Growing a seasonal art practice, with Fred Hubble

Part of Mental Health for Artists 2026 

Questioning whether a four season framework still holds us as it once did, Fred explores how seasonality shapes wellbeing and how artists might attune more closely to phenological rhythms through creative practice.

About Fred

Fred Hubble is an artist-researcher concerned with relationships to place, time, climate and culture. His practice explores seasonality through relationships that incorporate the experience of being with and alongside seasons, the recognition of sequence within lived experiences in different climates, and the tension between climates, phenological, meteorological, solar, and cultural events around which we build culture.
 

About Mental Health for Artists

Mental Health for Artists is Axis’ annual event season dedicated to the wellbeing and self-care of artists and creatives.

This year’s programme looks closely at how artists sustain themselves and their practices. Through conversations about tenderness, grief, regeneration, seasonality, and world-making, the season offers space to reflect on how we live, work, and care within contemporary art.

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