Nature Calling
A national arts programme connecting and deepening engagement with the landscape
Projects
Projects
Habitat
Greening urban areas and introducing sculptural habitats to support local species
Heathland Artworks
Annual trail of artworks around RSPB Farnham Heath by craft and design students from the University for the Creative Arts.
WonderDusk
WonderDusk is a community celebration of the surrey Hills landscape through the arts.
Orchard Portraits
An inter-generational dance for film project with Rosemary Lee resulting in a video installation inspired by and filmed in the beautiful old orchard at West Horsley Place.
Creative Research
Creative research placements in the Surrey Hills.
Harvest
Harvest is an annual community event that celebrates the Surrey Hills landscape at Box Hill.
Art and Landscape Symposium
A one day symposium exploring how arts can enable a deeper understanding and connection to landscape
The Big Draw
Drawing the landscape as part of this annual, worldwide drawing festival every October.
Surrey Unearthed
A programme of ten linked projects exploring the natural materials beneath our feet through sculpture, installation, film and writing
Past projects
Forest Listening
Sounds of rainfall captured from beneath the ground and within trees is captured in audio visual listening zones in this project by Liz K Miller.
Terrain
Over a year, Jane Ponsford collected and created with found materials and pigments travelling across the Surrey Hills AONB for her project, Terrain
Sounds from a Shallow Sea
Sounds from a Shallow Sea by Alison Carlier draws upon the materiality of the chalk hills of the North Downs in two works – an audio walk and participatory calling event
Unearthed
Amanda Loomes reveals the extraction processes in sand quarries in East Surrey with her insightful art documentaries ‘Whole’ and ‘Persistent Place’
Liminal Lease
Bryn Hallett creates a sculptural shelter that pushes the boundaries of building with earth.
The Lark Descending
For The Lark Descending, artists Ackroyd & Harvey explored the geological and social layers at Leith Hill, from tree canopy down to below ground.
From Humble Beginnings
Steven Edwards explored how the material of clay records a narrative of the changing landscape and its history in this work.
Fossil Ocean Floor
Horizons by Jonathan Parsons explored the geology along the chalk ridge towards a temporary monumental installation in farmland.