\n Widnes’s Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum has been working with pavement artists UrbanCanvas to create the giant anamorphic image.\n<\/p>\n
\n This has been made possible due to funding from The Granada Foundation and Dr Barrie Pennington.\n<\/p>\n
\n The artwork, which depicts a huge “elephant’s toothpaste experiment,” was officially opened on Friday, July 11.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mayor of Halton Martha Lloyd Jones, Derek Twigg, the MP for Widnes, and representatives from The Granada Foundation helped to open the artwork.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lucinda Lewis, education manager at Catalyst, said: “At present the majority of the engagement opportunities at Catalyst take place within our building.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are a charity with no government or council funding so visitors have to pay admission to enter.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are working towards increasing our social value and community impact by delivering events outside, and plan to partner with other local groups to increase our outside offering.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We recognise this to be important for a number of reasons- Catalyst aims to inform, educate and inspire all audiences in STEAM not just those who can afford to pay to come in.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We want to build our reputation as a place for everybody, particularly our local community in West Bank.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Everyone should feel welcome, included and confident to engage with us.”\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Supplied) Irene Langford from the Granada Foundation added: “The Granada Foundation is delighted to have been able to award a grant to support Catalyst\u2019s anamorphic art project.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is an inspiring, clever and fun experience for all ages and a great addition to Catalyst\u2019s mission to encourage young people\u2019s interest in chemistry.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Visitors can engage with the artwork at any time, not just during opening hours.\n<\/p>\n
\n For added enjoyment, Catalyst will be offering props such as lab coats and safety goggles to enhance the interactive experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Widnes’s Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum has been working with pavement artists UrbanCanvas to create the giant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}