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Welcome to Pretty Vacant, a forthcoming arts collaboration between artists Christopher Guest and Darren Washington based in Newcastle under Lyme, UK.

The project has been funded by The British Arts Council and will see the two artists from differing creative backgrounds coming together to create work in empty shop windows in Newcastle Under Lyme.

The project will be a celebration of the “Local Heroes” of Newcastle Town. Local heroes are not the recognised celebrities we all know about, ie Stanley Matthews, Robbie Williams, but rather those individuals who are of unique character and make the area what is it..and what it is- is not what you read in the national press!

Taking place in the large empty windows in a vacant unit in Warner Village, in the heart of the town, the artists will hold regular research workshops around specific venues we have identified- meeting the public and talking through our ideas with them. In a way this project will be shaped by the public as it will be their character traits and vivacity that will make this project successful.

We will use our respective creative practices in graffiti and drawing, photography and digital media to create large scale projections and cut out forms, inviting the audience to look for the humorous, beautiful and fantastical aspects of those around us.

Over the coming weeks and months we will be posting regular updates on this blog,keeping you up to date with our venue visits, interesting people we have met and also documenting how us as two artists from very different creative backgrounds can learn together.

For more information on Pretty Vacant you can email us at prettyvacant2010@hotmail.com

And you can also text your interest through to the Pretty Vacant Hotline on 07504005980

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New project location!

We are really pleased to announce our new venue for the Pretty Vacant project, situated in a large empty unit space at the Warner Village, Newcastle under Lyme

Originally planned for Stoke Town, we faced many months of delays due to logistical problems, however having since moved to Newcastle Town we have had instant access to the new location and have began work immediately. Our large  scale celebration of local people has had a terrific response with many people enquiring in how to take part. 

Over the coming weeks we will be embarking on a large graffiti back drop and photographing the locality, which will become a vast floor display for our Local Hero cut outs to sit on.

The public are invited to view the work in progress through the windows and we hope to open up the space for a celebration event when the project is complete.

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