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Moston Cow Art Goes on Parade
in City
Art lovers will get the chance to appreciate an ‘udderly’
unusual exhibition in Manchester this summer, with some
of the works on show created by local youngsters. The
CowParade Manchester 2004, an international art exhibition
which has already visited New York, Sydney and Tokyo,
will feature a huge herd of cows grazing in the city centre.
Over the last few weeks the young people at Moston Youth
Centre have designed the ‘Moston Moo’, their
very own bovine creation, with the help of a local artist.
As
part of the consultation process for the Moston Vale Community
Woodlands Regeneration Initiative, the images on the cow
represent the thoughts of the young people about the Vale
and the wider community in Moston. Moston Vale has been
chosen as one site in a unique scheme that will reclaim
large areas of derelict and neglected land across the
north west, transforming them into open green spaces for
the community.
Groundwork Manchester Salford and Trafford have been commissioned
to carry out the community consultation for the scheme
and from this produce a masterplan for the site that reflects
the community’s aspirations. A spokesman for Groundwork
said:
“Hopefully the decoration of the cow will provide
food for thought for other local people and a sense of
pride in the local area, when it is displayed alongside
other cows in the city centre” Text
taken from the North Manchester Advertiser 4th June
2004
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