Heart of Glass awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for a new arts project celebrating ‘strong women’ of Knowsley and St Helens
The team are delighted to announce that Heart of Glass has been awarded a grant of £95,998 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, to develop a new art project called “Strong Women” over the next two years.
Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, it aims to capture and highlight the untold stories of women in St Helens and Knowsley and celebrate their contributions to the boroughs. It will also explore women’s and LGBTQIA+ people’s role within the history of street art.
The project will include the creation of two new public artworks by artist Carrie Reichardt. Carrie is an internationally known artist who uses a mix of mural, mosaic and screenprinting techniques to create elaborate works of art (famously mosaicing her entire house in London). She will be working with the community to create two new pieces of large scale street art within St Helens and Knowsley neighbourhoods.
Carrie will be working with groups of local residents and community groups to create individual ceramic tiles as well as researching local history and unearthing people’s stories to develop the artwork. There will be an opportunity for a local artist to be mentored by Carrie as part of the programme, as well as a programme of public events and activities exploring women and LGBTQ+ people’s impact within the traditionally male-dominated world of street art. The project will also include a schools programme including resources for teachers exploring street art with children.
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