National Trust X BEE FRIENDLY Trust SKEP PROJECT

Community Arts Projects

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Community Arts Projects 〰️

May Bank Holiday 2024 - I live painted a terracotta beehive or bee ‘Skep’ outside Attingham Park’s Georgian Bee house to highlight the importance of Bees to our countryside. My design featured painting of bees and flowers that used my trademark ‘Shropshire Tropicalia’ colours on sweet peas, Irises and Rhododendrons. I also incorporated a poem by my father Richard Caddel ‘Songs on the Silence of Bees’ which connects the plight of Bees with more personal themes of family and loss. 4 other artists and illustrators also created skeps as well as CBEEBIES TV presenter Maddie Moate. You can view all the skeps painted for the project on display at Attingham Park until the end of the summer in the walled garden bothy.

Shropshire VIRTUAL SCHOOL LETTER SCULPTURES

Autumn 2023: I designed and project managed this sculpture comprising four x four foot high giant portable LOVE letters - inspired by the work of Bob ‘n’ Roberta Smith and Morag Myerscough, built collaboratively with staff and students and decorated by members of the Shropshire Virtual School in a bespoke workshop focusing on core values for their carers and VIP celebration event. Currently on display in Shropshire Shire Hall Town Council buildings.

MEOLE BRACE Mosaic

Collaborative community mosaic I designed and project managed from 2020-2023 at Meole Brace Primary School with all year groups fr Nursery to year 6 to portray their core values of Respect, Perseverance & Community whilst relating the style to the Pre-Raphaelite artwork of local church

ShropSHIRE HILLS Mural

Collaborative wall mural for Meole Brace Primary school I designed and project managed with all year groups from nursery-year 6 Spring 2019

FABRIC OF OUR TOWN MOSAIC

Collaborative mosaic project designed and overseen by Gary Drostle (www.drostle.com) built with students and staff from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Crayford academy and members of the local community. As Head of Art, I project managed the comission, delivery and student/community engagement and build over the period 2012/2013

FAQS

  • I love to work with all different community groups - young and old and regardless of age, gender and background. I love to bring colour and joy to where it is really needed in society. I’m working on a number of projects right now with refugees and community support centres in areas of significant economic and social disadvantages.

  • Anything involving bright, colourful joyful and life-affirming imagery. Events and happenings with carousels of activities, workshops, murals, mosaics, and installations.

  • That really depends on the length of the project and the nature of the work but I am happy to work within your budget and find something that can work for you.