Be Part of the ViewFinder Project!
Help the ViewFinder Project ensure public art in Hedge End reflects the heart and soul of the area!
Two events take place next week where you can personally help shape public art in Hedge End, Botley and West End.
1. ViewFinder Project – Walk and Workshop
Residents are invited to a free ‘walk and talk’ of some of the current and future public art in the area, followed by a workshop to get creative with ideas for the Public Art Vision for Hedge End, West End and Botley (HEWEB).
WHEN AND WHERE?
2 pm, Thursday 15th August for a 30-minute walk, followed by a 45 minute workshop
Meet in the foyer of The Dart, The Wildern School, Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ
No need to bring anything, just yourselves
2. ViewFinder Project – What Does Public Art Mean to Me?
Join four leaders in public and community art in the UK to find out what public art means to them, what it can achieve, how it can happen and where – and create a discussion to work out what public art could mean for Hedge End, West End and Botley).
Artist and writer Dan Thompson, will talk about community projects up and down the country and all sorts of public art, from festivals and dances to Big Ideas competitions and taking over empty shops.
Lynne Dick, Head of Programme (Engagement and Learning) at Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery, will be sharing all about a new public art project, Jennifa Chowdhury’s Pattern & Ornamental Encounters, developed through Southampton’s Public Art Group.
Charlotte Parsons, Co-Curator & Producer of Look Again Newhaven ( a ‘supergraphics’ festival that took over the whole town earlier this year) commissioned a number of local and international artists which saw a number of social and economic impacts.
And ViewFinder Project’s own Richard Wolfstome, a renowned wayfinder and designer of signs, street furniture and functional public art.
WHEN AND WHERE?
4pm – 5.30pm Thursday 15th August when you can join four leaders in public art in the UK.
Meet in the foyer of The Dart, The Wildern School, Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ
Just bring yourselves, your questions, and your love of where you live!
Find out more about the ViewFinder Project here
If you can’t make the workshops there is a SURVEY running until the 19th August. Take part here