About this Event
~ Please note: This workshop open to People of Colour only ~
Peaks of Colour are so excited to announce 'Lyrical Landscapes', our Nature Writing Residency! Each year we will comission a Writer in Residence to create a nature-inspired piece of work for our community to enjoy.
Our 2024 Nature Writer in Residence is the incomparable Dal Kular. Dal is a Sheffield-based writer, mentor and facilitator who is passionate about nature-allied writing for healing, liberation and courage.
As part of her residency, Dal will be creating a Therapeautic Nature Journal - a hybrid publication that will aid our interaction and connection with our local landscapes. This stand alone walkshop is also part of her residency.
About the Workshop
First we will amble through the Longshaw Estate, until we reach the wooded enclaves of Padley Gorge. As we meander, Dal will offer interactive writing prompts that will support us to ground into the natural landscape.
The route will follow Burbage brook and lead us to the Moorland Discovery Centre, where we will have lunch in their garden area. After lunch, Dal will lead us in a Nature Writing and Zine Making Walkshop filled with nature-allied creative writing, collage, rest and conversation. Inspired by the local landscape we'll be exploring our connections with/as nature, healing and liberation and turning these explorations into words and text-based collages. Think readings, writing, making, cutting, re-arranging, sticking, colour and playful mess-making! You will also have the opportunity to contribute your words and art to the forthcoming Journal.
About the Walk
Date: Saturday 8th June
Time: 10:30am
Meeting location:
Ability: Easy-Medium
Accessibility: The walk is mostly flat, uneven terrain, some steps and gradients
Duration: 5-6 hours
Additional details:
Arriving by car: The Woodcroft Carpark offers National Trust-ran pay and display parking at the Longshaw Estate however there is limited parking spaces and the carpark tends to get full quickly on a weekend. There is also on street parking on Hathersage Road, Owler Bar Road, Main Road.
Arriving by public transport: There are two direct buses that runs from Sheffield Bus Station.
The 65 takes roughly 35 minutes. The 9:33am will ensure you arrive at 10:06.
The 272 takes roughly 40 minutes. The 9:44am will ensure you arive at 10:21.
What to bring/wear
- Walking boots/Comfy footwear
- Packed lunch
- Plenty of water
- Weather appropriate clothing/items eg Waterproofs/sun cream
- Blanket or something comfy to sit on
- Sketchbooks/art supplies (optional)
~ THIS EVENT IS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOUR ONLY ~
About
Peaks of Colour is a Peak District-based nature-for-healing club, by and for People of Colour only. Founded in 2021 by Evie Muir, Peaks of Colour offers seasonal Walkshops, creative and holistic walkshops which explore abolitionist, nature-led routes to healing and justice. Both informal and intimate, our community hope to create a safe and brave space for people of colour to reconnect with nature, heal from gendered and racial trauma, take up space and challenge rural racism in the outdoors. Peaks of Colour is a trauma-informed, LGBT+ inclusive space rooted in the Black Feminist ethos of Radical Self Care.
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About Dal Kular
Dal Kular is a writer, artist, facilitator and mentor of creative, therapeutic and nature-allied writing arts for healing, liberation and joy. Her poetry (un)interrupted tongues is published by Fly on The Wall Press. Dal has been a shortlistee for Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize and Class Action Nature Writing Prize. She loves making zines, botanical journals, is an allotment keeper and loves roaming the Peak District in her tiny campervan.
Learn more about about Dal's work .
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Moorland Discovery Centre, The Moorland Discovery Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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