Art Up Close partners with MMU to create community banners in celebration of 100 years of MMU in Cheshire and 175 years of the town of Crewe
Art Up Close community artists have been commissioned by Manchester Metropolitan University to run workshops with communities in Crewe to create finished artworks to celebrate 100 years of MMU in Cheshire and 175 years of the town of Crewe. The printed artworks will be suspended as banners from the lamp posts of Crewe from MMU to the town centre
In the 1st Phase of the banner project Cheshire East has sponsored 5 community workshops with Art Up Close artists to create banners that will be displayed during the Olympic Torch parade.
Photographed by Adam Capper
Artist Community Techniques
Midge Beech Drive Project Collage using photos, felt pens, and paper cutouts
Alison Wishing Well Felt work
Jo Thilwind Touchwood Collage using collected leaves and twigs from Queens Park. Crewe
Vicky Groves Autism Network Papier maché
Kate McKennan Crewe and Nantwich Senior Forum Strncils and cutout paper
In the 2nd phase businesses will be given the opportunity to sponsor more artist led workshops with the communities of Crewe