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Thinking Sticks - Meadow Arts 'stick hire service' for dogs

If your dog could speak, what might they say? On Friday 12 July, bring along your four-legged friend and have their portrait taken with a ‘thinking stick’.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

Visual arts charity Meadow Arts and artist Chris Poolman will be running a ‘stick hire service’ for dogs at The Weir Garden. Only these special sticks come with a difference; they are philosophically inclined sticks. Is your dog a deep thinker? Does your dog have existential tendencies or maybe believe in power/knowledge/bones? Visit the stick hire service and have your dog’s photo portrait taken with their thinking stick.

This event is free, however normal admission to The Weir Garden applies.

This project is generously funded, thanks to a UKSPF grant from the Herefordshire Council as part of a wider project with Meadow Arts, a contemporary visual arts charity, to explore our visitors’ views on the evolving landscape at The Weir Garden and how they’d like to use it in the future.

Chris Poolman collaborates with Elizabeth Rowe as General Public. Occasionally he works on his own too on pet based artworks.

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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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The basics

Meeting point

Meet at visitor welcome where the team will direct you to where the workshop is taking place.

What to bring and wear

Clothing suitable for the weather and footwear suitable for uneven paths.

Accessibility

Accessible toilet available. Paths around garden are steep in places with steps, uneven surfaces and protruding tree roots.

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