\n The piece, created by artist Colette Whittington, is now on display at Runcorn Library as part of the Look Up Halton \u2013 You are Beautiful! campaign.\n<\/p>\n
\n Commissioned through an open call by arts organisation Cultivate, the project celebrates community pride and the everyday heritage of Halton.\n<\/p>\n
\n Colette Whittington, artist, said: “While I\u2019m not originally from Halton, I have friends and family from Widnes and Runcorn.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I spent a lot of time here and see how proud people are of their roots.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I was thrilled to be chosen to help tell the stories that make Halton special.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The window installation is inspired by public-submitted artwork and personal stories, capturing both well-known and overlooked landmarks across the borough.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Whittington said: “It\u2019s not just about older heritage, it\u2019s about the heritage we\u2019re making now.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Marie\u2019s chippy in Widnes, for example, is as iconic to locals as St Luke\u2019s Church.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It just depends on which resident you ask and what story they tell about their personal connections to places.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents were invited to contribute photos, sketches, and drawings of their favourite architectural details, from the intricate patterns on bridges to old d\u00e9cor and stone sculptures.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Whittington said: “It\u2019s not about perfect photography \u2013 it\u2019s about seeing your surroundings differently and encouraging people to see their everyday spaces through a new lens, literally and figuratively.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Hazlehurst Studios and photographer Lauren Quayle led a series of snap and social walks, which encouraged people to share images and ideas for the final piece.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Whittington said: “Everyone brings unique perspectives and knowledge.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It was great to see people using everything from zoom lenses to mobile phones.”\n<\/p>\n
\n When asked what made her excited about working with the community on the project, Ms Whittington said: “The surprises!”\n<\/p>\n
\n “The exchange (of stories) is a gift and community narratives have always been the heart of my artistic inspiration.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The completed artwork now transforms Runcorn Library\u2019s shop window into a \u2018living gallery\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents are invited to continue sharing images of Halton using #LookUpHalton and #HaltonHighlights.\n<\/p>\n
\n For more information or to take part in the campaign, visit visithalton.co.uk or follow @VisitHalton on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The piece, created by artist Colette Whittington, is now on display at Runcorn Library as part of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169578,"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-169577","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\/169577","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=169577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}