- Collectivity
We brought together artist Annie Nicholson (aka Fandangoe Kid) and participants from Change Grow Live (St Helens Recovery Service) to create a bold new public artwork for St Helens.
Originally installed as a floor mural on Foundry Street in St Helens town centre in spring 2022, Together In Love And Courage has since been re-homed due to the redevelopment of the town centre. The work now lives as a large-scale installation at St Helens Central Station, welcoming visitors to the borough and commuters home each day. The artwork has also been produced as a print installation within the Change Grow Live building, ensuring the project continues to be embedded in the organisation and accessible to its participants.
Bold and vibrant, the mural was developed through several weeks of engagement with participants at CGL St Helens. Together with Annie they explored themes of resilience and overcoming adversity, alongside the role of community and the unique spirit of St Helens and its people. Drawing on the participants’ creative outputs and transcripts of group conversations, Annie developed a powerful collective voice that shaped the design and narrative of the work.
Part of a wider series of public artworks platforming the work of women and LGBTQIA+ artists.
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You'll find Together in Love and Courage at: St Helens Central Station
Part of Arts Council England’s supported Creative People and Places programme. With additional support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). In collaboration with Change Grow Live, St Helens Borough Council and Northern.
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The project has received £20K of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund, specifically the Welcome Back Fund, as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund. Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. More information.
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. They support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
Between 2011 and 2015, we will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1 billion from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. Government funding is received from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and requirements are laid out in our funding agreement with them.
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Part of St Helens Library Services, St.Helens Council Arts Service supports the development of all art forms including music, dance, drama, creative writing, new media, visual and public art.
Change Grow Live is a drug and alcohol service for adults aged 19+, families and carers in St Helens. They offer a wide range of support including one-to-one appointments and group work. As well as drugs and alcohol, they offer support with health and wellbeing mental health, criminal justice, domestic abuse and homelessness.
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