PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ART IN HEBBURN
South Tyneside Council has commissioned The Cultural Spring to meet with Hebburn residents and local groups to gather their views about new public artwork in Hebburn alongside the council’s Our Hebburn Conversation consultation exercise to seek ideas for improving the area.
The commission is being funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) from the UK Government.
The project will link the history of Hebburn Colliery, and particularly the introduction of the Davy Lamp in 1812, with local mining past and present with a key theme being local innovation. We are thrilled to have local South Tyneside Artist Lindsey Grieves leading the project.
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If you’re a group, artist or an individual who would like to know more or are interested in getting involved, please email info@theculturalspring.org.uk with ‘Hebburn Public Art’ in the subject to be kept in the know!
ABOUT LINDSEY GRIEVES
Lindsey Grieves is an exhibiting artist, ceramist tutor and published illustrator based in the North-East of England. She owns her own
business in which she teaches adults and children in various styles of art, pottery, ceramics, and craft. She currently works in a creative role
with organisations, such as Equal Arts, Hen Power, The Cultural Spring, Local Authorities and schools, hospices, charities, and well-being projects, as well as Fred Olsen Cruise Lines.
Lindsey has a wealth of knowledge, employed for many years within the public sector, working in social care with children & adults with mental ill health and learning difficulties, and more recently those living with dementia. She understands how important engaging in creative activities can benefit health & wellbeing.
Lindsey now divides her time between running her own business, teaching, working in the creative arts for older people, particularly those with dementia, along with setting up creative intergenerational projects, exhibitions, and events within the community. She was recently commissioned to work with two areas of her local community to produce Covid Memorial Stones, which included curating and installing art exhibitions. These exhibitions captured the thoughts and feelings of what children and adults experienced during the pandemic and the exhibitions will remain on display throughout 2023.
Lindsey is passionate about her art and pottery and continues to experiment with new techniques and ways to expand her skills and knowledge. She loves to share these through creating a fun and relaxed atmosphere in which people can engage, share, and learn.
