Sun 01 Sept
|Location is TBD
Illuminated Sheep by Deepa Mann-Kler
An Illuminated Sheep Art Trail along Hadrian's Wall
Time & Location
01 Sept 2024, 00:00 – 26 Sept 2024, 04:50
Location is TBD
About the Event
Illuminated Sheep
1st September - 26th September 2024
Green Croft Arts and Gilsland Village are hosting 2 sheep in the village.
LOCATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
This September, Illuminated Sheep returns to Northumberland as the famous flock form a new Art Trail from the East to West of Hadrian’s Wall. From Maryport to Souter Lighthouse, the flock will separate and will be looked after and customised by community champions, businesses and organisations. Over 40 locations have been selected across Hadrian’s Wall Country to host individual Sheep, with some roving sheep out with Northumberland Libraries and hitching a ride on the Tyne Valley Railway!
The 2024 Illuminated Sheep Art Trail will encourage locals and visitors to find their inner shepherd, exploring the Hadrian Wall Country’s rich landscape, heritage and culture to #FindTheFlock.
Watch this space for more announcements and Art Trail locations!
At the end of the 2024 Art Trail, the Illuminated Sheep will shed their costumes, gather as a flock and appear as an artwork during October. On their urban adventure, the flock will be bathed in a multi-coloured light display by artist Deepa Mann-Kler with a specially-commissioned soundtrack appearing at:
Toffee Factory | Thursday 3 & Friday 4 October
Segedunum | Friday 11 & Saturday 12 October
Newcastle Cathedral | Tuesday 22 - Thursday 24 October
Green Croft Arts, Thirlwall Parish Council & Gilsland Village are community partners.
Presented buy Queen’s Hall Arts & Hadrian’s Wall Partnership.
Queen’s Hall Arts, Illuminated Sheep was a visual arts trail that first lit up Northumberland to celebrate the arrival of the Lindisfarne Gospels in the North East in the autumn of 2022. Illuminated Sheep was commissioned by Northumberland County Council and developed and managed by Queen’s Hall Arts and the Hexham Culture Network. It was part of the Cultural Programme of Hexham High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) and funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority, now the new North East Combined Authority.