\n The artworks, part of the WE SHALL BE programme led by Navigator North, are designed to transform the area around the railway station and reflect Middlesbrough\u2019s ‘spirit, pride, and resilience’.\n<\/p>\n
\n Located near STACK and Bloom, the A66 flyover now displays the town\u2019s original Latin motto ‘Erimus’ on one side and its English translation, ‘We Shall Be,’ on the other.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hold me and show me you love me features a heart made up of publicly donated old mobile phones(Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Vicky Holbrough, director of Navigator North, said: “We are thrilled to see the impact of these artworks and what they represent, going into the Historic Quarter and hope that they serve as a cultural beacon for the town and its visitors.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Without our amazing partners, artists, communities, and funders none of this would have been possible.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Hold me and show me you love me features a heart made up of publicly donated old mobile phones(Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n The murals were developed through community engagement sessions led by artists Nic Golightly and Sarah Falconer, who gathered creative input from residents.\n<\/p>\n
\n Artist Nick Blaney, known as Goodnight Vienna, was commissioned to produce the large-scale murals themed around the town\u2019s motto.\n<\/p>\n
\n A new public sculpture by Teesside artist Stuart Langley was commissioned to create a striking public sculpture for outside the new entrance to the railway station.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Titled hold me and show me you love me, it features a heart made up of publicly donated old mobile phones, held in a huge steel hand.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Langley said: “It\u2019s an honour to be able to present such a meaningful and ambitious work in the heart of Middlesbrough.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thanks to the ongoing efforts of Navigator North, this collaborative work will further cement the town\u2019s cutting-edge creative reputation and ignite much-needed conversations about lives beyond the screen.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke said: “It\u2019s brilliant that the murals have taken inspiration from the town\u2019s motto.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They\u2019re really striking and add character to an area of our town that is on the up.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The WE SHALL BE programme builds on Navigator North\u2019s work from 2020, including the Historic England-funded High Street Heritage Action Zone and Most Creative Station programme, funding by Arts Council England.\n<\/p>\n
\n The programme is delivered in collaboration with Middlesbrough Council, TransPennine Express, Commerce Chambers, and FORGED, with funding from Arts Council England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artworks, part of the WE SHALL BE programme led by Navigator North, are designed to transform the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150393,"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-150392","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\/150392","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=150392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}