Wonders of the Wild

Wonders of the Wild opens at The Glass Box Gallery on 1 December, running through to 20 December. It's a community-led exhibition that turns everyday discarded materials into imaginative creatures, plants and habitats, and it's all about celebrating the natural world and the power of community creativity.

Six local artists worked alongside seven community groups to bring it together. Bobby Hick worked with SPARKS, Eastfield and Barrowcliff; Charlotte Hill with Scarborough & District Mencap; Simon Doughty with the Rainbow Centre; Dan Parker with Gallows Close Community Centre; Katie Gill with Cross Lane Mental Health Unit; and Jayne Shipley with Scarborough Hall Care Home and Yorkshire Coast Sight Support. The range of groups involved—from local care homes and mental health units to community centres—is a good part of the story here, and the work comes from those collaborations.

This isn't the first time the collection has been out. It was first shown this summer at the Old Parcels Office, but for the Glass Box Gallery it's been reimagined as an illuminated installation, so it'll look different from how it appeared in the summer. The creatures and habitats are built from things that would otherwise have been thrown away, and the lighting should bring them out in a new way.

It runs from 1 December to 20 December, with the gallery open at 4:00 PM daily. You've nearly three weeks to catch it, so there's plenty of room to fit it in whenever suits.