Sea Creature Installation seeks a name: cast your vote by 31 July 2023!

Press release issued: 10 July 2023

On 28 June 2023 staff and students from Archway School and All Saint's Academy in Gloucestershire crafted a sea creature, now installed in the School of Education foyer. Now it’s your turn to take part in the project by deciding what we should call the creature. Cast your vote by 31 July 2023!

In a blend of art and climate activism, on 28 June 2023 staff and students from Archway School and All Saint's Academy in Gloucestershire crafted with passion and dedication a sea creature, now installed in the School of Education foyer.

sea creature realised with plastic materials This event was a celebration of the end of the 2-year SLiCE (Secondary Leadership in Climate Education) project, which both schools have been participating in since September 2021.

Bringing together educators, learners and community artists to develop education-based and cross-curricular ‘craftivist’ activities, the aim of this project was to prompt conversations and action related to climate change. This allowed young people to explore and express their thinking and feelings around environmental issues, through the accessible hands-on creation of this creature in a school setting.

Students building up the plastic sea creature

Throughout their workshop “Climate Change Craftivism in the Classroom”, the staff and students from Archway School and All Saint's Academy in Gloucestershire worked collaboratively with the following members of the Craftivism team:

- Steph Reeves, Artist,

- Kirsty Hammond, Climate Action Programme Manager, Heart of BS13,

- Dr Alison Oldfield, School of Education University of Bristol,

- Dr Nicola Warren-Lee, School of Education, University of Bristol,

- Dr Michelle Graffagnino, School of Education, University of Bristol,

- Gemma Gilvin, School of Education, University of Bristol,

- Lauren Hennessy, School of Education, University of Bristol.

And SLiCE team:

- Prof Paul Howard-Jones, School of Education, University of Bristol,

- Lauren Hennessy, School of Education, University of Bristol.

This event was possible thanks to funding from the Cabot Institute. Thank you to the Brigstow Institute and BA/Leverhulme for funding the Craftivism and SLiCE projects respectively.

QUESTION: What do you think we should call the creature?

Now it’s your turn to take part in the project by deciding what we should call the creature. We have left a box to cast your vote on the foyer desk, right next to the installation. The winning name will be displayed in the foyer and circulated with pictures of the creature on social media.

Ballot box where people can cast their vote to choose how to name the sea creature

Cast your vote by 31 July 2023 and help us name this sea creature!