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The State of the Art
There are winters in New Brighton when the sea feels like a neighbour. And there are winters when it feels like a judge. This has been one of the judging ones.
Something is growing in New Brighton
February is usually about Valentine’s cards, supermarket roses and predictable gestures of love. But this year, something else is happening in New Brighton.
Statement: Public art, free expression, and vandalism in New Brighton
It hurts to see public art in New Brighton vandalised like this.
New Brighton Creative Futures exists to support artists and creative expression in the public realm. We recognise freedom of expression as a protected right in the UK (Human Rights Act 1998, Article 10). But that right is not a licence to damage other people’s work or property.
Spraying over existing murals, defacing buildings, and repeatedly tagging areas of the promenade and storm channel is not “street art” in any meaningful sense — it is vandalism. Graffiti without the owner’s consent is widely treated as criminal damage.
New Brighton Creative Futures signs the Armed Forces Covenant
New Brighton Creative Futures CIC is proud to have formally signed the Armed Forces Covenant, joining thousands of organisations across the UK in pledging our support for serving personnel, veterans, reservists, and their families.
Thank you to our supporters
