COLOURS OF FOREST GATE
The Project will deliver at least three murals in Forest Gate including at Wanstead Park Station Bridge aligned with an ambition to identify feasible sites for additional murals and work with local artists to develop them, highlighting the history and identity of Forest Gate to brighten and make the area more attractive to the locals and visitors.
The mural designs will be developed through a community co-design process including multiple in-person workshops and drop-in sessions as well as these online project pages here including the details of the project and providing residents with an opportunity to engage in the discussions online.
The project aims to address recommendations in Newham High Streets Strategy: ‘Colours of Forest Gate’, ‘Welcome to Forest Gate’ and ‘Bright Alleyways’.
The final mural designs will be developed through a community co-design process which will involve public consultation on the shortlisted mural proposals. The preferred option for each mural is to be revised to create final mural designs through collaboration between the local creative collaborators and the mural company.
Your opinion on the mural designs is important. Do you have any further ideas or want to comment on the proposed designs, please see the timeline at the bottom of the page for details on how to share your thoughts at each project stage.
If you have any queries about the project or wanted to get in touch more generally, please email NewhamHighStreets@newham.gov.uk
Phases
Design finalisation
After hearing your thoughts and the preferred options by the local communities, the design team with the local artists have been working on the revisions to respond to the community feedback. The design team will produce images of the final design that we will share here. The artists will start preparations for installation.
Installation of projects starting with Jimi Hendrix mural (Mansons Pharmacy wall) as part of the Colours of Forest Gate Project this Monday by the famous artist Zabou. The revisions have already taken place to reflect the community feedback including incorporating two rings, making the poster in the background slightly larger, and amendments to the band names and their locations.
‘Jimi Hendrix at the Upper Cut Club’ ‘‘The design aims to celebrate musical and cultural heritage, inspire and communicate a sense of identity and pride within the community’’.
'Jimi Hendrix at the Upper Cut Club' by Zabou
