What was the issue/change you hoped to make?

Encourage conversations about sand dune habitats. Celebrate sand dunes, and help people feel more connected to nature and wildlife.

What was the suggested intervention?

It was part of the Lincolnshire Dynamic Dunescapes action plan to deliver community arts events within Lincolnshire, with the intention of building an understanding of the project and involving people in the range of project activities available.

What did you do?

A collaborative animation about sand dunes was made from paintings created by schools, care homes and community groups.

In this instance, a collaborative animation, is a collection of paintings produced by different people that, when put together in a particular sequence, create an illusion of movement.

How did you do it?

The Lincolnshire Dynamic Dunescapes Engagement Officer commissioned two artists (Phillip Duckworth and Ben Sandler, Juneau Projects) to help develop this activity.

• We started by asking people to send in video footage of sand dunes, species and wildlife.
• Artists Phil and Ben broke down this footage into frames, which were then used as reference images for people’s paintings.
• We sent out art kits to groups who wanted to get involved, with all the materials they needed to complete the painting activity (including brushes, paints, palettes, a welcome letter and instruction video with guidance on how to do the activity, mixing colours, different brushstrokes etc., reference images and clear plastic sheets).
• Groups completed the activity in their own space and time by painting onto the plastic sheet, using their reference image as a guide underneath.
• Groups were then asked to return their artwork to Phil and Ben – who scanned the images and put them back together in the original order.

How was the intervention monitored?

It was monitored through correspondence with the leaders of each group activity.

What modifications, if any, did you make to your initial plan and why?

The Lincolnshire Engagement Officer originally planned to deliver community art events face-to-face. However, at the time, schools and care homes were going into lockdown / implementing social restrictions due to Covid. We therefore decided to send out art kits for groups to use in their own space and time, to ensure that activities could be completed by all ages and backgrounds, and targets could be met within the given time frame.

What issues arose and how did you overcome them?

Some groups took longer to complete the activity than expected, e.g. when whole school classes had to isolate, however we were expecting delays due to Covid and accounted for this in planning.

A couple of schools approached the project expressing interest in the project, however by this point we had already brought and distributed the kits so it was too late. Instead we sent them information about the ‘Art of Saving Sand Dunes’ programme and other ways that they could get involved with Dynamic Dunescapes.

How much did the intervention cost?

£4482.40

(£1301.83 in materials and £3180.57 in artist fees)

What was the scale of the intervention?

Groups were invited to take place from across Lincolnshire; Scunthorpe, Alford, Skegness, Theddlethorpe, Mablethorpe, Binbrook and Boston.