Upland is a bold, ambitious, rurally-based visual art, design and craft development organisation.

Artful Migration is an artist-in-residence programme which supports artists to create work informed by wildlife, the natural world, the environment and climate change.

The programme is being developed by Upland in partnership with Ginnie Wollaston and Nicholas Parton Philip of Moving Souls Dance. It is also supported by Creative Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland, who own and manage Threave Nature Reserve.

Artful Migration has been set up to:

• encourage and support artists, including young and emerging artists to create work informed by wildlife, the natural world, the environment and climate change
• increase interpretation opportunities at wildlife reserves in Dumfries and Galloway.
• create new and exciting work around particular birds and scientific research develop a programme of creative activities for groups and individuals connect with international partners or artists along migratory routes.

Upland has been involved in previous wildlife initiatives and ran a project in which young people worked with ecological building designer Sam Booth to create a new bird hide at the RSPB Scotland reserve at Crook of Baldoon, near Wigtown.

Please refer to Upland's website for upcoming calls and opportunities.