Public artworks celebrating Inverclyde’s past, present and future unveiled at Greenock Waterfront.
- Supported by Sustrans Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund through the Great Place Inverclyde Scheme and Inverclyde Council, three exciting new public artworks have been unveiled along Greenock Waterfront.
- Greenock-based charity RIG Arts and artist Tragic O’Hara were commissioned to deliver a series of artworks along the waterfront.
- Building on initial community engagement work in 2020, the partnership project worked with local community groups to shape the artworks along National Cycle Network Route 75.
- Looking to the past, Jason Orr’s ‘Yardmen’ celebrates the history of shipbuilding in Greenock in miniature form.
- Representing the present day, Alan Potter has created ‘Ebb & Flow’ – a seating installation based on the forms of kelp and sealife, featuring a statue of a famous local seal.
- Tragic O’Hara’s ‘Mechanical Animals’ is a stark warning for the future, representing what may happen if the climate and biodiversity emergencies continue unchecked.
Walking and cycling charity Sustrans and Inverclyde Council have unveiled a series of three, exciting new public art installations along a well-used walking, wheeling and cycling route at Greenock Waterfront.
Creative Conversations II, which was backed by funding from Transport Scotland and the National Lottery Heritage Fund through the Great Place Inverclyde Scheme, has seen local artists represent the past,...
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