Principal Townscapes
In 2024 Storying Barnsley commissioned South Yorkshire-based artists with experience of community engagement to co-create the designs for digital ‘townscapes’, that would give a flavour of Barnsley's Principal Towns.
Following on from the 2023 pilot ‘townscape’ project for the Principal Town of Goldthorpe, we put out an open call seeking artists/designers to match with the remaining five towns. The selected artists were given the directive to work with community members to share stories, identify what residents would like to see on their townscape, and actually have a hand in the design itself through creative workshops.
These digital ‘townscapes’ offer the opportunity for visitors to experience different areas of Barnsley virtually; exploring images and interacting with hotspots/sections to view artworks and information.
Click through the pages below to visit each area, and find out more about the artists and how they created their designs:
Visit the Principal Townscapes
Cudworth
Visit Cudworth through a large-scale painted mural landscape, created by Lucy Burns along with local residents and groups.
Goldthorpe
Visit Goldthorpe through a collaged mixed-media landscape, as imagined by the young people of Dearne IKIC and local creatives.
Hoyland
Visit Hoyland through a 3D ceramic sculptural map created by Angela Hardwick, together with local groups and community members.
Penistone
Visit Penistone through a textile and painted landscape created by Lucy Pimpernel Wood, together with local groups and residents.
Royston
Visit Royston through a mixed-media landscape, created by Louise Ann Wright & Charlotte Fairclough-Bell together with families and young people.
Wombwell
Visit Wombwell through an illustrative landscape created by Tomekah George, with elements and shapes made by local community members.
Click here to visit the Elsecar Heritage Centre sitescape
Created by Elisa Artesero in collaboration with visitors and local residents, this photographic collage of light projections is a poetic testament to Elsecar’s cultural, historical, and architectural heritage.
Read more about Elsecar Heritage Centre www.elsecar-heritage.com
The ‘Principal Townscapes’ project has been commissioned and funded by Barnsley Council's Cultural Development Fund programme, Storying Barnsley.