pastel and ink drawing of a rusty hole in Thames barge  2022

                                    
​                        Artist Statement    
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    Angenita Teekens is an established artist with 25 years of experience in facilitating environmental community art projects. She studied at the Art academy in Tilburg, Netherlands and gained a Master’s degree in Sculptural Practice from the University in Essex, England. She researches the Blackwater Estuary.
   Collaborating with Essex University, the Phycological Society, the Nuclear Culture Research Group, and the Othona Community.
   Angenita is passionate about using creative expressions and environmental research as a way of getting people connected to their natural environment. She sees this as an essential way forward to a more sustainable world.
   The restoration project, “Coastal Park “by Angenita at the Othona Community was highly commended by Maldon District Council in their conservation and design award scheme 2016.
   In 2021 she received a grant from the Arts Council to look at the relationship between the ocean and old industries and in particular the Nuclear Industry. News of this project is available on her website and blogs.
  Angenita is a swimmer and explores the estuary whilst being in and on the water. 'How else' she says,' can you talk about, something you can't feel'.
   She a member of Arts Network and has full public liability insurance.  She works as a freelance artist and as a deputy manager of an arts and crafts centre. Her practise lies firmly within the landscape, environmentalism and communities. 

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