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Wells Maltings Heritage Art Trail

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WELLS HERITAGE ART TRAIL OPENS
23 JUNE 2018


The first-ever outdoor art trail in Wells-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, will take place this summer, with a series of fascinating sculptures celebrating the town’s rich and varied history.

All the work in the Wells Heritage Art Trail has been created by Norfolk artists specifically for the event which will open to the public on Saturday 23rd June and which will run until the end of September.

Commissioned by Wells Maltings, the new £5m arts, heritage and community hub on Staithe Street, and funded by the Heritage Lottery, the Wells Heritage Art Trail will feature 17 artworks by 26 artists (some are collaborations), all of which will be for sale.

The Trail has been curated by well-known Wells residents and art experts John and Yvonne Millwood and should take around an hour-and-a-half to complete. Free trail maps will be available from the new Wells Maltings complex, which will also open at the end of June.

John Millwood explains: “The Wells Heritage Art Trail celebrates the life of the Wells people of sea and shore, past and present, with each artwork telling its own story. The Trail begins in Wells Maltings and then runs to the harbour, with two extensions: one out along East Quay, and then it jumps a mile along the side of the channel, with two works at the Beach Café and one in the pinewoods.”

John adds: “All the works reflect the heritage of Wells. The Art Trail should be appealing to local people and to all those interested in life on the sea and the shore. It’s accessible to all.”

The Art Trail will be made up of all manner of media, including glass, wood, metal, stone and rope, with each of the 17 artworks having been created specifically for its own particular site to reflect an aspect of heritage in an appropriate setting.

The artists involved in the trail are Kate Allsop and the Wells Ceramic Group, Nick Ball, Nigel Barnett, Tony Bellars, Sarah Caputo and Neal French, Mary Crofts, Kaitlin Ferguson, Polly Ionides, Rachael Long, Debbie Lyddon, Florence North Foster, Linda and Frances Pattrick, Andrew Ruffhead, Andrew Schumann, Gordon Senior, Robert Smith with Heather Tamplin, and Teucer Wilson.

The Millwoods selected the artists and chose the sites, while Mary Blue Brady, Wells Maltings’ learning and engagement officer, has also been very busy behind the scenes, working on the logistics and project management of the trail and keeping in regular contact with the artists. Harbour master Robert Smith MBE, the Holkham Estate and Wells Town Council have also all been consulted and have assisted with exact site locations, planning permissions and so on.

For more information on the Wells Heritage Art Trail, visit: www.wellsmaltings.org.uk or follow Wells Maltings Trust on Facebook and @WellsMaltings on Twitter.

Website:  www.wellsmaltings.org.uk
Wells Maltings Trust
 @WellsMaltings

For further information, interviews or photo calls, please contact Carolyn Atkins on
07733 443142 or at: carolyn@wellsmaltings.org.uk


Notes:

  1. The Wells Maltings renewal and refurbishment project to develop an arts and heritage centre in Wells-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, secured nearly £5m of funding through grants and public donations, including Heritage Lottery Fund support of £1.92m.
  2. The project is additionally funded through grants from charitable trusts and foundations such as the Garfield Weston Foundation, Clore Duffield Foundation and Foyle Foundation, as well as public grants from North Norfolk District Council and Coastal Communities Fund amongst others, and from generous private and public support.
  3. The development comprises the restoration and repair of the Grade II-listed former Maltings building, providing a new heritage and learning centre, improved community facilities, flexible auditorium for live performance and film, new café and bar, visitor information centre, central box office and reception and retail units, thereby transforming the site into a sustainable, exciting year-round destination for local people and visitors.
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  • About
    • Art in Norwich Blog
    • Guardian Article
    • Norfolk Arts Forum news
    • Creative Odyssey
  • Download pdf
  • EAAF Artist Profiles
    • East Anglian Art Fund June Gentle
    • East Anglian Art Fund Alison Henry
    • East Anglian Art Fund Jane Hodgson
    • East Anglian Art Fund John Christie
    • East Anglian Art Fund Red Elders
    • East Anglian Art Fund Julia Cameron
    • East Anglian Art Fund Vanessa Pooley
    • East Anglian Art Fund Kate Walker
    • East Anglian Art Fund Gus Farnes
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
  • Art Classes
    • Wensum
    • Royal Drawing School
    • Anteros Art Classes
    • Artpocket
    • Nest Project
    • Annette Rolston printmaking
    • Skippings Gallery Gt Yarmouth
    • Sarah Cannell Workshops
  • Galleries and groups
    • Caroline Fisher Projects
    • Paint Out general info
    • Arts & Culture in Great Yarmouth
    • Norwich University of the Arts
    • NNAC Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle
    • Nunnsyard
    • Sainsbury Centre Art Deco
    • Breckland Artists
    • Mandell's Gallery - about
    • North City
    • Greenhouse Gallery
  • Links to partners
    • Original Projects;
    • Artists' Studios around Norwich
  • Venue Map
  • Contact us
  • Get Walls
  • Past events
    • Norwich Castle NNFestival 19
    • Ancient House Thetford
    • X Marks The Spot, Great Yarmouth
    • Time & Tide Drawn to the Coast 2018
    • H2O Art of Wet
    • Houghton Hall Henry Moore >
      • Henry Moore review
    • Paint Out
    • Lonely Arts Club 2016
    • Magnificent Obsessions
    • Norwich Castle Olive Edis
    • The Way We Live Now
    • ADP Riot Tour
    • Norwich Castle Sawdust & Threads
    • Ana Maria Pacheco
    • Hungate exhibition
    • Bacon and the Masters
    • War and Peace
    • Clive Dunn at Theatre Royal
    • John Craske : Threads
    • Art at Norwich Playhouse
    • John Lessore & John Wonnacott
    • Hidden in Plain Sight
    • Mary Spicer at Theatre Royal
    • Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia
    • Masterpieces: Art & East Anglia talks
    • The Tourists
    • En Plein Air
    • Outpost call for submissions
    • Martin Laurance at Mandell's Gallery
    • Wallis exhibition
    • Picasso
    • Studios in Norfolk
    • Norwich 20 Group 70th Anniversary
    • Concrete - an exhibition at NUA
    • SCVA Sense & Sensuality lecture series
    • Nicola Slatter yat Theatre Royal
    • Affordable Art Fair
    • Art Car Boot pictures
    • David Holgate obituary
    • Photography exhibition