Ambassador Artist for the English Riviera UNESCO Geopark

I have recently been selected to become an ambassador artist for the English Riviera UNESCO global geopark. Alongside 10 other artist of different disciplines.

The Aims of a Geopark Ambassador Artist is…

• Promote, support, facilitate, encourage and enable local organisations, projects, initiatives and events that help protect and raise awareness, understanding of and engagement with the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark on a local, national or international level.
• Strengthen existing partnerships and develop new networks to ensure the geological, environmental, historical and cultural qualities of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark are sustained and promoted for current and future generations.
• Support the retention of the UNESCO status for the benefit of the people of Torbay
• To celebrate and recognise the creative heritage intrinsic to people and place of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark
• To promote artists, artisans, creatives and makers producing work inspired by, sympathetic to and celebrating the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark

For more information on the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark click here

“Being an Associate Partner of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark is an exciting opportunity for us to remind our audience that our culture lives and breathes around us in everything we do. The Global Geopark designation recognises the contribution that is made by the landscape, people and heritage of Torbay to our culture and our lives, and these are values that we are proud to share Jacob Brandon, Artizan Gallery, English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark Associate Partner