The HERDS Wild Art Workshops

Families have been enjoying Wild Art workshops with Lela Harris during May, June and July, creating the beautiful hand-held and hanging birds and insects shown below.

Their art has been influenced by migrating wildlife such as the Painted Lady and Red Admiral butterflies that visit the museum garden, having had a long and exhausting migration over the North Sea, and the winter migration of the Pink-footed geese with their characteristic ‘wink, wink’ call as they fly over the museum heading for wintery habitats.

These workshops were made possible with the support of the Art Fund as part of THE HERDS, inspiring wonder for the natural world, as well as sparking discussions about the challenges of climate change.