Art Week inspired by North Pennines’ geology
A week of art activities and inspiration to encourage people to create their own artworks inspired by the natural beauty of one of England’s special landscapes.
The North Pennines AONB Partnership is hosting an Art Week from 31 July to 8 August as part of the Earthworks geology project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This includes events and online content to encourage people to get involved and produce their own art, inspired by the stunning landscape and geology of the North Pennines AONB and UNESCO Global Geopark.
During the week the AONB Partnership are sharing top tips, ideas and a series of videos for green sketching for wellbeing from Boggy Doodles, and there are artists out in the landscape in a couple of places each day, creating art as people pass by and stop to chat. Local people and visitors are encouraged to get involved by creating their own art and sending in pictures of it to form an online gallery, alongside the work produced by the professionals. Free painting sets are available to collect from Bowlees Visitor Centre to make it easy to get started.
Please send pictures of your own creations to james@northpenninesaonb.org.uk or share them with us on social media to be included in the online gallery. All ages and abilities welcome.
Connect to other Art Week pages using the following links:
Event links
2 August – Walk, look, stop, breathe, create
4 August – Wild Wednesday: nature’s art
5 August – Landscape draw-along
6 August – Art and climate science webinar
7 August – Painting outdoors with oils and acrylics
Naomi Foster, Geology Projects Officer, said:
“The North Pennines has such an amazing landscape, formed over millions of years and telling a story of tropical seas, desert plains, molten rock and vast sheets of ice. Today that gives us hills and valleys, rivers and waterfalls, a unique combination of rare wildlife and hints of a strong mining and cultural heritage. Art is a fantastic way to immerse ourselves in the landscape, and really take notice of the world around us, from the tiniest flower to the shapes of the hills to the clouds in the sky. We hope you are inspired to create your own art and to experience special places in new ways.”
