New public art on Stewartstown Road to celebrate the journey through life
The project to develop and redesign the Stewartstown Road will begin to take pace with a new piece of public art being designed to celebrate the Colin community.
The Paul Hogarth Company has been asked to produce the final piece in consultation with the local community, and pupils from St Colm’s High School will also work with the artists to help shape how the final sculpture will look. This project has been made possible through IDF funding, awarded to the Lisburn City Council through the Department for Social Development.
The current thinking among the young people has resulted in a draft, titled ‘Leap of faith’. This is a sculpture that depicts a group of 22 children jumping over an obstacle and represents the leap of faith that all young people must take as they mature and enter adulthood.
The Colin Neighbourhood Partnership (CNP) is responsible for co-ordinating and delivering this project. Annie Armstrong, manager of CNP is looking forward to seeing the finished results,
“Public art is a great way to provide a tangible sign of identity and to depict the hopes, fears and aspirations of a community. The piece that people are currently working on depicts local children in the community approaching adulthood. This journey starts with their immediate family, classmates and community before taking them into the wider world and the rest of their lives.
I have to stress though that the image we have drawn so far is only a work in progress! We want local people to get involved and give their thoughts on how the final sculpture should look. We have included an image of the current thinking of young people, but this could change depending on the feedback we receive.
At present we only have a sketch of one idea showing what the final artwork might look like, but I would encourage all local people to contact us this week with their thoughts and opinions. Please email us at
info@newcolin.com
, call us on 9062 3183 or call into our office at Unit W4, the Dairy Farm Centre on the Stewartstown Road to let us know your thoughts.”
The final piece of artwork is hoped to be unveiled in spring.