Stone & Sky Residency

ANNOUNCING … We are pleased to announce Travon Powell as the new writer in residence for Stone & Sky, our partnership with Cotswolds National Landscape. Travon will be working slowly and purposefully over the coming months to explore how writing can help communities understand and engage with the distinctive qualities of this landscape.

Travon says “I come from Matson which is the most deprived area in Gloucestershire according to statistics and as someone who has lived here my entire life, I can confidently say that people are very detached / disconnected to the nature that surrounds them and the innerstanding of what it can provide when given the time and opportunity to engage also simply knowing the ways to engage.

I feel connected to the trees, plants and nature that are on my estate but I feel no connection to the wider land that surrounds Gloucester and particularly Cotswolds and could not imagine my self being in the Cotswolds.

I am a spoken word artist and rapper who engages with community using hip hop, grime and poetry/ lyricism to create connection through words that express emotions tha rise through living in areas labelled as deprived while simultaneously expressing the beauty, wisdom and healing found in these rural areas.

I believe these words are the bridge that can help reveal the truth of the sacred land we walk upon daily. I feel a longing to connect myself and my community to the wider lands that surrounds us, I know it is the next step in us feeling truly welcome, at home and at peace here, but there are so many barriers holding us back.” – Travon Powell

We can’t wait to see where this adventure takes us! Big congratulations Travon on becoming the Cotswolds' first writer in residence!