Remember when we mentioned those huge birds painted on the side of Central Library? Well artist Lucy McLauchlan has been busy yet again, out in the cold with a group of volunteers jazzing up another part of the city, this time in Moseley.

Together with EC-Arts and a little help from the Irish Welfare Information Centre & Birmingham Irish Community Forum, ‘Come Together’ is a temporary artistic intervention utilising the hoardings on Moseley Road.

The project is a result of both EC-Arts objectives to utilise redevelopments within transitional periods, and artist Lucy McLauchlan’s ongoing desire to create a positive impact with her work in the public realm.

Lucy has created ‘Come together’ a theme inspired by the Digbeth community. Her infamous bird murals depict ‘community’ to counterbalance the wasteland the site envelops.

You remember the JFK mosaic that used to be at St Chad’s Circus before all that area was redeveloped? There’s talk of relocating it to the Irish Quarter.

The mosaic was commissioned in 1968 and paid for by the city’s Irish community as a permanent testament to the murdered American president

The public consultation meeting will be held at the Irish Centre in Deritend at 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

It has been organised by the Birmingham Irish Community Forum with a view to re-housing the JFK mosaic within the Irish Quarter.

Quote taken from the Birmingham Post who have more info, as does Nicky Getgood who delivers the news that refreshments will be available and that:

This is the community’s chance to let Birmingham City Council know what they’d like to see happen to this unique snap shot of history from the 60’s.  Council suggestions to the BICF have so far included incorporating members of the community into the mosaic

Which has the potential to become the mosaic equivalent of a photoshop disaster, only with added hubris.