#MarkhouseMurals - A new public vote for new-look day centre’s multi-coloured mural
Online public art campaign curated by urban art collective Wood Street Walls, asking the community to decide final design
A day centre in Walthamstow for people with learning disabilities is undergoing a major improvement project, which will see care facilities upgraded – and see arts collective Wood Street Walls create a mural around the outside of the building.
Residents and service users are being asked to choose between two designs for the multi-coloured mural on the Markhouse Road Day Centre, and the most popular choice will be painted on to the building by the Wood Street Walls founding artists Static.
Design ideas for the mural came out of workshops with service users, carers and staff, along with the local community. See the two designs for yourself and cast your vote by visiting www.markhousemurals.co.uk. Alternatively you can tweet using the hashtag #markhousemurals voting with the letter “A” or “B”.
The Council-funded upgrade of the day centre site will also feature some sound reduction work to make the environment better for people with autism. Ceilings are being replaced on the ground floor, rooms will be redecorated and the lighting improved – all helping to create a much more welcoming environment for service users.
The project will also see new personal care spaces established and modern equipment and furniture installed.
While the improvement work is being carried out, the service offered at Markhouse Road has continued. No closures to accommodate the work have been required and any significant refurbishments have taken place over weekends to avoid any disruption for service users.
The Council expects all of the work to be completed early next year.
For more information about adult social care in Waltham Forest visit www.walthamforest.gov.uk/careandsupport.
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.
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- Charlotte Payat
- Charlotte Pyatt is a creative consultant, director and producer with a passion for projects activating positive change and discussion through art on the streets. Over the past ten years Charlotte has managed artist profiles, independent projects and developed award winning cultural initiatives. Written works include essays for Urban Art and Sustainability published with Feltrinelli, A Global Mess and articles with Juxtapoz Magazine as a contributing writer. Recent lectures include Sotheby’s Institute NY, Goldsmiths University, the Lush Climate Summit and the United Nations SDG Global Action Campaign to discuss the intersections of culture and sustainable action.
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