Hedz youth engagement artists were contracted by The National Lottery to work directly with their social inclusion arm 'Good Causes'.
Please view the video below...
Young people and senior citizens were given the opportunity to work alongside our professional aerosol artists in the creation of a 30ft public mural. The artwork was created to celibrate the importance of intergenorational working partnerships..
The participants were supported in the creative endevours by BBC Culture Show host and National Lottery ambassador Lauren Laverne who commented,
"Hedz educational workshops are rudimentary to the positive development of Britain's young people and communities for the foreseeable future." (Lauren Laverne - BBC Culture Show)
The mural was created on a previously unsightly area of construction hoardings to extend the positive sense of community pride into the public arena.
Please click here to read the full Birmingham Mail article: http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-videos-pictures/birmingham-picture-galleries/2009/03/05/birmingham-s-graffiti-pensioners-97319-23072905/
