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
Community Engagement Event 1
The mural company will hold workshops with various stakeholder groups such as the wider community including local residents and businesses, local community and art organisations, schools etc. to consider project priorities, identify and review options for suitable locations and co-design the concept design options.
Join us an first in-person engagement event on Thursday 27 April, to contribute and tell us what type of mural themes and designs you want to see prioritised for Forest Gate. Based on the feedback including site ideas from the first event and local priorities, the initial concept design will be developed and the Mural Company will produce a series of concept images to share during the concept options consultation.
