Who can forget the absolutely fantastic artists that were involved with Boscombe Bound; Urban Art Sessions? All of these talented people are based either at Arts University Bournemouth or in the local area.

Here you can find out more about the pieces shown at Boscombe Bound and the influences and artists behind them.

First up: details on the lovely Stacy Cook and the work she created for the Urban Art Session.

Stacy is a versatile artist who does not like to have a particular style, she uses her skills to create pieces of art, using recycled materials. She is a painter that expresses her work on canvases, reclaimed wood and cardboard using acrylic and water colours.  Stacy is also an illustrator and experimental sculptor with a variety of creative ideas that range from décor pieces, revamp furniture and stage settings.


Stacy was one of our photographers for Boscombe Bound: Urban Art Sessions, and also created a décor piece for the live acoustic music to be played under.



This piece is named after two Greek goddesses, meaning mother and nurture of all life, most beautiful.

Stacy used recycled materials not to damage Mother Nature, but to show how you can re-use resources both natural and man-made. To show us how we can maintain harmony between us and nature, by recreating Mother Nature’s full beauty.







                                                     (Photographs taken by Stacy Cook)

You can contact Stacy to find out more about her work by  phone: 07956464574, or by email: cookstacy3@gmail.com.

She is currently working on a website so keep your eyes peeled to see more of her amazing work.

The weekend is over, we are recovering.

Boscombe Bound; Urban Art Sessions was a huge success. With 410 attending the session, from locals to students alike, we really got the message heard that Boscombe and Bournemouth has an exceptional amount of talent!

We are so proud to have been working alongside such a fantastic and creative organisation: The Great Exhibition of Boscombe and to have been involved with their mission to put Boscombe on the map as a creative talent hot spot.

We also had a lot of interest being shown in  The Arts Award and everyone seemed really keen to get involved, which was fantastic.

The collaboration we achieved between Bournemouth University, Arts University Bournemouth and local talents was incredible and we can't thank you all enough for all the hard work.



The empty Clinton Cards unit was completely transformed; amazing artwork was glittering the walls and intriguing installations were drawing our attention, there was no going back, we were ready. Excited and nervous, it was time to open the shutter and welcome the public.



Next came the much awaited Live Art Session from Krishna Malla and Lucan Art. These two battled it out and the results were absolutely amazing.




We welcomed Chris to the stage to show off his fantastic acoustic music, with a stand out cover of Ben Howard that got everyone singing along and many gorgeously chilled out tunes. Not long after, he was joined by Tyler and the buzz of live arts and music in the room went to another level.

By this time our live painting was in full swing, with three artists doing their thing and creating a beautiful piece of colour and shape.



Animation workshops were also getting busy. Josh and Aaron were fantastic and really got people interested and excited about their work.


Not forgetting the fabulous Redtail Studio who were working with individuals on the Posca Pen graffiti wall. We love that people who came along made their mark and created this crazy design board, creative collaboration at its best! See if you can find your piece:



We then welcomed the incredible Reydon and RTech to the stage, infront of the perfect backdrop of Lucan and Krishna's finished art works. These local Hip Hop artists were amazing to watch, throwing down some rapid lyrics to some hefty beats.

We finished the day off with a brilliant set from BUMP, the perfect closing act for what was an incredible day.


The room was well and truly brimming with the best creative talent in the area. We thank everyone who got involved on the day, our local and AUB artists, all of our musicians, The Sovereign Shopping Centre for having us and Clare Belmont from The Great Exhibition of Boscombe for all of her help. We really couldn't have done it with out you all!

Stay tuned for the next post that will have information on all the artwork that was being showcased and much more!

DAY THREE: The third day of production; The Sovereign center has become our home! Today was a blur of construction, emails, taping down wires, lifting heavy things and generally running around ensuring everything looks its best ready for the big day on Saturday! 

DAY TWO:

Our Empty shop space is coming along rather well. Gone are the bland walls and empty spaces. In its place colourful artworks and intriguing installations! This is it, it is really happening!

Day two over and we can hardly contain our excitement for the big day on Saturday. We are having so much fun working with all our  artists, we almost don't want it to end.

Highlight of the day has to be the arrival of a beautiful, magical tree, installed by the lovely Stay-c Cook. You can just see it peeping over out heads in our happy, but sleepy, end of day two production photo.


Remember to come down and check out all this hard work Saturday 11-5 at the Sovereign center.