LOW PROFILE to Create Artwork for Glovers Walk Hoardings

Update from Yeovil Art Space: Further to our recent partnership with Love Yeovil supported by Somerset Council to gain important viewpoints from the Yeovil community on the meanwhile use of Glovers Walk, we will also be managing an artist commission to transform the hoardings that now surround the site.  

We are thrilled to announce that LOW PROFILE, a renowned creative duo based in Plymouth, will design and produce the artwork for the hoardings in Lower Middle Street.

LOW PROFILE is a collaboration between artists Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Rose, who have been working together since 2003. They are renowned for their innovative approach to create engaging and thought-provoking artworks that foster human connections and community engagement.

Putting the community’s voice at the heart of the redevelopment, we will work closely with LOW PROFILE to respond to the call out we have had from you for more culture and creativity in the town centre.

Findings from the survey and consultation work that we carried out with Love Yeovil in late 2024 gained important viewpoints from the public on the meanwhile use of Glovers Walk which will inform the public art commission.

LOW PROFILE will create artwork to cover the area with bold and inspiring artwork, reflecting the aspiration of those involved in the consultation and encouraging imagination of future use of the area. The artwork created will be on display while the demolition works continue until summer 2025.

We know that by commissioning LOW PROFILE we can make this an interesting and exciting focal point for both locals and visitors. The artwork will serve as a testament to the community’s creativity and vision for the future.

Yeovil Art Space and LOW PROFILE will champion sustainability throughout the project and anticipate any artwork created could be used again in the town after the hoarding comes down.

Glovers Walk Hoardings: Bringing Art to a Blank Canvas

The hoardings have been erected whilst the demolition works continue and currently run the length of Lower Middle Street.  Somerset Council and Yeovil Art Space have seen the ‘blank canvas’ as an opportunity to respond to the strong call out, via the recent public survey for Glovers Walk, for cultural and community spaces to foster creativity, cultural engagement, and community interaction.

We are excited to be given the opportunity to bring creativity on this scale into the town, with and for our community.  It will really shout about the feedback we have had about having more Art and Culture in Yeovil.  We want to bring something diverse and playful that really reflects the voices of the people in Yeovil

We believe that bringing Art and Culture to the community will help to revitalise the town. We already know from the wonderful feedback around the signs of creativity around the town that we have brought together as a result of our charity’s activities, from the Creativity and Wellbeing posters on Westminster Street, the Willow Crown in St John’s Churchyard, and the colourful ‘Together We Are Stronger’ posters in Lower Middle Street.

We have also been very proud of the part we have played in bringing together the artist commission for the town’s first public artwork on display in the new Triangle development titled ‘Shapes of Yeovil’ co-created with Yeovil community groups and YOU&ME Architecture who collaborated with poet Beth Calverley.

Watch this space for exciting developments to come and ways to get involved!