Our Words, Our Walls offers FREE poetry and visual art workshops for young people in North Solihull, empowering participants to co-create a series of vibrant public murals across their local area.
Working in partnership with professional poets, artists and youth organisations, the project delivers inclusive poetry and art workshops designed to support self-expression, creativity and confidence. Through these sessions, young people will collaborate to design and create five large-scale community murals, alongside a printed and digital community zine, transforming familiar local spaces into bold, meaningful landmarks.
Rooted in the creativity already present across North Solihull, the project centres young people whose voices are too often overlooked in cultural spaces. By bringing poetry and art directly into the communities where young people live and gather, Our Words, Our Walls creates opportunities for creative ownership, confidence, belonging, and lasting local impact.
Funded by Arts Council England and Solihull Arts Society, with support from Culture Solihull and Writing West Midlands.
