Projects
Art on the model
‘Art on the Model’ is a site responsive, engaging and accessible large-scale public art project at New Bolsover Model Village which has been informed by and created with the residents and key local partners.

‘Art on the Model’ is a site responsive, engaging and accessible large-scale public art project at New Bolsover Model Village which has been informed by and created with the residents and key local partners. The project seeks to create inclusive interpretations and new works of art that inform the public about the significance of the area, the overall regeneration project, but also provides a fresh response to marking this time in New Bolsover’s storied history.
The new layer of visual interpretation – on a section of construction site hoarding, a small curved wall and forty empty property security shutters – will express the project’s aspirations for the area without being nostalgic and will add a creative and positive aesthetic to the area during the development works.
Local artist Emma Reynard has been working with the pupils of New Bolsover primary school, the residents of The Vale care home, the Heritage Craft Group, The Genealogy Group, Bolsover Civic Society and many families at the model village to create material for the final artworks. Emma’s workshops have been based around the themes of local heritage, garden city lines, flora and fauna, personal anecdotes and memories as well as regeneration.
We are looking forward to seeing how all of these elements inform the final artwork which will soon be completed and unveiled in September 2017.
For more information about Emma’s work, please go to www.artonthemodel.wordpress.com to view a project blog.
Statement from Robert Woodhead Ltd regarding funding for Art on The Model site-responsive public art project:
“We’re committed to working alongside the community in the New Bolsover Model Village during the project to celebrate the past, present and future of the area”.
The community arts project has been funded in the main by Robert Woodhead Ltd, with some contribution from the Heritage Lottery Funding.
‘This is part of our commitment to the community and our determination to leave a legacy following a programme of works like this.’
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