A mid Wales rewilding project has selected their artists in residence, as part of the Endangered Landscape Artist Residencies programme.

The TAIR Collective, comprising of artists Manon Awst, Beth Celyn, and Judith Musker Turner, has been selected as the artists in residence for Summit to Sea.

The Endangered Landscapes Artist Residencies programme have introduced eight residencies in various landscape restoration projects, such as Summit to Sea, across Europe.

Summit to Sea project officer Siân Stacey said the project has “transformed” recently after being criticised for not taking into consideration local communities in its “early days”.

The £150,000 programme, which aims to increase biodiversity and restore ecosystems in a large area of mid Wales, recently entered it’s design phase.

The project is keen to work with local people on the design phase, and TAIR will now work in close collaboration with Summit to Sea to support its current exploration phase of the co-design process.

They will deliver a participatory arts project which will use the arts to ensure that people and communities involved in the project feel that their voices are being heard.

They plan to create a multimedia artwork using materials collected by and with communities, gathering stories and testimonies along the way which will be developed into a multimedia performance piece.

TAIR said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded this prestigious residency and for the opportunity to work with Summit to Sea.

“We are passionate about the ability of the arts to connect and inspire people, and believe they have a key role to play in tackling the challenges facing our environment.

“We are looking forward to working with local communities to ensure that they feel heard, represented and empowered through Summit to Sea’s co-design process.”

The Endangered Landscapes Artist Residencies and Arts Prize is a new collaboration between two programmes at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative; the Arts, Science and Conservation Programme and the Endangered Landscapes Programme.

The residencies aim to encourage collaborative, interdisciplinary arts practice that celebrates the landscapes and communities supported by the ELP and that reveal the hopes, ambitions and opportunities that come with landscape restoration.

TAIR is a new collective, although the artists have worked together previously on other projects, including as part of the female poetry collective, Cywion Cranogwen.

Manon explores sites through installations, films and performances, Beth is a singer-songwriter and poet from Denbigh, while Judith Musker Turner is a poet and textile artist based in Derwenlas.