We had a fantastic "have your say" village consultation for the design of our Chilton Artwork. Our village has given a large grant by the developers for an "artwork". After much brainstorming and a year of meetings we issued a brief for artists to apply. The brief was for an "artwalk" scultural seating or an amphitheatre. Our chosen artist is Tim Norris and after the first consultation "Amphitheatre" won hands down. He began looking along the ridgeway for historical associations and found … [Read more...]
Chilton Artwork 1
Our village is intersected by a motorway with 400 houses on one side and a school, a garden nursery and a Science Park with the Diamond Light Source on the other. Now there are 250 new houses to be built on the Science Park side and the developers are obliged by law to give something back to the community. So there are plans for a kiddies playground on that side and a teenage skating area, and this is where my interest lies... a village artwork. We have a huge grant - 85k and of course you can … [Read more...]