Clare Twomey, Professor in the Westminster School of Arts, is one of several leading artists whose work forms part of The Wild Escape project which aims to aid children’s climate literacy. The project was instigated and launched by the Art Fund.
Launched on 24 January 2023 at the National History Museum, The Wild Escape aims to inspire children across the country to visit museums and respond creatively to the threat posed by climate change.
With 500 institutions participating, this makes The Wild Escape the largest collaboration ever between British museums. Children will be encouraged to look for animals featured in museum collections and create their own wildlife artworks.
Professor Twomey is one of the several UK leading artists invited to take part in the initiative along with FKA Twigs, Es Devlin, Heather Phillipson, Rana Begum, Mollie Ray, Yika Shonibare, Tai Shani, Mark Wallinger, and Angela Palmer.
Their artworks will then be brought to life in a huge-scale immersive display, which will be unveiled on Earth Day on 22 April 2023.
Speaking about her participation in the project, Professor Twomey said: “To be able to discover so much of nature in our fantastic museums in the UK through the lens of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is an incredible opportunity and [I] call on the public to join in and celebrate nature with the Art Fund.”
The project is in partnership with the WWF, the RSPB, the National Trust, and English Heritage, and is open to every primary school age child to take part from now until July 2023.
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