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Artists are being invited to submit their designs for a major public art trail set to feature dozens of colourful dragon sculptures.<\/p>\n

Trail of the Dragons<\/a> will feature 30 large-scale sculptures at key landmarks, public spaces and parks across Wolverhampton, from 5 July to 5 September 2027.<\/p>\n

Organisers are calling for both regional and national artists of all abilities to submit their designs for the project, with each sculpture set to be transformed into a “unique work of art”.<\/p>\n

The deadline for artist submissions is 6 December, said Compton Care, the hospice charity behind the project.<\/p>\n

“These dragons will represent Compton Care’s spirit, our mission, and the communities we have supported since 1982. We can’t wait to see them take flight,” a spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

The dragons will be painted from March to April 2027, organisers said.<\/p>\n

Following the nine-week trail, the dragons will be auctioned next October to raise money for the charity, which provides specialist palliative care and bereavement support.<\/p>\n

As well as the large dragons, 30 smaller babies, or hatchlings, decorated by local schools and community groups, will be displayed in indoor locations.<\/p>\n

An app and trail map will also be available so people can get involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artists are being invited to submit their designs for a major public art trail set to feature dozens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-635085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}