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INTERREG IIIC – SUSTAINING SMALL EXPANDING TOWNS (SusSET)
: PROJECT ‘BEST PRACTICE’ proforma
Theme: Tourism/Identity Town & Country: Ellon Scotland
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Project Title: Public Art
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Description: The public art project is an examplar of a project focussed around identity and the involvement of school and community groups
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Objectives:
- To create a gateway artwork to be placed on the roundabout at the entrance to Bridge Street in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
- To give a sense of arrival in Ellon Town Centre.
- To provide a mechanism for community engagement for the people of Ellon.
- To celebrate the heritage and natural heritage of Ellon and the surrounding area.
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Process/Stages:
- Work with Ellon Strategy group (ESG) to select a suitable artist. Artists were asked to sumit examples of previous work and then the ESG met to chose the most appropriate.
- Artist put forward several proposals which were put out to public consultation including sessions with detached youth workers in Ellon.
- Planning consent sought for the chosen proposal.
- Young people from Ellon travelled down to Glasgow to the artist’s studio to see the fabrication and tour his other glasgow based work.
- Planning worked with roads to relandscape Bridge street roundabout and set up lighting for the artwork.
- Planning liased with the artist to place the piece on the roundabout including engineering, traffic control, environmental landscaping.
- Liaison with press throughout
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Outcomes/Results:
- A public sculpture which fufills the brief
- Identfied groups who may be interested in future proposals.
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Learning Points:
- Tight time scales
- A need for a more invloved consultation process.
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Contact Information:
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Notes:
- Describe the project in one or two sentences (including costs and whether EU funding)
- List the key aim and/or objectives in no more than 30 words
- Describe the key stages of the process, including timescale and if drawing upon best practice from elsewhere
- Summarise the key results and learning points in one to three bullets
- Give contact details, e.g. person, website, organisation, link to others
- Keep to a single page
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