exploring cultural responses to environmental change
Nicky Saunter
I am a practical activist, campaigner, and a social entrepreneur interested in business ethics, food and local manufacturing. I am also a creative artist working in a range of media. Based in the rural west of England, I am surrounded by views of hills, sheep, the barking of dogs and a lot of red soil.
I have been lucky enough to taste both the vibrancy of city life and the extraordinary community and closeness to nature of living in a rural place. Both give me different kinds of energy and inspiration.
Art is the most important and longest thread woven throughout my life and my practice today has expanded to include monochrome photography, poetry, fiction, painting and drawing, installation and performance. My work is usually personal and political, with a particular focus on communication — both between people and between humans and the rest of the natural world.
I thrive on playing with others and am always up for new things, so get in touch if you think I might suit your project.
Artist, writer and practical activist Nicky Saunter remembers weekly act of creative solidarity during the Covid-19 lockdowns: plague poems for plague times, reminding us that writing may be a solitary pleasure but sharing is an act of magic. Read More
Artist and writer Nicky Saunter shares her recent photographic exhibition and the artist-activist collaboration that brought the wild into our city streets, revealing humans as creatures in a world that allows less space than ever for the natural. Read More
Practical activist and artist Nicky Saunter revisits the Hope Tales project, with its fourth event and chapbook exploring 'Fire' themes in the Celtic winter Samhain festival, shared learning from other cultures and creatures, live music, poems and stories. Read More
Entrepreneurial thinker, practical activist and artist Nicky Saunter shares the Hope Tales project she's working on to find creative ways to make sustainable futures and talk about the role of hope, imagination and story in facing climate change. Read More
In their third collaborative post reviewing Ecoart in Action, artists Claire Atherton, Beckie Leach, Genevieve Rudd and Nicky Saunter explore the provocations this book offers for ecoart practices and discourse -- complementing their earlier discussions on the book's activities and case studies. Read More
In the second of three collaborative posts reviewing Ecoart in Action, artists Claire Atherton, Beckie Leach, Genevieve Rudd and Nicky Saunter find plenty to discuss in a sample of the book's rich collection of international ecoart case studies, complementing its earlier activities. Read More
Artists Claire Atherton, Beckie Leach, Genevieve Rudd and Nicky Saunter have joined up to review Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities. This first of three collaborative posts samples the guide's ecoart activities. Read More
