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Supporting life through art, across Northamptonshire and online.

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art commissions artistic dialogue between artists and audiences, people and place. We work innovatively and collaboratively to fuse urban culture with the rural landscape and bring rural perspectives into the urban environment. We programme temporary interventions reflecting the performative quality of inter-disciplinary art, in real and virtual spaces across Northamptonshire and the East Midlands. We infiltrate and subvert the everyday, to find points of resonance and contrast, and create contemplative spaces for audiences. As an educational charity, learning is intrinsic to all our work and we explore areas of convergence and divergence between the visual arts and other professional sectors, to challenge thinking and develop inter-disciplinary and site responsive artistic practice.

29/10/2026

What does a drawing sound like?

CE Academy students joined Fermynwoods Director, James Steventon to explore connections between sound and mark-making. Drawing on the key pillars of Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, James devised a session bringing together art, education, environment and digital experimentation, exploring how gathered charcoal and graphite drawings might be played through simple electronic circuits.

Students began with expressive drawings inspired by one another’s favourite songs. The day then took an unexpected detour into pumpkin painting, alongside experiments with small sound-recording circuits. Laughter, singing and even burps became material for digital distortion and radical time-stretching, transforming familiar sounds into strange, atmospheric soundscapes.

Turn the sound on for a glimpse of their sonic experiments.

27/10/2026

Introducing Creative Explorers Club! 🌿

This new free after-school programme from Fermynwoods Contemporary Art is for young people aged 13–18 who are autistic or have additional support needs.

Join us every Thursday from 4.30–6.30pm at the Log Cabin Studio, East Carlton Country Park.

Young people will have opportunity to work with professional artists each week to explore art, creative digital technologies and the natural environment.

Places are limited and booking is essential.

Find out more and enrol here: https://bit.ly/FCACreativeExplorersClub26

27/10/2026

Introducing Creative Explorers Club! 🌿

This new free after-school programme from Fermynwoods Contemporary Art is for young people aged 13–18 who are autistic or have additional support needs.

Join us every Thursday from 4.30–6.30pm at the Log Cabin Studio, East Carlton Country Park.

Young people with have the opportunity to work with professional artists each week to explore art, creative digital technologies and the natural environment.

Places are limited and booking is essential.

Find out more, and enrol: https://bit.ly/FCACreativeExplorersClub26

23/10/2026

Digital artist Sian Morrell recently worked with Fermynwoods Alternative Provision students to explore projection mapping.

After a walk around East Carlton Country Park, students used images they had captured with digital cameras, alongside other selected images, to projection map onto the surfaces of cardboard sculpture they had created.

Through the activity, students developed their digital photography siills, image selection, composition and visual storytelling. They experimented with cardboard construction, explored how images and light interact with three-dimensional forms, and learned to position and adapt projections to fit different surfaces. The process also encouraged creative problem-solving, spatial thinking, experimentation and collaboration.

A great opportunity to combine looking closely at the world around us with making, digital technology and creative discovery.

08/10/2026

Fermynwoods Alternative Provision students recently worked with artist Jack Halford at East Carlton Country Park, to learn about and exploring framing and presentation can transform the way an artwork is received.

Using work they had created over the previous weeks, the students learned about how best to display work, before turning to making their own frames. The results were outstanding - each frame thoughtfully complemented the artwork while becoming a creative piece in its own right.... a brilliant session to enhance the skills that they are gaining.

A brilliant final stage in bringing the students’ work together and preparing it to be proudly presented!

05/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Kettering Arts Centre for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing.

More than 120 people came together to learn, reflect and discuss the climate and nature crisis, what it means for Kettering, and how we can build a more resilient future through collective action.

The event was organised by Dr Siobhan Currie in partnership with Kettering Town Council and formed part of a growing movement of more than 4,500 community briefings taking place across the country.

Following the film, we heard from Natural Ise, Kettering Huxloe Rotary Club, Kettering Nature Group, Brightwayz, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art and the Wildlife Trust about the positive work already happening locally and how people can become involved.

The discussions explored ways to protect nature, strengthen community resilience and take meaningful action—individually and together. More than 60 people also completed postcards to Kettering MP Rosie Wrighting, sharing their concerns about the climate and nature crisis.

Thank you to everyone who stayed to share their thoughts, listen to others and consider what they might do next.

The conversation continues with a follow-up drop-in meeting at Kino Lounge, Market Place, Kettering, on Wednesday 14 October, from 7pm to 9pm.

There will also be another screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing at Desborough Community Library on Wednesday 21 October, from 7pm to 9pm. Free tickets are available at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/strongerasone/2411311

Many thanks to Neil Fedorowycz for the photographs.

Find out more and take action:

https://www.nebriefing.org/take-action

01/10/2026

Artist Geoff Diego Litherland recently joined Fermynwoods Contemporary Art’s Alternative Provision students at East Carlton Country Park for a creative exploration of shibori.

The students experimented with folding, binding and colour to discover how different patterns could be created across fabric. Lots of initial testing allowed them to explore the possibilities, refine their ideas and choose the effects they wanted to achieve on their finished T-shirts.

Each young person then applied their chosen techniques to transform a T-shirt into a unique artwork to take home.

It was a brilliant opportunity to work intuitively, embrace the element of surprise and see how the shibori process produced a different result every time.

A huge thank you to Geoff and to all the students for their creativity and enthusiasm!

29/09/2026

What does the climate and nature crisis mean for Kettering—and how can we respond locally?

Join Kettering Town Council and Fermynwoods Contemporary Art this Wednesday for a free screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing.

The powerful 45-minute film brings together nine leading UK scientists and experts to explain the latest evidence on extreme weather, food security, public health, the cost of living and the wider climate and nature crisis.

The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion about resilience and forward planning, with local groups already making a difference in the community.

Wednesday 30 September 2026
7pm
Kettering Arts Centre, St Andrew’s Church
Free | Ages 16+

Places are free, but please register in advance:
https://www.ketteringtowncouncil.gov.uk/briefing

28/09/2026

CREATE AND ANIMATE YOUR OWN WOODLAND CREATURE!

Join Fermynwoods Contemporary Art at The Log Cabin, East Carlton Country Park, on Saturday 3 October for a FREE family workshop.

Explore the country park and gather natural materials to create your own woodland creature, before bringing your character to life through simple stop-motion animation techniques.

This workshop will run between 10am until 2pm, and families are welcome to drop in at any time. No previous experience is needed - just bring your imagination and enjoy experimenting together!

When: Saturday 3 October
Time: Drop in between 10am and 2pm
Where: The Log Cabin, East Carlton Country Park, LE16 8YF
Cost: Free

This workshop is free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Northamptonshire Community Foundation Corporate Giving Network.

27/09/2026

WHAT A BRILLIANT DAY AT EAST CARLTON COUNTRY PARK!

Visitors joined Fermynwoods Contemporary Art and painter Geoff Diego Litherland in The Log Cabin for an experimental shibori workshop, exploring how traditional resist-dyeing techniques can be adapted as a form of contemporary painting.

Families experimented with folding, binding, staining, dripping and colour mixing, using acrylic inks to transform cotton book bags into colourful, one-of-a-kind artworks. Everyone embraced the elements of process, chance and material behaviour and thoroughly enjoyed seeing where the movement of the inks took them!

A huge thank you to Geoff and to everyone who came along and got creative with us.

Join us again next weekend for another FREE family drop in workshop at The Log Cabin:

When: Saturday 3 October
Time: Drop in anytime between 10am and 2pm
Where: The Log Cabin, East Carlton Country Park, LE16 8YF

Come along, have a go and get creative - no experience needed!

Address

Church Lane
Corby
LE16 8YF

Telephone

01832 731257

Website

http://www.fermynwoods.org/

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