Art project

Children at the heart of new art

A new painting created by children has been unveiled to mark the first anniversary of Worcestershire Children First. The artwork has been produced by local artist Megan Evans in collaboration with children across Worcestershire and reflects the company’s core values.

Under Megan’s artistic direction, children produced a series of collagraph prints using items of litter that had been collected from around the county.

The artwork features a combination of collagraph printmaking and painting, and includes a print from every child who took part. The prints have been collaged into the final artwork and labelled with participants' names.

Collaborating on the project were children from

• Who Cares We Care, Worcestershire’s Children in Care Council
• Franche Community Primary School, Kidderminster
• Alvechurch C of E Middle School
• The Chantry School, Martley
• Prince Henry’s High School, Evesham
• The Forge Secondary Short Stay School, Redditch
• Chadsgrove School, Bromsgrove

Megan worked with children at each stage of the journey; from discussions about the original visuals to reshaping the concepts to reflect their own ideas and thoughts. As well as participating in the consultation stage they also took part in the litter picking, removing around 600 items from around the county, and learnt new skills in printmaking. The final artwork is a true celebration of children, collaboration and the environment.

The artwork was virtually unveiled by Rob Morrison at the Annual General Meeting of Worcestershire Children First on Thursday 1 October 2022.