Development Workshop: Heritage

Throughout January and February 2025, artist Frank Creber is leading a series of mural development workshops with local schools, community groups and residents. The ideas generated during these workshops will feed into the mix and help shape up and refine the main mural design. And each workshop group also created a standalone artwork focused around a theme: heritage landmarks, creating characters, community connections, fabrics and food.

At the first workshop, pictured here, everyone contributed oodles of ideas relating to Whitechapel's heritage – the people, the cultural mix, the events, the landmarks – that could feature in the mural. We'll be showcasing the Monopoly-style artwork the group created in a pop-up exhibition shortly. And snippets of the discussion were captured beautifully in visual minutes by Julia Miranda. A huge thanks to Richard and the team at Whitechapel Gallery for enabling us to use the fabulous Creative Studio space for this workshop.