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Jurassic Coast
The Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site is England's first natural World Heritage Site - it is known as The Jurassic Coast. It covers 95 miles of truly stunning coastline from East Devon to Dorset, with rocks recording 185 million years of the Earth's history.
World Heritage status was achieved because of the site's unique insight into the Earth Sciences as it clearly depicts a geological ‘walk through time' spanning the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
For more information visit www.jurassiccoast.com
Jurassic Coast Arts Programme
The Olympic sailing events will take place against the backdrop of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site - the only place in the world where you can see the whole of the record of life from the mesozoic era (the age of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs) in sequence. The process of gaining designation as a World Heritage Site involved more than eighty stake-holders along the coast, who during the process began to question what it is that makes people interested in the story of the coast and the rocks which form it. Gaining the status of global significance drew attention to communities right along the coast that they live somewhere special, but begged the question 'what does this actually mean to me?'
The World Heritage Site is 95 miles long, and the exposed rocks from one end to the other contain 185 million years of earth history. There are, then, a lot of stories to be told. The Arts Programme will assist with telling some of these stories, and creating new ones inspired by the beauty and meaning of the coast. It is expected that this will be achieved by enabling individuals and organisations to develop new arts projects, events, festivals, exhibitions and artist residencies and exchanges, or to adapt existing projects and programmes so that they are genuinely linked to the WHS. These projects will also form a significant part of the Cultural
Olympiad in this area leading up to 2012.
The purpose of the Arts Programme is to encourage residents and visitors of all ages to visit and experience the Jurassic Coast for themselves and to understand it more profoundly through high quality arts experiences.
The Jurassic Coast team aim to provide expertise and guidance in working up your proposal within the context of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, and potentially suggest links to partners and funders. Each month the team will run a day of one-to-one surgeries up and down the coast - these give you a chance to discuss your proposal in depth. You can find the dates for the next art surgey session on the events listing on this page (blue box).
To book, please email D.Sutcliffe@dorsetcc.gov.uk with your preferred date and time ensuring that you include your contact details for confirmation or to re-arrange.