Public art murals and Community spaces

Do you have an idea for Public art murals and Community spaces that could benefit from an art mural, a chance to spruce up a wall or building?

Public art murals can be a more permanent fixture on your local village community hall, community garden or a business or residential building. Public art murals are for everyone to enjoy, brightening up the community space.

The right choice of artwork carefully chosen to suit the community space can lift and brighten the area. Creating a beautiful space for the community to enjoy.

Community spaces

There are some lovely Public art murals and Community spaces taking place that are revamping very tired looking areas. I recently took part in a project called the Valley Street art project. A community art project helping to revamp tired looking alleyways, and community spaces. The artist is given legal permission to paint a design. If the wall is public facing then that is the perfect setting to show off the artwork for all to see. The project is made up of a group of fantastic artists. I have already completed my first wall of the project and I am planning on doing a second one in the summer.

Public art murals

Public art trails can take the form of artist sculptures painted up and themed, to window art themed along your route. Just in the last year I made the short list for a subway mural on a cycling route, from the wildlife reserve to the town.

A proud moment and I continue to enter the artist submissions, I am awaiting the results of some yet to announce the winners….fingers crossed for me!

Full Colour festival Maindee, Newport

September 2024 there was a hive of activity on the streets of Maindee, Newport. Lots of scaffolding going up, painting equipment and artists getting ready to start the artworks. In preparation for the start of the art trail and launch of the festival. On the day of the festival there was live music, performances and live art taking place. All artwork had permissions in place.

I was lucky enough to be invited to paint a Western power box at Wharf road, Maindee, Newport. Quite an interesting object to paint with deep angles and recesses, which led it to a perfect choice for a trompe l’oeil effect.

I visited the site with a few ideas sketched out to play with, upon seeing the power box it looked like a temple with columns and I knew the Trompe I’oeil effect would work with my underwater Atlantis city theme.

Best bit about the Full Colour festival was working alongside other mural artists that I admire and now I finally met them in person! The comments from the business owners in the area and people walking by enjoying the art was amazing! Maindee really did have a buzz and it was creating such good vibes from everyone. Amazing how art can pull a community together and has inspired further projects for the community.

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Check out the link for a detailed art trail map and list of artists.

Full Colour Maindee | Maindeehttps://www.maindee.org/full-colour-festival