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ELEMENTS: STREET ART FESTIVAL

Elements: Street Art Festival took place in August 2024, bringing an injection of art into the Ouseburn, transforming a once overlooked space, into an outdoor gallery of vibrant artworks.

The festival brought together a unique line up of talented mural, graffiti and street artists from around the North East, plus one invited guest, to work their magic on the wall space around the Woods Pottery site in the Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Over the course of a weekend, the festival brought community and creativity together, with a selection of additional offerings including: Nowt Special art market, artist workshops, delicious street food by the amazing Scranners Arms and other refreshments.

As well as the main event, we also developed 5 different community outreach projects in the surrounding areas of Shieldfield, St. Anne's and Byker. We worked with local groups and charities to provide community art projects which aimed to connect local people into the festival, whilst providing creative opportunities.

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ELEMENTS was organised 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.

SHOWCASING CREATIVE TALENT

The main festival weekend took place on 3rd & 4th August 2024 and saw 18 talented artists take to the stage for a weekend of live painting, creative activites and all round good vibes.

With a Gable end feature piece from Bournemouth based artist Ricky Also (Owner of Paint Shop Studio), alongside an array of different styles of artwork, produced by local artists such as Mr Zee, Prefab77, Mul, Bobzilla, Cack Handed Kid, Creative Ginger and more, we brought a whole load of colour to the Ouseburn in a few short days.

The first edition of ELEMENTS brought together local artists, community groups, businesses and visitors in the Ouseburn through Newcastle's first public street art festival.

CONNECTING CREATIVITY & COMMUNITY

Outside the main festival event, we made friends with lots of organisations in the surrounding area, working with a variety of community groups and charities, we provided a range of creative projects to engage local people in creative activities and build community involvement.

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WILD ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN

Wild Roots are a volunteer led community garden project, situated on the edge of the festival site. They have transformed an empty piece of land into an ever growing community garden and we worked with them to create a nature inspired mural for the outer edge of the garden.