09/09/2008
From Bonfire Site To Community Garden
A bonfire site in east Belfast is to be transformed into a community garden in the latest phase of Belfast City Council's 'Re-imaging Communities' initiative.
The waste land, off Inverary Avenue, is also used as a dumping ground and is a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
However, there are now exciting plans to transform the site into an attractive new area, which it is hoped will become a more positive focal point for the local community.
The initiative is being funded through the Arts Council's 'Re-imaging Communities' programme, which is helping to transform local communities across Northern Ireland by tackling the visible signs of sectarianism and racism and creating a more welcoming environment for everyone.
A total of 12 re-imaging projects across Belfast will reflect the positive changes and social regeneration taking place in these communities, including helping the communities to replace existing murals with positive images reflecting their culture.
Each project will involve an artist working with the relevant community to develop high quality artwork which will replace existing sectarian murals and slogans and tidy up unsightly areas to reclaim space for the communities to enjoy and celebrate their culture in a non-offensive way.
The first project - the replacement of ten murals in the lower Shankill area - was launched at the beginning of September. Inverary is the second project on which work is now starting.
The site, adjacent to Inverary Community Centre, will be transformed from derelict wasteland into a vital environmental and social space for the residents of the area.
It is envisaged that it will become a community garden, with plans for innovatively-designed seating areas, play areas for children and functional artworks by the award-winning artist, David Dudgeon.
(JM/KMcA)
The waste land, off Inverary Avenue, is also used as a dumping ground and is a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
However, there are now exciting plans to transform the site into an attractive new area, which it is hoped will become a more positive focal point for the local community.
The initiative is being funded through the Arts Council's 'Re-imaging Communities' programme, which is helping to transform local communities across Northern Ireland by tackling the visible signs of sectarianism and racism and creating a more welcoming environment for everyone.
A total of 12 re-imaging projects across Belfast will reflect the positive changes and social regeneration taking place in these communities, including helping the communities to replace existing murals with positive images reflecting their culture.
Each project will involve an artist working with the relevant community to develop high quality artwork which will replace existing sectarian murals and slogans and tidy up unsightly areas to reclaim space for the communities to enjoy and celebrate their culture in a non-offensive way.
The first project - the replacement of ten murals in the lower Shankill area - was launched at the beginning of September. Inverary is the second project on which work is now starting.
The site, adjacent to Inverary Community Centre, will be transformed from derelict wasteland into a vital environmental and social space for the residents of the area.
It is envisaged that it will become a community garden, with plans for innovatively-designed seating areas, play areas for children and functional artworks by the award-winning artist, David Dudgeon.
(JM/KMcA)
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