Poetic Pastel & Poetic Pastel Press
Poetic Pastel (est. 2014) is an artist-led, collaborative, independent cultural initiative with multiple forms. Artist Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck founded Poetic Pastel, rooted in the joy and strength of togetherness.
In tune with the deep ecology movement and focusing on Art, Publishing, Textiles and Gardening, Poetic Pastel is an open conversation inspired by natural elements, warm memories, rhythm, colours, feelings, relationships, literature, poetry, tea culture and daily life. Poetic Pastel’s various projects result in exhibitions, gatherings, performances, writings, research, publications, contributions, textiles and quotidian objects. Poetic Pastel hopes to help restore respect for and appreciation of nature. We also wish to highlight that humans are part of nature.
Poetic Pastel is the home of a small publishing house, Poetic Pastel Press, which publishes, amongst others Journal du Thé—Contemporary Tea Culture. The value and ethics of Poetic Pastel are also found in its free public nomadic arts and horticulture project, The Gardening Drawing Club. The Poetic Pastel Studio, with a team of three and its allotment, reside in rural Oxfordshire, England.
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May 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd 2025
Poetic Pastel Press
A four-week publishing workshop at Camden Art Centre in London.
Creatives in Publishing: Binding a Path to Being Published and Self-Publishing
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A four-week publishing workshop at Camden Art Centre in London.
Creatives in Publishing: Binding a Path to Being Published and Self-Publishing
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8th March - 28th June 2025
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An archive of Poetic Pastel Press featured in the exhibition Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Soft Soft at Mutty, Italy
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An archive of Poetic Pastel Press featured in the exhibition Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Soft Soft at Mutty, Italy
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13th August -10th November 2024
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An archive of Poetic Pastel Press featured in the exhibition Ulises: Assembly atTufts University Art Gallery in Boston, USA.
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An archive of Poetic Pastel Press featured in the exhibition Ulises: Assembly atTufts University Art Gallery in Boston, USA.
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March 2024
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Memories of Journal du Thé—Contemporary Tea Culture‘s Seoul’s Get-Together back in September 2023 .
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January 2024
The Gardening Drawing Club
Edge Effects at Whitechapel Gallery
This new exhibition includes artworks in the form of drawings and plant arrangements created by primary and secondary school children last autumn, expending on The Gardening Drawing Club and the sensibilities and skills explored through the project.
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November 2023
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Jatinder Singh Durhailay
Growing Long, Growing Deep
ISBN 978-1-3999-6814-0
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July 2023
The Gardening Drawing Club
A new short film about the projet’s one-year exploration at the scale of a primary school on invitation of Camden Art Centre.
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January 2023
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Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck
Dreaming About Tomorrow
ISBN 978-1-3999-4407-6
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