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A group of school children in purple and green school uniforms are looking at a pile of sticks and leaves. Artist Rob St John is holding a large furry microphone next to the sticks. He is wearing a blue shirt and orange trousers and fuzzy headphones. The children look intent. A little boy is stepping forward to look curiously into the sticks.

Celebrating Nature Calling

Wrapping up an amazing year of art and collaboration with a successful evaluation report and the Nature Calling film.

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A New Season of Art in Nature

From May to October 2025 the National Landscape Association and Creative Executive Producers Activate Performing Arts, presented a new and exciting programme of art commissions, made by writers and artists of all disciplines, engaging new audiences across some of our unique National Landscapes.

6 major art projects, 6 writers, across 6 National Landscapes plus a further 18 projects; explore the amazing commissions that invited people to enjoy and connect in new ways of experiencing our natural world.

What's Nature Calling for?

Still Shadey, MOBO award winning rapper, is the commissioned Nature Calling writer for Surrey Hills National Landscape. He created the incredible 'Nature's Anthem' for us. Watch the video and see him talk on why Nature Calling matters to him.

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A young man sits on a log. He has locks and is looking to the left of the photo. He looks thoughtful. Behind him are trees and a stormy blue sky.

Nature Calling films

We're excited to share the films we commissioned, documenting the six fantastic larger-scale artworks and the community co-creation work that supported their development. Browse the 'projects' tab to find out more and watch the films

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Nature Calling Conservations - podcasts now available

20 minute bitesized recordings of our Nature Calling Conversations are now available on all good podcast streaming platforms or you can watch the recordings in full on our YouTube channel.

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Nature Calling at the National Gallery

Rob St John, the commissioned artist for the Forest of Bowland National Landscape, will doing a live reworking of the Are You Lost? soundwork at the National Gallery Friday Lates event this week.

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From the Are You Lost? installation in Dunsop Bridge in August. A piece of fabric hangs in the foreground, it has markings in green, grey and orangey brown. Further away, two screens are showing blurred images. The one on the left has a small white blob top left, a patchy bright green in the middle that feels like an entrance and blue on the right hand side. The right hand screen has a dark brown background with a bright yellow and orange circle in the middle. If we could hear the installation too, we would be able to hear people talking about their experiences of the Forest of Bowland.

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