In December 2004, Land mounted a unique project with partners Elevate East Lancashire and Design East Lancashire, to give young people a chance to have their say about how their towns could be developed and improved. Artists worked with children from six Pendle schools to explore the importance of design in the landscape. The project resulted in a stunning wall calendar for 2005, entitled ‘My Perfect Town’, containing twelve images of ‘perfect’ towns as imagined and represented by schoolchildren through sculpture, painting and modelling.
The calendar attracted the attention of the Prince of Wales during his October 2005 visit to Nelson, when he met some of the children involved.
Following on from the success of ‘My Perfect Town’, a second calendar was commissioned for 2006, featuring designs by schoolchildren based on their dreams of the Pennine Lancashire of the future. Six artists worked with six schools across East Lancashire to produce the artwork for this calendar, ‘Dreaming of Pennine Lancashire’. Needless to say, the Prince of Wales was one of the first recipients of the new version!
Image: Children with Calendars
