Art On The Street exhibition showcases new artworks created in Wellingborough
Made With Many is exhibiting artwork created during Well Creative Festival in the Swansgate Shopping Centre over the festive season.
In the frantic run-up to Christmas, why not take a few minutes out of your shopping errands to relax and enjoy Art
On The Street? This exhibition, currently installed in the windows of the empty shop unit next to Greggs Bakery in
the Swansgate Shopping Centre originally planned to run for a week, and has now been extended to run until
Tuesday 7th January 2025.
It features artworks made during October’s Well Creative Festival by local artists Catrina Hill, Deana Winn, Jane Bell,
Jean Edwards, Olivia Wilson and Samantha Brockway. The six artists were commissioned by Made With Many’s
Canvas youth group as part of the day-long Well Creative Festival, to create new artworks inspired by
Wellingborough town centre. Placing themselves around the town centre festival site, the artists captured a variety
of interpretations of the brief in an eclectic mix of styles and techniques, from watercolours to textile art, sketching
and surreal acrylics.
Fiona Stevens from Swansgate Shopping Centre commented, “We are truly honoured to be hosting the Art On The
Street exhibition in our centre over the festive season, and are delighted to once again be working with Made With
Many to present excellent local artworks to our valued customers.”
The Well Creative Festival took place in Wellingborough town centre earlier this year on Saturday 5th October,
clocking up over 5600 engagements in the arts from shoppers and visitors to the town centre. The festival animated
Wellingborough town centre with an abundance of intriguing and playful performances, including live arcade games,
music, dance, wandering giant slinkies and of course the six artists included in this exhibition who were busy creating
their artworks and having conversations with curious members of the public.
Artist Jean Edwards said of her involvement, “I’m an urban sketcher so I often sit outside to draw and paint what I
see. I enjoyed being part of the Art on the Street of the Well Creative festival – it was a sunny early autumn day and
there were lots of families around enjoying taking part in the activities so there was a lovely atmosphere. The Market
Square was transformed with colour, which I hope my sketch shows.“
Lily Viney, Producer at Made With Many added, “We are thrilled to be extending our Art On The Street exhibition
until the new year, thanks to the generosity of exhibition hosts, Swansgate Centre. The exhibition not only celebrates
the artists’ work, but also the fantastic legacy our Canvas youth group created producing our first ever Well Creative
festival in October 2024.”
The Canvas youth group who organised Well Creative Festival with Made With Many, are recommencing their
creative sessions in the new year with a new Project Co-ordinator Sophia Madden, after recently bidding a fond
farewell to former group leader, Becky Carrier who has moved on to other exciting creative projects.
You can visit the exhibition during shopping centre opening times, which are 8am to 6pm from Mondays to Saturday
and 10am to 4pm on Sundays and Boxing Day. The centre is closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
For more information about the exhibition, participating artists, the Canvas youth group or Well Creative Festival,
please visit www.madewithmany.org