We’re running a two-hour session to explore how artists and art play a part in responding to current environmental challenges. Following the first sell-out session in November, as part of…
Super excited about this performance and conversation event at the Ambleside Campus of Cumbria University, which we’re hosting in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). Sarah Smout: Ambleside, December…
We’re running a two-hour session as part of the Cumbria Arts and Culture Network series of learning, development and discussion opportunities. Thinking across the sector – artists, cultural organisations, venues, and…
What does ‘regenerative’ mean to different people who are working with and affecting land across Cumbria? And if we work to regenerate the land, what does this mean in the…
We have both been involved with RGS events, and with the Explore weekend symposium, for almost a decade. Nov 4 & 5, London This weekend is a highlight of the…
As part of the Watershed project, working with artists from the PLACE Collective, we’ll be exhibiting work in Glenridding Village Hall, July 18-21. The artwork will be a response to…
We were completely blown away to receive the news that we have been awarded the 2023 Cherry Kearton Medal and Award by the Royal Geographical Society. In their words, the…
We’ll be working with Bryony Benge Abott & Michael Pocock to deliver a two-day training – and information sharing – for environmental scientists wishing to work with artists. This is…
What an inspiring day! This NERC event brought together a number of researchers who have been involved in team work that brings together artists, scientists and communities. Rob joined Simon…
Check out the 100th episode of the Countrystride podcast, which we became a part of on our walk up Helm Crag, with legendary climber Bill Birkett, long-term fell walker Gordon…
It will be a joy to be at this year’s New Networks for Nature in York, which follows the theme ‘Survive-Thrive-Revive’. We’ll be presenting on Saturday morning, but sticking around…
As a celebration of ‘Moss of Many Layers’ and an opportunity to get to know more about Bolton Fell Moss and the value of peatlands in the context of climate…
September 10, 2022, 10am – 1pm A chance to saunter along the new boardwalk into the heart of the extraordinary landscape of Bolton Fell Moss, with pauses for poetry and…
We’re delighted to be taking part in the International Outdoor Education and Research Conference this year, and being joined by researchers from around the world as we lead a walk…
Pando is an extraordinary expanse of aspen forest in Utah: a single aspen clone that’s been alive for thousands of years, and comprises more than 80,000 stems. In 2019 we…
We love Timber Festival and try to get there every year if we can. If you don’t know it, check it out – arts, music and ideas in the heart…
In the gorgeous surroundings of Dartington Hall, we’re delighted to be joining the ‘Sentient Performativities‘ symposium that’s being hosted by art.dot.earth, Dartington Arts School, Schumacher College and Bath Spa University….
Time, Process and Perspectives – Being Artists in a Complex World Come along and listen in to our conversation with Ece Ozdemiroglu, Founding Director of the environmental economics consultancy, eftec….
It’s been a massive privilege to be working with a multi-disciplinary team exploring the opportunities and challenges of Natural Flood Management in the Thames Valley catchment, through the Landwise project,…
The Artful Ways exhibition takes to its third venue on the west coast of Cumbria at Florence Arts Centre. We’ve loved seeing it take shape in different spaces, bringing together…
From April 8 – April 12 we’ll be walking alongside the Thames, from Oxford to Reading. It’s a long, leisurely walk that provides time to distil our learning as part…
April 6th – April 17th. The Artful Ways exhibition showing work from across Cumbria inspired by the Artful Ways project, will be showing at The Studio Morland in the Eden…
Who gets to define ‘Natural Beauty’? How do values and aesthetics affect the way we relate to and care for the land around us? What needs to change? In…
Following its tour in the north of England, the New Light Prize Exhibition, which we’re really proud to say includes our piece The Light Walk, will be shown at the…
From September 18 – November 6th, 2021; the Artful Ways exhibition will be on show at Cumbria’s premier exhibition venue, Tullie House, sharing work from artists across Cumbria, in response…
After showing in Newcastle, The New Light Prize Exhibition is showing in Carlisle. Our piece, The Light Walk, is among the pieces selected from artists across the north of England….
In 2020 artists across Cumbria were invited to contribute artwork telling stories about their response to Covid-19. Dave Felton compiled a book from a wonderful selection of artwork and writing,…
Delighted to have a piece of work selected for The New Light Prize Exhibition. The tour began in Scarborough before lockdown … and is picking up again in 2021 when…
On the first Friday of every month, art.earth hosts a gathering. Before Covid, this would include a delicious spread of contributed dishes on site at Dartington in Devon. Now that…
Following on from a series of events and workshops inspired by Ennerdale, as part of the Tipping Points project, Harriet was asked to join a conversation with writer and rapper,…
It’s here! The PLACE Collective at the Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas. Standing for ‘People Landscape Art Culture & Ecology’ we’ve established this as a growing community of artists…
February 25th, 6.30-7.45pm. How do visual narratives reveal the wonder of the natural world and convey critical issues of our time? What does it take to capture a powerful image? Each…
Friends of the Lake District are running a Dark Skies Festival spanning 17 nights – and we’re delighted to be presenting work inspired by our time under the stars. Join…
A day of inspiration, writing and conversation, inspired by Ennerdale, as part of the Tipping Points Project. Join us to play with different tools and exercises to get your writing…
There are many questions to be addressed about access to the UK’s national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty – who visits and lives in these special areas, how…
Join us, wherever you are, for a stroll around the Sense of Here exhibition, a short film reflecting on the project, and a Live Q&A. The evening event – 6.30-7.30pm…
We’ve been working on Sense of Here since the beginning of 2019, and it’s wonderful to be able to share photography, poetry, sculpture and creative mapping of data in the…
We’re delighted to be taking part in the Wye Valley River Festival, which has been reimagined for these ‘socially-distanced’ times. Events throughout the festival, mostly online, follow the theme of…
POSTPONED What do people feel about landscape change, ‘wilding’ and land sharing in the north of England? This is one of the questions posed by the Land Lines team. This…
POSTPONED The Wye Valley River Festival takes place every two years, using various locations in this beautiful valley for creative engagement with the natural world. It’s a stunning place, and…