Big Wall to bring new artwork in Worle

‘Big Wall’ is a Big Worle initiative launched in November 2024, funded by Local Trust and supported by Weston-super-Mare Town Council and Super Culture.

It will engage young people in the Worle area through creative activities that explore different forms of wall art to develop new, site-specific artworks for the central blue zone in Worle.

The project, led by Weston-based artist and project facilitator Sam Francis, and Community Producer Sophie Shepherd, will culminate in a legacy public artwork for Worle that will be unveiled in Summer 2025.

Big Wall participants with Weston town centre artwork. (Image: Super Culture)

Following presentations about the project at Worle Community School and Priory Community School, a group of young people, aged 13 to 16, have formed a panel of Art Activists.

The aim is for the panel of young people to develop their own individual voices within these sessions and help to shape the direction of the project, which will cover areas ranging from street art, word art, poster projects, fly-posting, billboards and murals to stencilling, stickers, freehand drawing, projection and digital mapping, freehand drawing and 3D wall-based art.

Weston-based artist and Big Wall project facilitator, Sam Francis, said: “Activist Art is rooted in the act of ‘doing’ and addresses social issues, challenging the status quo to inspire change through creative expression.

“Through ‘Big Wall’ young people will look at how this artform can be used to communicate ideas and messages that respond to the local community as well as the wider world that they are part of.

“As the project unfolds, participants will discover how public art happens and explore social action in arts and culture through wall-based, site-specific artworks in public places – graffiti and beyond.”