Celebrating Strood and Rainham town centres, we have commissioned 8 local artists to create an outdoor gallery of temporary artworks in the town centres for the community to enjoy.
These artworks celebrate and share everything that makes the town centres special and welcoming places for people to live, work and visit.
The artworks launched on Saturday 26 March 2022.
Download our Welcome Map to find out the locations of the artworks and details about the artists involved.
Creatabot was founded by Natasha Steer and aims to make creativity and culture accessible to all with a focus on health and wellbeing.
For the Welcome launch day, Creatabot invited people in Rainham and Strood to create collages, sketches and artworks inspired by people and places within these towns.
Two critical friends were appointed to help support the artists, as well as a graphic designer to create the logo and marketing materials for the project.
Texts and emails are great but a phone call from someone you love is always welcome. Who Would Welcome a Call? invites viewers to take action and make that call through a display of people’s memories.
An engaging, colourful and above all meaningful piece of artwork for residents in and visitors to Strood. It welcomes you to reflect on Darrell’s passion for the area.
This opportunity is funded by The Welcome Back Fund from the European Regional Development Fund, and administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
The objective for this funding is to create and promote a safe environment for local trade and tourism, particularly in high streets, as their economies continue to cope with the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
