\n The permanent piece of public artwork was created by Donna Reeves alongside Junction 7 Creatives, and tells tales of the town, including what brought people to Stevenage and their favourite things about the town.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have enjoyed creating this public mosaic sculpture as it reflects the ideas, stories, and personal memories of the Stevenage community, making it truly for the people,” Donna said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “After 30 years of working in public art, this project feels especially personal, as I see it as a way of giving back to the town that welcomed my grandpa and family from London to Hertfordshire.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The artwork was created by Donna Reeves.(Image: Stevenage Borough Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n This piece forms part of the Stevenage Heart Trails – 27 miles of traffic-free footpaths to allow people explore hidden art and heritage across Stevenage – and this sculpture is the first in a wider series of public art commissions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Simon Speller, cabinet member for culture, leisure and wellbeing, added: “Our communities and pioneers have helped to create the Stevenage we know and love today, and this is reflected in this sculpture.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The memories and stories shared, and items embedded in the artwork, represent many pieces of history for the community to own and be proud of.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Public art helps to shape our public spaces and this, and the commissions to follow, celebrate the heritage of the town and the people who built it.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The artwork features mosaics telling the stories of Stevenage.(Image: Stevenage Borough Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Adrian Hawkins OBE, chair of the Stevenage Development Board, added: “The Stevenage Development Board were provided with a responsibility to assist with the regeneration of Stevenage which includes skills development, facility improvement, safer more pleasant environments, a responsibility for the town’s heritage as the first new town which includes encouraging our residents to consider what we own and to develop new pieces of art for everyone\u2019s enjoyment.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The bus interchange is always busy as our residents go about their day-to-day business and trips, and this has been a fabulous opportunity to create a wonderful new piece of artwork in this area which in time will become an even busier thoroughfare.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The permanent piece of public artwork was created by Donna Reeves alongside Junction 7 Creatives, and tells tales…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158875,"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-158874","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\/158874","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=158874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}