The educational mission of Jupiter Artland has been built upon the realisation that young people of Scotland were missing vital moments of inspiration in their education. Culture, particularly for young people has felt unattainable, indeed, an interesting observation is that even the very steps and porticos of museums and galleries are a barrier.. Jupiter believes there should be “less temples and more playgrounds” or more importantly there should be a balance.

There is an urgency to the vision that can be seen in the learning department. It’s plethora of educational initiatives and classes, in the free learning programme, Home School, ArtSparks, Masterclasses and Woodland Explorers. These immersive and experiential educational programmes utilise a considered blend of Early Years, Montessori, Steiner and Forest School approaches, to deliver an education within and through nature bit always relevant to the demands of the school curriculum.

The Learning Foundation has grown its free and term-time classes and has had over 80,000 participants enjoying the workshops and experiences..

While the landscape and commissioning of world-class art is rightly our preoccupation, the foundation and education programme continue to mine the extraordinary power of the landscape, artist and viewer and become the inspirational vehicle for learning. The ambitious growth of the Foundation alongside the development of the Artland have come from a personal dream of the Wilson family and now have been embraced but the 1000’s of members of Jupiter who continue to support the work.

‘the vision to create a place through art that would have a real transformative effect on the viewer, to spark something in an individual that might be life-changing.’

Nicky Wilson