Arts-based Ecology Education
Arts-based Ecology Education (AbEE) is driven by the idea of using art as a way of supporting children to engage with nature rather than merely illustrating it.
My AbEE work explores how art making can be used to engage children in a meaningful way with the living world. It develops understanding through increasing awareness and sensitivity to nature. AbEE recognises the value of experiential, creative learning and the benefits the arts bring in offering learning opportunities that are enjoyable and motivating, resulting in memorable, authentic learning.
Below are a selection of images taken from my AbEE work in national schools over the last twenty years, through a variety of programmes including Heritage in Schools, BLAST, TAP and Artist in Schools residencies.
