Nature Calling

Take a look at all the wonderful artwork and engagement that we commissioned here in the Forest of Bowland.

With grateful thanks to our two amazing artists OneDa  and Rob St John and also our very generous, supportive and flexible producers Lancaster Arts  Big thanks too to the artists, and arts and community organisations who helped us along the way.

Nature Calling was a very successful programme nationally. Here in the Forest of Bowland nearly 4000 people were actively involved in the artwork creation and installation events (this is nearly half of the total audience figure achieved nationally) and we reached and worked with young people from the Pendle and Burnley areas which were our target audiences.

You can see and hear OneDa's spoken word piece Connections, created with input from young people in Burnley and Pendle. The piece puts us in the shoes of someone visiting the Forest of Bowland from an urban place, and the emotions it sparked in them. 

In 2025 Rob St John worked with a huge number of people from Pendle to inspire his work: Are You Lost? He recorded podcasts with the groups and individuals he carried out research with and you can hear them all via this link  or search for Are You Lost? on other podcast platforms.

Rob's original sound recordings and film can be viewed here

And you can watch two documentaries about the community workshops and the public installations, together with interviews with the artists here..