Climate change murals inaugurated in coastal town
Lowestoft, Suffolk, is celebrating the inauguration of large murals that aim to raise awareness of the climate emergencyThe town hopes they will draw attention to the area's flooding riskA coastal town has inaugurated large murals that aim to raise awareness of the climate emergency.
The designs were created with the help of local people in Lowestoft, Suffolk, who responded to a public call-out and attended workshops with artists. The town has formally inaugurated the completed artworks, on the sides of two buildings, and hoped they would draw attention to the area's flooding risk.
Residents are concerned about rising sea levels and said they wanted their voices heard at a regional and national level.The two murals are located at 10, Bevan Street and at 62, Stanley Street at the junction with Wollaston Road, both to the west of the town centre. The event was hosted by Rights Community Action, which produced the murals in collaboration with creative collective Glimpse and Suffolk-based Art Eat Events CIC.The Use Your Vocie mural is located on the side of a house at the junction of Stanley Street and Wollaston Road
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