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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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Heres some pics from the first skill sharing session between Chris Guest (Graffiti & Illustration) and Darren Washington (Photography & Digital media) 

Aswell as reactivating the vacant property the Pretty Vacant project focuses on professional developement and skill sharing- tonights session saw Chris teaching Darren graffiti skills on the back wall of the unit, which included outlining, fading, stencilling and effects.

The project has attracted lots of attention already with the artists meeting and talking about the project with passers by and those that wave at us from outside the unit-we’re always happy to talk to people so please knock on if youre passing the project! 

Later on in the project Darren will be returning the skill sharing in lessons in digital manipulation and photography- so keep checking back for more Pretty Vacant treats!

Pretty Vacant 2010- based in Warner Complex, next door to Pizza Hut, Newcastle under Lyme, UK