Project

ELEMENTS: Street Art Festival
Ouseburn & the East end, Newcastle
Established 2024

*Project Development & Producing

Building Culture worked with local artist Mark One87 and Project North East to bring a new street art festival to Newcastle. The first edition of the festival was based in the Ouseburn Valley in the East end of the city. Ouseburn is an area is synonymous with street art and graffiti and calling on that rich heritage as Newcastle’s cultural quarter ELEMENTS brought together local artists, community groups, businesses and visitors in a celebration of creativity.

We’re actively working with the various surrounding communities to inform the project. This deeper, more embedded approach seeks to include voices not usually heard through these processes, creating more meaningful engagement.

Our collaborative approach sees us working with and supported by a host of local organisations, artists and community groups to create a high impact, colourful and energetic event, with year round legacy.

The first edition of the festival took place on August 3rd & 4th.

This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund