Charlotte Newson was commissioned to deliver the first public artwork in Manchester to celebrate Emmeline Pankhurst -international icon and famous Suffragette: A photo-mosaic – created by collecting photographs of inspirational women sent in by the public. “Women Like You”- the first contemporary artwork to celebrate Emmeline Pankhurst: a photo-mosaic portrait of the iconic Suffragette - [...]
An international public art project in Manchester. Charlotte Newson was commissioned to design a unique cow for the parade. The beautiful “Ruby Moo” was the only nodding cow in the parade. Individuals from the LGBT community worked with her and Ruby Moo was selected as one of four cows to feature inside Manchester Town Hall [...]
To regenerate an area of wasteland and adjoining sports facility for local communities: Having undertaken a consultation process with residents, Charlotte Newson held a series of workshops with young people and family groups to explore with them what they felt would contribute to their local area. Their input was reflected in the final design by [...]
Charlotte Newson was commissioned to create a public art work in Salford by Seedly and Langworthy Regeneration programme, exploring the areas history with local communities during the regeneration process. In consultation with adults and young people, Charlotte Newson approached their shared history of places and era’s through architecture, location, fashion and product design from 1900 [...]
Charlotte Newson was awarded a Research and Development grant from A.C.E.N.W. to support her career development and research future proposals, developing into a YOTA bid and an award to create new work. The project received high profile media coverage and featured in North West Tonight/ Granada TV. The first event was a large scale installation [...]