In fact, it's crazy how long ago I last wrote a blog.
I think I was about 5! OK, exaggeration but JANUARY! That's madness, where did the last 8 months go? There's only one way to tackle this. Those who've followed in the past can smell the bullet points coming, those new to this may feel a sense of relief that bullet points are coming!
Friendly fire bullet points.
- Jan - came home from Slovakia
- Feb - thought about Slovakia, tried to re-adjust back to life in Liverpool
- Re-united with the Homebaked crew and do stuff with them
- March - continued plans to start my own CIC (Community Interest Company)
- A wake up call - told to 'suck it up' for a few years and build some foundations (ooeh)
- April - focus on the CIC and the words 'long' and 'term'
- Enter mild shock at the idea of focussing on 'long' and 'term'
- Move my sculpture, L5 6QW from South Wales to Bootle, Liverpool
- Made the 2013 GIT Awards
- Funding for the newly named L5 Mural secured May 2013
- Relieved then terrified about securing the L5 Mural money
- June/July - Mural stuff, forms and stuff, bakery stuff (Homebaked), funding stuff, forms, more forms, trip to Lyon as Homebaked ambassadors to speak about the project, move into The Royal Standard studios, the birth of L5 CIC
- 150 Granton Road, Everton, Liverpool 5 6QW gone. Forever.
- August - move L5 Mural Project to September
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| 150 Granton Road, Everton, Liverpool 5 6QW |
The L5 Mural Project
When? September 2013
Where? Homebaked (old Mitchell's Bakery - side wall) - Donaldson Street, L5.
"I want to paint something beautiful on something others deemed not."
So the idea was simple, paint something big, bold, striking, vibrant, edible almost on a building that had been included in the Housing Market Renewal initiative in Everton and Anfield, the area I grew up in and currently living. The HMR scheme resulted in hundreds of families and communities being up rooted and moved. I've written about this on many occasions and if you would like to read more about work I made initially in direct response you can find if here: http://l5-6qw.tumblr.com/
An article written by local writer Amy Jones is a great overview http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2013/06/the-silent-protester-jayne-lawless/
A long with a group of teenagers, a couple of filmmakers, some fellow artists I hope to create something positive in an area that has had more than it's fare share of negatives and quite frankly has had enough. It's time to move forward.
This is just a brief intro to bring you up to speed.
My aim is to use this blog to document the project from a personal point of view.
I hope to set up a facebook and twitter account that all of us working in the project can access - to upload as we go.
Breathing deeply. It's a big piece and I hope everyone gets behind it. My main aims are to give teenagers the opportunity to work with professionals, produce a good piece of public art and shine a positive light on our patch.
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| L5 Mural wall - Homebaked (formerly Mitchell's Bakery) corner of Oakfield Rd and Donaldson St |
