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Big History Bright Futures (2024)
Big History Bright Futures (2024)
by Lucy Oates
Form of art:
Mural
Location:
Erskine Rd, S65 1RF
Location type:
Outdoor
A colourful bright mural that fully covers the side of a small community building. The mural is made up of many different coloured squares with various drawings of plants and children playing on it.

The Big History Bright Futures project was created to encourage young people to learn about and celebrate the histories of their families and communities through creative art forms. This initiative was funded by Historic England in partnership with Imagine Rotherham and Children’s Capital of Culture.

In 2024 mural artist Lucy Oates was commissioned to run art workshops with local young people which fed into a large-scale mural Lucy then designed for the Clifton Learning Partnership building, transforming the space with the young people’s artworks inspired by their heritage.

Artwork by Lucy Oates.

Find the artwork on What3Words here: https://w3w.co/oppose.occurs.horn

Address: Clifton Learning Partnership, Erskine Rd, Eastwood, Rotherham S65 1RF

How to spot the artwork: The artwork can only be viewed by the public through the fence that divides the  Clifton Learning Partnership playground. The mural is situated at eye level on one of the walls of the small building in the playground.

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