Wastelands – Provocations in Green Spaces

A series of artist commissions exploring how lockdown reshaped our relationships with local green spaces across Stoke-on-Trent — turning wastelands into places of imagination and possibility.

Artist Development, Public Art, Research & Development, 2020Jenny Harper11 November 2025Film, Public Art, Placemaking, Research, Artist Development, Climate, Wellbeing, Urban Parks, Brownfield Land, Nature Reserve, Commons, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Youth-Led Canal-Side Transformation at Tinsley Marina, Sheffield

Youth-led canal-side transformation at Tinsley Marina, Sheffield — shaping place, confidence and connection through creative action.

2019, Collaboration, Public Art, Research & DevelopmentJenny Harper11 November 2025Sculpture, Public Art, Installation, Regeneration, Placemaking, Young People, Disabled, Youth Voice, Safety, Sustainability, Wellbeing, Canal, Commons, Sheffield

Shipwreck – Co-Created Public Sculpture, Forest Worlds Festival

A co-created wooden vessel rising from the earth — a public art sculpture made with young people and artist David Bethell for the Forest Worlds Festival 2019.

Artist Development, Collaboration, Festival / Event, Public Art, Research & Development, 2019Jenny Harper4 November 2025Sculpture, Public Art, Installation, Placemaking, Research, Artist Development, Young People, Youth Voice, Sustainability, Urban Parks, Stoke-on-Trent

Forest Worlds Festival

A joyful family arts festival co-created with young people and artists in Stoke-on-Trent, celebrating creativity, freedom and play through performances and workshops.

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