North Herts Council’s museum in Hitchin is joining the Wild Escape, the largest ever collaboration between UK museums to highlight the importance of wildlife and nature in our fight against climate change.
Led by national art charity Art Fund, and with support from Arts Council England, hundreds of museums, galleries and historic houses are coming together to invite you to find a favourite animal in your local museum and create an artwork imagining its journey to a natural habitat.
Everyone’s drawing and other creative offerings will be brought together in a collective work of art that imagines a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, to be unveiled on this year’s Earth Day, Saturday 22 April. On this day they’ll also be a range of other free activities taking place.
Children’s holiday art and craft workshops
- February half-term: Thursday 16 February
- Easter holidays: Wednesday 12 April and Thursday 13 April
Ros Allwood, Cultural Services Manager at North Herts Council, said: “It’s great to be part of the Wild Escape, a major new project uniting hundreds of museums with schools and families to join the urgent conversation about climate change.
“Our nature and wildlife are integral to how we live and this is a wonderful chance to take a creative approach to highlight that we all need to work together to reduce the loss of our local biodiversity and actually improve it to help save the planet.”
Jenny Waldman, Director, Art Fund, added: “Thanks to the invaluable support of Arts Council England, the Wild Escape will empower families and children across the UK to visit and discover our wonderful museums, whilst taking positive action to picture a better future for our wildlife.”
More information: Picture a future for UK nature | The Wild Escape
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