‘Nature in Art lifts the spirits’ National Heritage Museum of the Year Awards judges report
© Nature in Art Registered Charity No. 1000553 01452 731422 An Accredited Museum with MLA
Nature in Art is owned and managed by the Nature in Art Trust
Reg Charity No: 1000553
Company No: 2530202
Nature in Art Trust was established in 1982 (then called the Society for Wildlife
Art of the Nations) to set up a museum dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature
and then to manage and further develop it. Nature in Art opened in 1988.
Through its activities, and in particular, through Nature in Art, the Nature in Art
Trust aims to
cultivate an appreciation and understanding of the diversity of art inspired by nature through
its collections and exhibitions and by:
• arranging travelling exhibitions and loan exhibits to and from different parts
of the UK and the world •
• arranging lectures, art courses, and other activities
•
• exploring the common ground between art and science and between conservation
and the artist •
• providing special facilities and programmes for the education
of young people •
• developing international cooperation and exchange of ideas •
•
stimulating and conduct research and encourage the publication of literature, academic
and popular •
Patron:
HRH Princess Alexandra
President:
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance
Vice-
Dr. Heather Angel, Lord Barber of Tewkesbury, Dr. David Bellamy, Mrs Sonja Fuchs OBE, David Gower OBE,
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, David Lank CM, Dr. Shirley Sherwood, His Honour Judge David Turner, QC
Chairman of Council:
Dr. David Trapnell
Council:
Linda Bennett, Dr Timothy Brain, OBE, QPM, Michael Cansdale (Hon. Sec), June Cox, Jamie Eykyn FCA, Michael Fairbairn,
Dr. Christopher Flower, Rungwe Kingdon, Julian Royle, Keith Shackleton, Paul Walkden, Paul Wilkinson
