With my ‘Dearne Community Arts’ Festival’ hat on, we are beyond excited to have 2 community art projects to work on in 2024/25! We have been invited by BMBC to continue painting shop shutters in Goldthorpe, with funding of £10,000 towards the project released from the Shared Prosperity Fund. We have also been invited to lead the project to paint a new mural on the Phoenix Park underpass at the Goldthorpe end of Phoenix Park, since the underpass was badly damaged by fire last year. Jayde Marie Bell (Eye Violet) will be the artist involved in both these projects.
As part of the Phoenix Park underpass project, she will be leading a variety of workshops with young people to gain design ideas and work with them on spray painting. Some of these will be held at Astrea Academy Dearne and some at local youth groups, but we are hosting a community street art workshop at Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church on Tuesday 22 October between 5 and 7 p.m. All are invited to come along to give us your ideas! It will be a practical workshop, involving hands-on art, and is aimed specifically at children aged 10+, though adults are welcome to drop in too!
Further details to come, but please do let people know about this fantastic opportunity to be involved in changing the look of Goldthorpe! – and please do come along to the workshop at GPCC on 22 October between 5 and 7 p.m.
