Join us for a drop-in workshop exploring the future of rivers and their environmental importance with young artists from Room 13 Hareclive and curator Joe Lyward at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.

Co-led by the Room 13 Hareclive young people and wider collective, the event will encourage participants to move around different creative stations, using materials to create, experiment and imagine our future. The activities are designed to encourage reflection on what we care about and what needs to be cared for within the environment.

This event is part of Spike Island and Hauser & Wirth Somerset’s 2026 – 2027 Engagement Fellowship program—‘Should we Plant a Tree?’—working with curator Joe Lyward. Through artist-led workshops, discussions and field trips, the program explores care, responsibility and how we imagine a future beyond ourselves, co-creating a proposal for a 100-year project.

About Room 13 Hareclive 
Founded in 2003, Room 13 Hareclive is an independent artists’ studio co-run by young people, based in Hareclive Primary School in Bristol, UK. It encourages creativity, independent thinking and collaboration. The young people are rooted in their local community and connect with arts, culture and ideas in Bristol and beyond. Room 13 Hareclive has spent the last 18-months as the lead artists on the University of Bristol ‘Wild Spaces’ public art commission, focusing on rivers. 

About Joe Lyward
Joe Lyward is a curator based in Penzance, Cornwall, UK. His work encourages artistic engagement and interpretation through supporting community-led projects and exhibition making. He has a special interest in practices of care, creative ecologies and in reinvigorating modern artworks through dialogues with contemporary practices and new audiences. He is curator of Hweg, an independent project space located within a former shop and home in Penzance, and Assistant Curator for Young People (Partnerships) at Tate St Ives. His previous roles include: Engagement Officer at The Box, Plymouth, Devon; Learning Facilitator at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; and City Coordinator for British Art Show 9 in Plymouth, Devon.

About Spike Island
Spike Island produces and presents contemporary art and culture in Bristol, UK. Its diverse artistic program includes free major exhibitions, events and engagement activities taking place on-site and online. Championing outstanding work by emerging and underrepresented local, national and international artists, the program enhances access to contemporary art for audiences from all backgrounds. Alongside its public offer, they support artists through new commissions, over 70 subsidised studios, and sector-leading artist development opportunities that widen access to its program and facilities.

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Please be advised that photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.