WHAT'S HAPPENING

After our ten days sailing along the coast, exploring cliffs, caves and shorlines, and learning about the sea as part of the Sail Britain coastal project, the crew will be sharing geology-inspired discoveries, images, hand-made artwork and plenty of stories at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, 7-8pm. 

Delighted to be getting together with enthusiasts from the North West Highlands Geopark in Lochinver - and we'll be giving a talk in the evening. 

You can't set sail without a party ... if you'd like to come and celebrate with us, talk to the geologists about what's making them so excited about the incredibly ancient rocks we'll be seeing, or get an idea of what might happen when you mix geologists, a poet, a photographer, a fine artist and a skilled skipper, come and find us in the evening while the boat is being readied in Ullapool. 

So very excited - we'll be joining a team of geologists and a fine artist on a ten-day sailing trip from Ullapool to Orkney, hugging the dramatic coast, creating as we go along. Not sure what the outcomes will be but we'll be sharing them at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness when we arrive! The trip is being organised by Oliver at Sail Britain, whose Coastline Project is linking artists and scientists on the way around the whole of the UK. 

We're delighted to be among the presenters at this special event bringing people together to celebrate inspiration from the outdoors, and take a leisurely approach to sharing stories and talking through environment, place, sustainability, travel, slowing down, joy ... and lots more besides. There will be great food, a camp fire, and great company. Find out more and book through Millican here.

Join us at the Blencathra Centre in Threlkeld a couple of hours after we complete a seven day walk linking  the three Cumbrian treefolds - we'll share stories, images and poetry from our journey, with thoughts on balance and environmental issues in the Lake District National Park. June 23, 7-8.30pm

Heading ever further south we'll be celebrating the arrival of The Long View at O N C A in Brighton with an evening event on May 31st: please contact us if you'd like to come along!

The Long View will be at O N C A in Brighton, just as summer is beginning to get going. While we're there we'll be checking out trees in Brighton - more will be revealed through The Long View blog in June.  

An evening of music and poetry hosted by musician Ian Ryding to raise awareness of the plight of the Eurasian Curlew, whose breeding population is less than half what it was in 1990. Harriet will join other poets, reading from the Curlew Calling Anthology, & there'll be music from Talkin Fellas. Hallbankgate, Brampton, 7.30pm. Tickets here.   

Looking forward to taking part in this dynamic festival whose theme this year is TREES! We'll be sharing The Long View in stories and presentations on Saturday May 12th.

Come and celebrate the arrival of The Long View at the North Wall Art Centre in Oxford and find some behind the scenes stories from our time with seven remarkably ordinary trees. Contact us if you'd like to come. May 8, 6.30-8.30pm.

Moving further south ... The Long View exhibition will be filling the goregous space at The North Wall gallery and will be part of Oxfordshire Artweeks.

We're delighted to be part of Common Ground's exhibition of archive and contemporary work at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 

The Museum of North Craven Life at the Folly in Settle is a wonderful space celebrating landscape and heritage in the Yorkshire Dales, so we're really pleased to be showing the Voices From the Land exhibition here, with the inclusion of audio recordings of farmers speaking about their place, what matters to them, and thoughts about the future. More info about opening times here. 

After six months in Hawes, the Voices from the Land exhibition will be showing at The Station in Richmond, a wonderful space and very fitting for celebrating local heritage.