Arts&heritage

Arts & Heritage (A&H) is an agency working across the UK to forge connections between artists, communities and historic sites and museums. We challenge how heritage is explored by centring artists that have participatory and people based practices, while prioritising a diversity of voices within the narratives presented. Across the last fifteen years of commissioning and collaborating in heritage contexts, A&H has expanded its definition of heritage to include intangible cultural heritage and environmental heritage. Common Lands, the working title for our new 18-month programme for 2023-25 reflects on the stories of people, place and collective action - inspired by the histories of access to land, ownership and duty of care for nature. The starting point for projects comes from artistic and academic research, community activism, narratives of place and from choosing heritage partnerships who value and support environmental quality, inclusivity, community well-being, and biodiversity. We want to bring to light progressive historic environmental movements that give voice & value to radicals from the past, informing the present and inspiring the future.