Love Stories to Nature
Artwork by Emma Baker Love Stories to Nature is a co-created commission that supports artists to explore our relationship with the environment through ambitious, thought-provoking new work. From coastlines and forests to towns, communities and the climate crisis, the programme embraces a broad understanding of what ‘nature’ and ‘environment’ mean, encouraging projects that connect people with the places around them. Through commissions across a wide range of art forms, Love Stories to Nature celebrates creativity and inspires communities to actively engage in the climate conversation. SPAN Arts is commissioning new work for our Love Stories to Nature project and invites artists and creative practitioners to submit their ideas. The commissioned work will be created specifically for and in collaboration with SPAN Arts. Current Commissions Writing in The Wild – Narberth Poets Stretchy Symbionts – Simon Whitehead The Naming of Things – Julie Davies Ideas that: Come from the heart Are inspiring, innovative, and creative Are ambitious but realistic, provocative, and engaging Are Pembrokeshire/West Wales focused but nationally and/or globally relevant Embrace the wide meaning of The Environment, from our natural and build spaces and landscapes to the realities of the climate emergency Understand that even though love stories are often positive and uplifting, […]

