Last month an unlikely collection of street artists gathered in Shenley, Birmingham, joined by senior citizens and BBC2’s ‘The Culture Show’ presenter, Lauren Laverne, to create a giant mural. The mural will be a permanent “thank you” to Lottery players, who in just one year alone, invested over £235million to help fund Good Causes projects across the Midlands.
The artists are all members of the Arts 50 Alive Network. This Lottery-funded project works across the most deprived areas of the Midlands to integrate young and old through art. Working together allows the groups to find common ground and helps break down negative social stereotypes that can otherwise cause animosity and fear between the age groups.