The inspiration for all the collaged art works created during the workshops was taken from Fleetwood’s own rich architectural history, the Fleetwood Museum and building at number 8 Queens Terrace and from ideas generated using materials pupils imagining their own museum buildings
We took over 500 photographs of pupils work over the 5 sessions so apologies for any that we have not included here. We invite the schools involved to look at the photos using links we will send them as soon as possible
Below are a selection of photographs taken of collage art works created by pupils at four Fleetwood Schools. We carried out workshop sessions for Fleetwood Museum on behalf of Kate Eggleston-Wirtz, as part of the community consultation process asking local people what they would like to see the building at number 8 used for.
We started by working with pupils at
Flakefleet Primary
Pupils were asked by us to think about and create their own museums
Using Fleetwood architecture as inspiration
and thinking about number eight
Opening doors to reveal the museum
Cardinal Allen Secondary
An amazing 3D model of a museum
Pupils are able to continue working on their collages during after schools sessions.
Fleetwood High School
Number 8 inspired art work collage on recycled cardboard
The pupils at Fleetwood High made art works from a brief set by us to create architectural ideas for a museum around the number eight
Pupils will be able to include this as working towards their GCSE portfolios.
One pupil also made a museum art work ‘souvenir’ design for the Museum shop.
St Wulstan’s & St Edmund’s Catholic Academy (Primary)
This super clever building opened up and incorporated a drawbridge
Below is the interior of a two storey building created by pupils using card and antique newspaper.
Some pupils worked together to create spectacular 3D collages
Pupils at all the schools also worked on collage on to a four panel screen that Kate Eggleston- Wirtz has been commissioned to create for display at the museum in the near future.
A massive thank you to all the pupils and supportive staff who participated in these fun and inspirational sessions with us. You are all Amazing !
Fleetwood Museum opens its doors again to visitors in April 2025
The finished sign created during a workshop with local people who access and use the Kirkham Family Zone Hub.
Graffiti hand spray painted by Kirkham families with Last Legs at Kirkham Celebration day. Now in situ outside the family hubs, community center
spray painting on to cave walls community hands was the first art created by the first groups of people you need hands to support a communityThe new sign will be placed at the center gatesKirkham community members spray painting hands on hubs sign using stencil and spray paint
Spray painting hand stencil design as the background for the new Kirkham Family Hubs
spray painting the Lancashire County Council rose through a hand cut stencil
The complete 4 sessions over the summer were about how art / visual culture was and is still our first and main form of communication.
Session one was making signs with the participants own name
Session two was about making art work for the family around wishes and hopes for the future.
Session three was about creating art works that feature creative art and design – trainers – that is all around us
The fourth session was making art about themselves ‘this is me’
The final session in Kirkham, rounded off the summer workshops with the community creating and painting a sign incorporating ‘spray painted hand stencils – the first expression of human ‘self’.
‘This is Me’ August 21st
Trainer designs high tops and shell toes August 14th
trainer spray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe designsNumber eight custom shell toe paint pen on graffiti spray paint boardoriginal drawing with paint pen on graffiti spray paint board flying eyeball blue alien in space paint pen on graffiti spray paint boardspray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe trainer designsspray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe designs by tia spray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe designs with drawing on paper with design ideaslooked like stained glass design spray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe designscat design inspired by spray painted graffiti cards with stenciled high tops and shell toe designstrainer design workshop high tops and shell toes youth engagement kirkham memorial parkalyssias eye graffiti baileys graffiti circular board circular graffiti spray painted boards graffiti names drawn with paint pensdrawing with paint pens on circular graffiti spray painted boards circular graffiti spray painted boards graffiti names drawn with paint pensA door full of circular graffiti spray painted boards and drawn with paint pensgraffiti sign making workshop in Ashton Gardens St Annesgraffiti sign making workshop in Ashton Gardens St Annesgraffiti sign making workshop in Ashton Gardens St Annesgraffiti sign making workshop in Ashton Gardens St Annes Leongraffiti cards kirkham memorial park youth engagement workshops with last legsgraffiti cards kirkham memorial park youth engagement workshops with last legsgraffiti card Tag me over and overgraffiti card Noah worked hard to create his Name in beautiful bold colourgraffiti card Kobe plays the football cardgraffiti card June and John a star with lovegraffiti card Hugh is going to love you for this cardgraffiti card Give Lucas a handgraffiti card I only like fishgraffiti card this dawg is the kinggraffiti card AMK with lovegraffiti cards Hunter loves his beautiful card
‘A Question of Art‘ – Community participatory arts project 2024
Thank you once again to the Tenants Projects Fund that enables us to work in partnership with your amazing staff and the fantastic services provided in BCH Resettlement Housing accommodations. Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2025
After a busy year we have just received our Makezines. Available to download for free here. Going to print before Christmas ready to give to BCH residents and community members very soon. Thanks to BCH: Tenants Project Fund (TPF).
Gorton Street Crew and doggyHappy feet making happy feetquote for the dayThis is me in the corner making art
October 24th/10/2024
using stencils and spray paint to create a designwe are all made of starsart for new bathroom using stencils and spray paintbathroom design of dolphins using spray paint and stencilsdesign created for new bathroomfootball shield design created with stencils and spray paint
October 17th/10/2024
resident in temporary accommodation makes art for his sisterresident in temporary accommodation makes art for his sisterBecky draws a trainer design with paint pensart drawn on spray painted card for own room
October 10th/10/2024
Who are you ?
coloring in a red skeleton mask for Halloweenfamilies workshops young peoples art works with paint penskiss the pumpkin boofamilies workshops young peoples art works with paint pensart witch mask on card
October 3rd/10/2024
A busy afternoon working with families. Creativity promotes health and well being and supports conversation with family members
Making masks and name cards
nearly Halloween
September 12th/09/2024
Chase art work with young participant
Mid June 2024 we began a series of community participatory workshops with community members living in and around Blackpool.
The project ‘A Question of Art’ is funded by BCH Tenants Project grant.
Young people do amazing creative work when the chance arises to make time to relax, use colour and new techniques for making art works on canvas.
Be Good, Be Tough, Be Brave, Be Loyal
Our neighbors cat checking the quality and dryness of each new board we spray to his exacting high standards
August 06/08/2024
Certified safe for ‘Dawgs’ today
We made Sponge Bob graffiti canvasesSponge Bob the amazing doubles drawn and painted during an arts health graffiti painting workshop in BlackpoolRolling Stone graffiti canvas for my friendMy beautiful purple canvas with freehand design made with posca paint pensDerpy pony graffiti spray paint stencil t shirtBiggie Smalls graffiti spray paint stencil t shirtClouds in orange and green with yellow star created using spray paint and stencils
‘If your feeling down, do not frown
Make a start, do some art’
Tasha
July 23/07/2024
two participants working hard at graffiti canvases for friends and familymemorial graffiti art canvas for dadworking Aliens innitBee happymum asked me to make a painting for her
July 16/07/2024
making art using paint pens and spray paintFinished piece of wall art for the office by young person using posca pens making art canvas using paint pens and spray paintJoker graffiti wall art spray paint and posca penmaking art using 2 layer stencils, paint pens and spray paint
June 25/06/2024
art work by Liv and Charlie spray painting using stencils Blackpoolspray painted graffiti art work canvas by young personspray painted graffiti art work canvases by young peoplespray painting in young peoples community house adding everyone’s namesspray painting on recycled card boards using stencilsyoung person spray painting canvas using stencils
June 24/06/2024
spray painting practise on recycled cardboard large canvas painted for young peoples group games roombe good be tough be brave be loyal be you practise makes perfectspray painted dog on board using stencilstwo art canvases spray paint using stencils
June 17/06/2024
drawing on canvas with poscas blue ponydrawing on canvas with poscas fantasy blue ponyfantasy purple pony on pink hand drawn with paint pens on canvasyoung person drawing design on canvas with posca paint pensdrawing on canvas with poscas fantasy abstract art
Practicing art skills in a relaxed informal, supported environment using your own ideas, helps open up possibilities for creative thinking skills and encourages long term positive community engagement.
Earlier in 2024
REVOE COMMUNITY MOSAIC OUTSIDE MARY SMITH COMMUNITY HUB
We received word today that the mosaic is finally in situ.
The art work was originally designed, then made to fit within a window space of the now demolished George Hotel, once situated on Central Drive next to the Revoe community center. The mosaic will now take pride of place outside the Mary Smith House, Revoe-lution Community building. The mosaic depicts iconic local landmark buildings including the George Hotel.
revoe hand made un’s make mosaic piece in blackpool gazette
The art work was designed by Mr Dee using the iconic local buildings of Blackpool to inform the work, as discussed and designed with Revoe residents, who worked on the mosaic over a number of years using recycled tiles, donated by Al Murad Tiles.
We would like to thank Pippa Martin who gave us the start up funding, the ‘Hand Grown Un’s’ art group who met at the Revoe Community Center over a period of months and worked together to create the first part of this mosaic’s story, the Mary Smith Art group, Jackie, Barbara Clarke, Anita and Peter, Angie Buss, Suzanne Forbes, Harry, Penny Corney, Brenda Giles, Sue and Sophia and all at Memory Lane Cafe, particularly Carol and Jan, and Kas at Al Murad for the tiles. This mosaic is dedicated to all the people and places in Revoe that are culturally significant to the history of Blackpool.
‘Memories of Revoe’ Book written by local historian Shirley Mc Carten: cover photo Lee Fitzgerald, Revoe Forever logo David Butterworth
We are also exited to be working again in the community in Blackpool, thanks to Blackpool Coastal Housing’s Tenant Project Fund, grant for our new Arts Health project ‘A Question of Art’. The project will involve working with staff and tenants of BCH: workshops begin in March 2024.
We will also be working with families at the Grange on February 12th to create some valentines day items for a celebratory meal at the Grange later that week.
Working with Revoe-lution youth group on 07/10/2023 to create a site specific public graffiti triptych art wall using spray paint
short video of the completed art work 07 10 2023
The group should be rightly proud, happy and pleased with the resulting art work they created from start to finish, that reflects their pride in the area that they live. As a group they wanted to show their appreciation for Revoe and the people living in the area.
Boz Phillips and Lee Fitzgerald (Mr Dee) would like to thank all the young people involved for making the entire day a fantastic experience and for creating such a super, large scale, site specific, public triptych art work.
Working with the community gives people of all ages a unique opportunity to make a difference to the social fabric of society through creativity.
Working together we make a difference to each other.
·’I love it when the art group is here as I can get lonely- I have made new friends in the art group and I think it has helped my confidence, I am not scared to speak to people in groups now.’
·’I have found a new passion in art since going to Lee and Boz groups, when I left the hostel to go into supported accommodation I started an arts and crafts group, I would never have had the confidence or skills to do this if it wasn’t for Boz and Lee.’
·’I felt like I could speak to Boz and Lee about my struggles whilst doing Art, this really helped my mental health, before then I didn’t realise how much it would help, I wish I started doing Art sooner, I find it as a form of therapy.’
Below words and images made by young people in art workshops at the Grange with Boz and Lee for Groundwork
Spray painting t shirts and boards
Banksy would be proud
We are currently also working with Empowerment, PANDA and the Blackpool Allies group to help create artworks for Pride Blackpool later this year.
Badges made for the PANDA group
Lantern workshop at Claremont Community Center, with Empowerment
We are privileged to be able to work with our community thanks to a grant for ‘Home is where the HeArt’ is provided by Blackpool Coastal Housing’s Tenants Project Fund
first footprintgive me that artwe can do it together
The Art Group at Revoe was a bit quiet this evening but we were anxious to give them the art prize that Jean Scott won for her poetry and that is included in the updated Makezine. Jean generously donated her prize to the group.
Three from Revoe Art Group receiving Jean Scotts prize Three Makezines found a ‘foRevoe’ home
We have now given 30 Art packs to the family center in Blackpool and have a further 30 made up now and waiting to find new homes
New Makezines and new art packs readyNew Makezine with Jean Scotts winning poem: hot off the press
A busy year so far with new possibilities on the horizon close to home, fingers crossed.
The link below will take you to an online version of the Makezine.
If you would like to download a copy or copies of individual pages we can send you a dropbox link.
last legs community arts health 