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Bringing together creativity & community in the heart of the Ouseburn. Engaging surrounding communities, creating opportunities and showcasing NE talent in Newcastle's first street art festival.
ELEMENTS will be a high profile showcase of public street art embedded at a local level. Injecting life into a patch of land in the Ouseburn - Newcastle’s art quarter - the festival will provide opportunity for huge wall murals creating a spectacular, free, public gallery. Using core themes of celebrating local creativity & sense of place, ELEMENTS will also feature public facing, community aimed workshops & activities leading to the large-scale showcase of street art accompanied by a host of exciting offers. Expect hands on activities, demonstrations, markets, live music & refreshments. ELEMENTS is being led by local artist Mark One87 and Building Culture, with support from Project North East. Our collaborative approach sees us working with and supported by a host of local organisations, artists and community groups to create a high impact, colourful and energetic event, with year round legacy. We can't wait to bring you Newcastle's first street art festival.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Calling on its rich heritage as Newcastle’s cultural quarter ELEMENTS will bring together local artists, community groups, businesses and visitors in the Ouseburn through the NE’s first public street art festival. > Artists will benefit from being part of a high impact, North East showcase, and future artists will find inspiration. > Community groups will be engaged in workshops and activities, providing skills, opportunities and relationships as well as routes into the arts. > Locals, visitors and businesses alike will benefit from a dynamic injection of public artwork, through this spectacular ‘open air gallery’ a new destination will emerge. > People will find platforms and opportunities to help inform the site longer term and to join the wider conversation about the Ouseburn Valley > All of this will bring people together, building upon a sense of place, pride and ownership encouraging people to celebrate the areas in which they live, work and play.
Steps to get it done:
We're actively working with the various surrounding communities and artists to inform the event. This deeper, more embedded approach seeks to include voices not usually heard through these processes, creating more meaningful engagement and community involvement. We're making sure our project complements existing work in the area: the art market, the community garden, The Ouseburn Festival are just a few examples and already emergent opportunities are presenting themselves for crossover and support. Growing support and crossover already includes: Wild Roots Community Garden, Northern Print, The Ouseburn Trust, The Ouseburn Market, Shielfield Youth Programme with more conversations happening each day. We have a strong evidence base for community outreach work within the field of street art and graffiti via project artist Mark One87. Many examples document positive outcomes in the areas of empowerment, civic pride, wellbeing, cultural exchange and boosts to the local economy.
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Our latest video gives a feel of what to expect at the festival. 🎭🎨 Large scale murals, free public workshops, community projects, art market, music refreshments and good vibes! Please share far and wide to help us get more local support 🙏 You can find this video across all of our social media 😁 🔗 https://linktr.ee/MarkOne87
Whoop, 60 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 50 people have pledged since fundraising began!
This weekend we will be at The Ouseburn Market handing out flyers and talking about ELEMENTS. Come along and chat to artist Mark One87 and Maria & Jack from PNE. The Ouseburn Market is a fantastic event that happens on PNE's land and it's the same site where ELEMENTS will take place. The Market is one of our supporters and will be involved in the street art festival, so you can get a feel of what is to come whilst checking out all of the stalls. The weather should be nice too! ;) >> https://www.facebook.com/theouseburnmarket/ >> https://www.instagram.com/theouseburnmarket/
How will the money be spent?Total £37,126
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Total £37,126
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VolunteerBuilding Culture CIC is a not for profit arts organisation and practice-led consultancy. We use our experience of ground up approaches and grassroots culture combined with our vast sector wide experience to support and inform projects we believe in.
A sibling organisation to Empty Shop CIC, Building Culture combines the classic hands-on, delivery-led approach Empty Shop is known for with the placemaking and regeneration expertise we have developed over the last 15 years to share, inform, empower and catalyse.
We love working with people and have strong focus on community and place.
Project Owner: Building Culture CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
