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Students give Linwood Park wall new L.Y.F.E.
Young artists from Linwood Intermediate School were putting
the finishing touches to this new Linwood Park mural in time for
the L.Y.F.E. ( Linwood Youth Festival Experience) on November 3. Facilitated by Christchurch City Council Leisure and funded by the
Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board, the artwork arose out of a
competition at Linwood Intermediate in which students were asked
to design a mural, reflecting what life/L.Y.F.E. meant to them. A
design by 12-year-old Charlotte Buxton-Blue was selected by artist
Patrice Aplin. She and Lesley McMillan are the project’s coordinators. The word L.Y.F.E. is at the heart of the mural, surrounded by
colourful images of skateboarding, music, nature, breakdancing, kite
flying, fast food and the merging of cultures. To fit the 9m wall
along the western side of the Linwood Tennis Clubrooms, the
design was extended using Charlotte’s sun and clouds as a backing
and parts of other student designs. The work was completed by
groups of four young artists at a time. Linwood Intermediate principal Richard Wisnesky said the mural
is an example of the fantastic artwork coming out of the school.
“Putting together a mural like this draws on so many skills,” says
Patrice Aplin. To maximise its longevity, it has been painted with two coats of housepaint and sprayed with an anti-graffiti coating.
Thousands of young people saw the mural at the L.Y.F.E. Festival
on Sunday, 3 November — the biggest annual youth event in
Linwood. |