In 2024 eight new contemporary artworks for Hereford City Centre have been jointly commissioned by Hereford College of Arts and Meadow Arts to celebrate 170 years of creative education in the city.

The new Sculpture Trail in Hereford city centre draws inspiration from past English laws of the 17th and 18th centuries that required shops to display visual trade representations crafted by local artisans. The project reimagines this tradition for the 21st century, reusing disused signage brackets above retail units.

The project aims to:

• Improve the public realm – make Hereford a better place to live, work and visit.
• Celebrate Hereford’s culture, history and heritage through a celebration of 170 years of creative education in the city.
• Showcase Herefordshire’s incredible artistic talent by connecting Hereford College of Arts with the city centre and improving the visibility of the valuable contribution of the arts to the cultural economy of the region.

Enhancing the historic core of Hereford

The sculpture trail is one part of the Art + People + Place programme, commissioned in partnership with Studio Response, it is part of the £6 million Hereford City Centre Improvements (HCCI) project. The overall project aims to refurbish the historic core of Hereford through investment in the streetscape, landscaping and public realm, and is funded jointly by the Herefordshire Council and Marches LEP.

The public art project has been years in the making, bringing together local people, students, businesses and stakeholders from across the city to add creativity and vibrancy to our streets. Herefordshire Council held a public consultation session in June 2023 which provided themes, ideas and locations that have fed into the final artworks.

Learn more about the Hereford Sculpture Trail in this short film below:

The artworks can be found at the following locations:

• Cloud Palette #1: 1 King St, Hereford HR4 9BW

• Diamond: 6-7 Broad St, Hereford HR4 9AE

• The Sturgeon and the Artist: 1 High Town, Hereford HR1 2AA

• Unleashed: 35 Widemarsh St, Hereford HR4 9EA

• Banging the Drum: 22 Widemarsh St, Hereford HR4 9EP

• Wonders: Maylord St, Hereford HR1 2DT

• Plough: 34 Church St, Hereford HR1 2LR

• HR_101: 29 Church St, Hereford HR1 2LR

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