The Tramping Gently Club Art Collective was formed in April 2021, and consists of three female artists; Cheryl Gallaway (UK), Ellen Rodda (NZ) and Siv Fjaerestad (Norway) working together in Paetumokai, Featherston, Aotearoa. Our collective art practice peels open layers of the female voice and its/our relationship to the land, the commons and strained notions of environment. We embrace a multidisciplinary and multi-media approach, that seeks to invite and inspire conversation and participation. Living in a
Poems Against Sustainability available from National Poetry Day on Saturday 26th August 3pm in the Remutaka Forest Park. Poems Against Sustainability was created for and first presented at Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2022.
Gather around the fire at Turere Lodge in the Remutaka Forest Park, with a cup of kanuka tea and the input-provoking card game Poems Against Sustainability. Experience a unique collaboration created by three Featherston artists, working together to tackle sometimes uncomfortable discussions about climate change, their relationship to the land and working with nature - through playing cards.