Discover city’s unique stories

AN outdoor exhibition of crafted augmented reality artwork will bring to life the past and present of Lincoln businesses over nine city centre locations this month. A Lincoln Creates | Lincoln BIG project City Centre Stories is by Brew Projects collaborators Laura Mabbutt and Beth Lambert (pictured right) with poetry by Georgia Preece and will run until April 17. To find each location simply follow the map and look out for the QR code plaques at each site. Visitors and locals are encouraged to scan the QR codes placed at each business to bring the artwork to life.You’ll out why there was a Snake Pit in Waterstones and other fascinating facts. Other City Centre Stories include:

• A Cosy Cup for Contemplation at Angel Coffee House

• Lincoln Wool on Tenterhooks at St Marks

• George Boole: Grandfather of the Digital Age at House of Fraser

• LCFC Kit through the years at the Treaty of Commerce

Beth curator and producer, said “Lincoln Creates has been a brilliant opportunity for us to come together and make something exciting in our own city. We’ve had the opportunity to be creative and experiment with our methods of making in this project, which we wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise. We’ve been able to use the city and its stories to really bring each location to life.”

Laura, artist and producer added “Lincoln Creates is a fantastic opportunity for Lincoln based artists like us to create art for our city. We have been given the freedom to use our creativity and have been able to try some new ideas and techniques to make our work more exciting for people who see it.”

For map and details see www.brewprojects.co.uk/city-centre-stories-1

Lincoln Creates project deadline

LINCOLNCreates is back for its third wave of applications. Made possible with funds raised from the auction of the Lincoln Imps in 2021, the project is managed by Lincoln BIG. It aims to encourage artists and businesses to work together on visual art projects which will make Lincoln City Centre a more vibrant place to live, work or visit. These can be murals, sculptures and installations.

Art projects can receive funding of up to 100% with grants available of between £500£5,000.

Previous projects included the Piecing Us Together Trail: 40 businesses across the City Centre with artist Mel Langton and Wigford Way Bridge 2.0 with James Mayle and Luke St ClairPedroza

Application deadline is Friday, April 28.

To apply and find out more, visit https://www.lincolnbig.co. uk/projects/lincoln-creates

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