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Celebrating cultural heritage in the Park

You wanted to hear more about heritage! During the Park Plan consultation, a lot of you said you’d like to hear more about heritage, arts and culture in the Park. We’re happy to announce that one of the  Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030 projects has launched a map-based directory of creative practitioners in the Park . More than 80 Park creatives including musicians, poets, painters, sculptors and storytellers have contributed to the new directory which has received development phase funding through The National Lottery Heritage Fund thanks to money raised by National Lottery players.

The Community Arts & Culture project’s creative map showcases the depth and breadth of creative activity, expertise and resources in the Cairngorms National Park.  More widely, the project aims to create a greater connection to landscape and place and encourage a desire among Park communities to get involved in climate action.

The second stage of the project will see Park creatives come together through a series of workshops to consider ideas on how to inspire and involve members of the community in climate action projects, some of which could be art installations, writers’ forums, youth and school climate activities or community design projects. The aim is to develop some of these ideas, bring them forward for consideration by communities with a view to submitting them for funding consideration for the delivery phase of the Cairngorms 2030 programme.

Tania Alliod, project lead, Cairngorms National Park Authority said : “The Community Arts & Culture project is an opportunity for the Park’s creative community to articulate their vision for the contribution community arts and culture makes towards deepening our sense of connectedness with our landscapes and achieving transformational climate action. The first objective was to develop a map to showcase creative practitioners of the Park and I am delighted that so many have contributed and chosen to participate.

“We have now begun the second part of the project’s development phase, working in partnership with Park creative practitioners in consultation focus groups to develop and take forward a number of ideas for fostering a desire among people to get involved in community-based climate action through culture and art.”

The 18-month development phase of the Community Arts & Culture project is in progress and will culminate in the production of a stage two funding application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund in June 2023, when the ideas for community-based climate action culture and arts projects will be presented. If successful it is anticipated the delivery phase of these projects will run from 2023-2028. The Art and Culture project is one of many that will contribute to the second stage application of the wider Cairngorms 2030 project.

One of the creative practitioners involved in the Creative Directory, Frances Crawford of Art in the Buchat, said: “The Creative Directory is a fantastic resource for creatives, communities and visitors to the park and really demonstrates the range and richness of the creative talent we have here.”

Creatives in the Park who wish to be involved in this project can contact taniaalliod@cairngorms.co.uk

See the Creative Directory here.

Find out more about the Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030 projects here. 

Image: Strathfest Performers by Sophia McLeod

Posted on 22nd June 2022

by Admin