A RUSTING storage container has been transformed into a work of art that has brightened up a Tameside beauty spot.
Talented students from Tameside College’s Aspirations cohort worked with Mossley-based street artist Simon Mounds on the eight-week ‘Made You Look’ project at Chadwick Dam, Ashton, which is part of the Bee Network.
It was organised by Tameside Council’s Culture and Public Health teams using funding from the Chadwick Dam Activation Project via the Mayor’s Challenge Fund.
Aspirations is the college’s provision for learners with complex and moderate learning difficulties and/or disabilities who work towards the skills they need to participate in the wider community and, where appropriate, the world of work.
The students also took part in outdoor activities in the scenic spot that boosted their knowledge of nature and local greenspaces as well as their health and wellbeing.
The inspiring project developed their creativity, confidence and skills in observation, problem solving, communication and working with others and they have taken pride in contributing to a large-scale artwork in a public greenspace.
They were tasked with devising a creative response to the local environment under Mr Mound’s creative guidance and explored and photographed the site, teaming together to create designs and art that resulted in the finished work. It was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpiece ‘The Starry Night’ and Piet Mondrian’s colour block form. Van Gogh’s distinctive swirls and vivid colours are the main feature with bright colour blocks on the ends.
