{"id":496,"date":"2016-04-06T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/?p=496"},"modified":"2024-10-18T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:58:20","slug":"drawn-to-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Drawn to Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>16-29 May<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/memorialartgallery.co.uk\/\">Memorial Art Gallery<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 7 Cambridge Rd, Hastings TN34 1DJ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/10659384_616499788449961_5980428987897545415_n-e1459953256480.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-497\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/10659384_616499788449961_5980428987897545415_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Felling Hollington Valley_ Emily Johns\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11062716_616500045116602_604396006355195354_n-e1472749860401.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-545\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11062716_616500045116602_604396006355195354_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"11062716_616500045116602_604396006355195354_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1913861_721319487967990_6286718992141980999_n-e1472749963125.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-547\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1913861_721319487967990_6286718992141980999_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1913861_721319487967990_6286718992141980999_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been drawing the changes in Hollington Valley nature reserve over the last year, from the end of one winter to the end of the next, as a struggle takes place between Seachange Sussex, Hastings Council and environmental campaigners about the building of another road. Not your idyllic Spring Watch in a Sussex bluebell wood but an observation of the processes that drive out protected species to prepare the land for tarmac. The drawing is a record of place, an act of witness of a heavy footprint, a capturing of spirit; it bears an imprint of conversations with local walkers, security guards, and residents of Emmaus.<\/p>\n<p>See news report in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingsobserver.co.uk\/news\/local\/artist-captures-queensway-gateway-road-tree-felling-1-7282611\">Hastings Observer<\/a> of how to draw surrounded by security guards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16-29 May Memorial Art Gallery 7 Cambridge Rd, Hastings TN34 1DJ I have been drawing the changes in Hollington Valley nature reserve over the last year, from the end of one winter to the end of the next, as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/?p=496\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawing","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}