Staff at the North York Moors National Park are putting the final touches to a programme of events to mark the visitor attraction's 60th anniversary.
Wednesday 28 November is the official anniversary of the site which came into being in 1952. The North York Moors became the UK’s sixth national park – special places protected for all to enjoy. There are now 15 in the UK.
An £8,000 lottery grant through Arts Council England means the celebrations will start with an exhibition by five renowned artists who live in and are inspired by the area's landscape.
LANDSCAPE
Artists Peter Hicks, Len Tabner and William Tillyer will be joined by photographer Joe Cornish and Gillies Jones Glass for Inspired Landscape, an exhibition of new work at the Inspired by… Gallery, at Danby. The display will run from 13 May to 17 July and entry is free.
The grant will also make possible an exhibition entitled Your Place which will offer 60 spaces at the Inspired by… Gallery to up-and-coming artists of all genres whose work captures the landscape, wildlife and atmosphere of the North York Moors. The exhibition will be displayed from 21 July to 19 August.
Other events planned include a moorland festival at Sutton Bank National Park Centre on 29 July, and performances by Yorkshire Dance at several locations in the visitor attraction in July and August distilling the beauty of the moors and coast into movement and sound. The celebrations will also feature an exhibition of photographs illustrating the physical and cultural changes the area has seen in its first 60 years and a short story competition with local schools based on unusual place names in the North York Moors.
HERITAGE
Andy Wilson, chief executive of the North York Moors National Park Authority – the organisation that works to look after and promote the special qualities of the area – said: “The UK’s national parks are as important today as they’ve ever been providing a wide range of opportunities to experience the great outdoors and enjoy a wide range of heritage and natural beauty."
More information on the 60th anniversary events will shortly be available online at www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/60thanniversary. Details will also be in the free Out and About Guide which people can pick up from national park and tourist information centres from Easter.
Anyone interested in showing their work at the Your Place exhibition should contact Sally Ann Smith on 01439 770657 or s.smith@northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk.
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