Forestry England Arts past projects

Group of people in period costume
Burn the Curtain, The Hunting of the Snark, 2018. Image copyright: Theo Moye

Our Past Projects 

Since 1968 the nation’s forests have played host to a wide range of artworks and art forms. We have partnered with a variety of organisations, artists and funding bodies to produce high-quality, authentic and inspiring artwork in our forests.

Explore our archive of past projects below.

Past projects

Woman writing in a notepad by a pond

Writers in the Forest

2019
Telling the story of our nation's forests.
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Kielder Forest

The Custody Code

2019
A film installation by artist Amanda Loomes, revealing stories from the working forest.
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Theatrical captain leading a group of visitors

The Hunters and The Hunted

2017 to 2018
Burn the Curtain's interactive outdoor theatre event and exciting digital app.
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Ruben Salgado, Escudero, Solar Portraits 01

Earth Photo

2018
Innovative photography competition aiming to stimulate conversations about our world, its inhabitants and our treatment of both.
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Jerwood Open Forest, image copyright: Hydar Dewachi

Jerwood Open Forest

2017
Artists from across the UK were invited to submit bold, broad-thinking proposals which explored the potential for forests as a site for art.
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figure with lantern at night surrounded by fairy lights

The Company of Wolves

2016
Burn the Curtain's imaginative retelling of Angela Carter's dark and mysterious tale, The Company of Wolves.
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People sitting on logs in the forest with VR headsets

In the Eyes of the Animal

Summer 2016
A 360 degree, virtual reality experience.
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Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016, copyright Faisal Azim

Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year

2016
An exhibition of 60 exceptional environmental photographs, from a submission of 10,000 images by photographers and filmmakers from across 70 countries.
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Guardians of the Areng Valley, Luke Duggleby

Guardians of the Areng Valley

April to September 2015
A major new outdoor photography exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Luke Duggleby.
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Cosmos sculpture

Jerwood Open Forest

2014
The first addition of this collaboration between Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Forestry England with the support of Arts Council England.
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Living Symphonies Forest Art Works past project

Living Symphonies

Summer 2014
A remarkable new way for audiences to explore forests with their ears, as well as eyes in four English forests.
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Embedded Forest Art Works past project 2012

Embedded

2012 to 2013
Embedded was a composer and creative artist development programme.
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In the forest something stirred art works

In the Forest Something Stirred

2021-2022
In the Forest Something Stirred is an online exhibition featuring Treeline by Ruth Maclennan and Natural Error by Rodell Warner
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The Radiophonic Travel Agency at The Forest of Dean

The Radiophonic Travel Agency

2022
The Radiophonic Travel Agency is a curated series of digital works that transports us to familiar and unfamiliar places across the globe simply through sound
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