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Art & Culture

What has art got to do with landscape?

So much of the work of National Landscapes is defined in policy or scientific terms, but our experience of place is personal, measured by our emotional response.

The film was created to celebrate the signing of our Memorandum of Understanding with Arts Council England, and shares just a few of the many examples of awe-inspiring Art in the Landscape projects National Landscapes teams have delivered.

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Art in the Landscape - the National Landscapes network's art & culture programme

Artists have been inspired by landscape throughout history and artworks have in turn helped us to a greater understanding of natural beauty.

National Landscapes Partnerships are working with artists to create opportunities for more people to connect with landscape on their own terms.

Our flagship arts programme Nature Calling launched in September 2024. Six 'hub' National Landscapes are working with commissioned writers and artists as well as people from local communities who might not normally choose to visit a National Landscape. Together they will create a national season of art between May and October 2025. You can find out more about the programme on the Nature Calling website.

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Art in the Landscape is the National Landscapes network's art & culture programme. Our partnership with Poetry School is one of our flagship projects within Art in the Landscape, offering commissions to recipients of the Laurel Prize for ecopoetry collections, and sponsors the Best Poem of UK Landscape in the Ginkgo Prize for individual ecopoems.