From Iconic to Chronic…Showing How It Is
For six crazy sessions, Louise has been leading a unique art project in Bolton with people attached to the B-Nice foodbank and charity. They explored the town's current existence by creating popping, fizzing artworks based on a new Bolton palette of colours — from Demolition Gates Green to Winter Hill Fires Orange.
Along the way there were art prints taken from Bolton grids, poignant prose and loads more, as the verdict for Bolton was ‘From iconic to chronic…what happened?…But it's home…’
These state-of-the-angst artworks from people experiencing the very edges of the town's zeitgeist will go on display for a few hours only in the pop-up gallery at a huge charity shop…
Showing How It Is
The Charity Shop, corner of Moor Lane and Gas Street
Bolton BL1 4TH
All welcome
“It was wonderful to work with these incredible people on such a challenging subject and in such a creative way. I really hope these paintings start a dialogue about the future of Bolton.”
says Louise.
Showing How It Is — a Mary Burns Community Group project in conjunction with the B-Nice charity, with funding from the Bolton's Fund and Eric Wright Charitable Trust.
Bolton Nice
A charity that focuses on some of the most vulnerable people in the town, running a food bank and providing essential material and emotional help, ranging from blankets and beds to creative activities like restoring Bolton's iconic elephant sculptures and producing films.
Mary Burns Community Group
A not-for-profit social enterprise that has been running media and art activities for over twenty years, ranging from the long-running, award-winning Salford Star community magazine, to art projects with prisoners inside Manchester HMP for the Bury New Road project.
The Bolton Palette In Full
- Bolton Railway Station Blue
- Demolition Gates Green
- Bee Network Bus Yellow
- Bolton Town Hall Lion Cream
- Winter Hill Fires Orange
- Elizabeth Park Rock Rose Pink
- Bolton Wanderers Shorts Blue/Black
- Bolton One Teal
- Town Hall Fancy Railing Brown
- Bolton Trees and Grass Green
