East Belfast brought to life by street art designed by local children

The five street art pieces, collectively named “Up the Cregagh, Down the Woodstock” have been erected on the Cregagh and Woodstock Road. Over 140 primary school pupils from the area contributed to the designs of the new murals. ‘Down the Woodstock’ mural on Belfast’s Woodstock Road Local artists Ruth Bothwell and Alison Pascoe ran a series of community engagement workshops with pupils from Harding Memorial Integrated Primary and Euston Street Primary. “As many of these pupils live and play in the area, they were able to contribute a unique perspective of what it means to grow up in a diverse urban community and they created their own vibrant, joyful street art,” Alison said. The primary school pupils’ ideas informed the artistic brief which was shared as an open call to individual street artists and arts organisations, generating huge interest from some of the UK and Ireland’s top street artists. The murals are part of a community-led street art project funded by Belfast City Council’s Business Cluster and Community Grant Scheme and Department for Communities’ Revitalisation Programme. Mural above Paragon, Cregagh Road by Zippy, located on a site marking the point where the Woodstock meets the Cregagh Road. The project’s completion...