Creatively Connected

I am pleased to have been selected as one of five artists for Creatively Connected, a year long commission funded by National Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England to respond to the landscape and environmental issues across Teesdale and Swaledale. The project, produced by Northern Heartlands, aims to inspire a wide range of groups to creatively connect in new ways with the environment and nature inspired by Teesdale and Swaledale landscapes.

I will be working closely with the Tees Swale: Naturally Connected team, communities and partners to share ideas and develop creative conversations around hill farming, conservation, nature restoration, environmental issues and the landscape.

For Creatively Connected, I am looking forward to meeting and spending time with the human and more-than-human residents of Teesdale – with local farmers, and conservationists, landscapes and flora. This next year offers a unique opportunity to develop my recent work exploring the value of low-intensity farming systems to our natural environment. The interdisciplinary potential of this project excites me, and together with fellow artists, producers, communities and environmental organisations I hope to dig deeper into ways of encountering and nurturing the landscape to craft blueprints for the future.

Find out more about the project here: https://northpennines.org.uk/creativelyconnectedartists/