harvey
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Ash Object Lessons

Urban Room, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1QH (Parking is available on the Arm)

Friday 3 November 2017, 5-7

In this session, we look at a selection of objects from collected from Rob Penns the Man Who Made Things Out of Trees and museum collections which will form part of a larger archive of ash objects at the University of Kent Studio 3 Gallery in 2018.

Ackroyd & Harvey
PastTalk

Ash to Ash talk – London Tree Week

Euston, London

Sun 4 June 2017, 4pm

Ackroyd & Harvey and Edward Parker explore the links between their major new art commission and the history of the ash tree

A lasting legacy for the ash tree

The Ash Project – Kent Downs

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The Ash Project is an urgent cultural response to the devastating effects of ash dieback in the Kent Downs, celebrating the cultural, natural and social history of the ash tree, and creating an enduring legacy for future generations. The Ash Project is an initiative of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Unit which received funding from Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England to host ash related events in Kent from 2017–2018.

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