Wood Street Walls news

31 JANUARY, 2018

GLA funding award to East London arts group for first new wave of legal art walls in London.

Wood Street Walls have received grant funding from the Mayor of London for “Leytonstone Art Gardens” as part of the Mayor’s Community Green Space Grants 2018. The Mayor has awarded £1.1 million in grants to 55 local projects to help create and improve green spaces. The Community Green Space Grants include projects to improve parks, design new green spaces, green school playgrounds, plant trees, install sustainable drainage and restore waterways. The grants are one element of the Mayor’s £9 m...

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October 2017

27 Oct

14 world-class things to do on Wood Street, Walthamstow (wood Street Walls mention and Ronzo image)

Source: Time Out London

June 2017

28 Jun

May 2017

22 May

Zarah Hussain collaborates with Wood Street Walls & Amal - a Said Foundation Project, for Pick Your Pattern 2017

Wood Street Walls, supported by Amal – A Said Foundation Project - has has commissioned Zarah Hussain in collaboration with Wood Street Walls to paint her first outdoor mural of 2017, asking the public to choose between four different artworks inspired by Islamic geometry and patterns - the winning design will be painted on the wall on the corner of Walthamstow Market & Vernon Road in the month of June as part of Ramadan and Eid celebrations.

18 May

Latest Mural on E17's Wood Street features the work of Cam Scale And Loretta Lizzio

Source: Hookedblog

April 2017

29 Apr

THE STREET ART MURALS OF WOOD STREET IN WALTHAMSTOW

Source: Inspiring City

06 Apr

London’s art studio crisis – and what can be done about it

Source: Digital Arts Online

05 Apr

Street Art Sunday #Walthamstow

Source: Eat, Sleep, Shoot, Travel (blog)

March 2017

11 Mar

New Irony & Boe Street Art In Walthamstow

Source: London Calling Blog

07 Mar

Creative Tensions - Optimising the benefits of culture through regeneration (WSW quoted)

Source: London Assembly

January 2017

16 Jan

All Good in the Wood

Source: Walthamstow Diary

09 Jan

Street Art - For the Little People

Source: Artspedition (Blog)

November 2016

30 Nov

#MarkhouseMurals - A new public vote for new-look day centre’s multi-coloured mural

Waltham Forest Art Collective Wood Street Walls asks public to decide the final design on soon to be renovated Adult Learning Day Centre in Markhouse Road, Walthamstow.

22 Nov

Wood Street Wins International Award (Wood Street Walls images and reference)

Source: Waltham Forest Echo

11 Nov

Eelus mural for Wood Street Walls in E17 London

Source: Hoookedblog

01 Nov

Trip The Light Fantastic - Wood Street Walls, London

Source: Eelus.com

October 2016

02 Oct

New ATM Street Art in Walthamstow

Source: London Calling Blog

September 2016

29 Sep

RONZO – All Good in the Wood – Print Competition!

Source: Very Nearly Almost (VNA) Magazine

16 Sep

11 of London's best sculptures, public artworks and free-to-view design icons

Source: The Telegraph

Life by Axel Void in London

Source: StreetArtNews

15 Sep

Walthamstow's William Morris Portrait by ATMA

Source: Hoookedblog

13 Sep

Caravans for Refugees: Walthamstow (Frankie Strand & Elno artwork featured)

Source: Walthamstow Videos

12 Sep

Street Artist Eelus Paints Mural Sponsored by Lawrence Alkin Gallery

Source: Lawrence Alkin Galllery

ABOUT WOOD STREET WALLS

Wood Street Walls has three main goals as an organisation:

1. To bring public art to our area of East London for residents and visitors to enjoy, to encourage greater footfall and custom to local business. We have looked to other successful initiatives over the pond such as Wynwood Walll

2. To provide free periodic workshops for the charities, school children and beyond - to build a connection between the artistic and local community and help develop grow new talent for the next generation of artists.

3. Our final and biggest goal of our project is the establishing of a new creative hub for the area: Wood Street Studios, by repurposing a disused and derelict building in the area. According to a study commissioned by the Mayor of London, in 5 years over 30% of the current 14,000 artists in London will no longer have a place to call their own due to rising rents and land being developed by residential housing.