Walkers prepare to Light up the Night in the event organised by Keighley Town Council and Keighley Creative. Photo: Bob Smith Photography
This was the aim of a recent community walk organised by Keighley Town Council and Keighley Creative. The walk was organised as a part of Keighley Walking Festival and the theme was “Light Up The Night”.
The walk welcomed anyone who would like to come along and together we walked 2 miles round town.
Walkers prepare to Light up the Night in the event organised by Keighley Town Council and Keighley Creative. Photo: Bob Smith Photography
The walk followed a craft workshop the previous Sunday where attendees were invited to make their own light-up flower torch using recycled materials.
Some of the illuminated flower torches made by participants in the Light Up The Night workshop.
The walk welcomed people from all ages and backgrounds to join the campaign and help make Keighley’s streets feel safer.
Walkers prepare to Light up the Night in the event organised by Keighley Town Council and Keighley Creative. Photo: Bob Smith Photography
Thank you to Louise Soothill from Keighley Town Council for leading the walk and to all those who came along.
And thank you to Bob Smith Photography for the photographs.
Last Saturday 29th June 2024, a group of local people set off as part of Otley Walking Festival to draw the bog and associated wildlife of Denton Estate moorland near Ilkley.
Led by local artist, Naseem Darbey, and Yorkshire Peatland Partnership (YPP) expert, Lucy Lee, the group of 10 spent the day on the moor absorbing the landscape, learning about the bog and documenting it through art.
Naseem leading a drawing group on Denton Moor
The project has been titled Bog in a Drawing Box as participants are provided with a specially designed box with a host of drawing materials to allow them to illustrate the moorland, it’s plants and animals.
The project has been funded by the Yorkshire Peatland Partnership with the aim of encouraging attendees to think and learn about how society and the natural environment affect each other, to value peatlands for their own sake and for the benefits they provide and benefit from peatlands (recreation/health/wellbeing) and to take action to protect our peatlands.
Participant soaking up the landscape, literally!
By drawing the bog and it’s botany, the aim was to inspire the artists to get involved in restoring and protecting their local peatlands and highlight how important it is for wildlife, recreation, as a carbon store, flood protection and water security.
The project has also been supported by The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Otley Walking Festival, Nidderdale National Landscape, Denton Estate and the Wharfedale Naturalists Society.
For more information on the Bog in a Drawing Box project or our future collaborative projects with the YPP, please email naseem@keighleycreative.org
