Charity creating vision of Scotland's future through art
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A leading environmental charity is giving people the chance to have their vision of a greener and fairer Scotland appear alongside the works of author Alexander McCall Smith.
WWF Scotland’s ‘Great Scottish Canvas’ aims to create a unique collection of poems, pictures and other art forms.
Chosen works will feature in a virtual exhibition and book which will be given to all MSPs and taken to the UN COP26 talks in Glasgow later in the year, to ensure voices from across Scotland are presented to decision makers.
Director of WWF Scotland Lang Banks said:“I am so excited about the Great Scottish Canvas and hope people will send us their poems, drawings and artworks about Scotland’s nature and its future, and the actions they want to see happen to protect our one shared home.
"By making changes in the way we heat our homes, travel in our cities and towns, and produce the food on our plates, we can create a Scotland we can all be proud of.
“In this vital year for climate and nature with the UN climate talks bringing the world to Glasgow in November, we’ll curate a virtual exhibition of the submissions to the Great Scottish Canvas, to bring everyone’s voices to the table.
"We will showcase the public’s desire for a future where we tackle the climate and nature crises and create a greener, fairer future for all.
"It’s our opportunity to paint the future we want to see and tell the story of the Scotland we want to be.”
In March Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, best known for his The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency books, contributed his own moving new poem about the climate and nature crises, to urge people to take part in the Great Scottish Canvas project.
McCall Smith’s poem will be included in a virtual exhibition of contributions the charity is putting together later in the year and a book that will be given to all our new MSPs and distributed to delegates and world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow.
The project is open for entries until Sunday May 30.
