Yarmouth Springs Eternal is a community arts, walking and nature project, instigated and led by Genevieve Rudd. We celebrate and connect with everyday or overlooked aspects of the natural world, whilst recognising inequality of access to natural spaces and challenging definitions of ‘nature’.
The project participants have lived experience of homelessness and migration, as well as self-reported experiences of loneliness, mental health challenges and issues with addiction. Through walking, we notice how Spring unfolds, using arts approaches to document and build a body of knowledge of the season. We emphasise that nature isn’t just pretty pastoral landscapes requiring walking boots and a car to access, it’s the stuff living all around us: Great Yarmouth’s streets, buildings, places and culture is central to this.
We’ve hosted artist-led workshops, an exhibition, conference and public events. This year, the group was mentored by arts and ecology practitioners to design and lead public events
