The following websites are mainly art projects and organisations based in Wray, the Lune valley or in Lancaster. Wray is a village 10 miles from Lancaster, with a population of under a thousand. It has two rivers, the Hindburn and the Roeburn which merge with the Wenning near Hornby two miles away and then with the Lune near Gressingham.
There is a festival of scarecrows in Wray every year, usually in May

Lunesdale Studio Trail  http://www.lunesdalearts.co.uk
Artists studios in the Lune valley:- open fortnight 11 June - 26 June 2005

Scare crow village:  http://www.wrayvillage.co.uk                                             
information about what's happening in Wray.

Storey Gallery:- http://www.storeygallery.org.uk
Contempory art in lancaster.

http://www.studioarts.co.uk
Artists materials shop in Lancaster, also website for all artists and art events.

BBC-Lancashire Lifestyle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/lancashiregoing _out/2003/09/05/duck_street.shtml
feature on Duck Street art classes.