Colourful new look for city lamp-posts

More than 100 lamp-posts and road signs in part of Leicester city centre are being given a colourful makeover.

A total of 19 new looks created by artists, designers and members of the public are to be applied to columns around the Cultural Quarter.

Leicester City Council said the project would support local artists and showcase the "creative atmosphere" of the area around Curve, Phoenix and Makers' Yard.

Assistant mayor Vi Dempster believes the artworks "will bring colour and vibrancy".

She said: "By highlighting pedestrian routes and linking cultural venues, residents and visitors passing through the Cultural Quarter will recognise that they are in a culturally specific area, where local artists and makers are supported and encouraged to showcase their work."

Artists and organisations whose works will be featured include Lucy Stevens, Stuart Hicking, Tazim Hamid, Miriam Bean, Disembodied Legs and Georgia Wilkinson.

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