A new art exhibition will present the work of a community project as well as celebrate Hadrian’s Wall.

Called the wall.three.words project, it is part of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900th anniversary festival, the anniversary of the wall’s erection.

Over the last six weeks, schools, community groups, artists, and poets of all levels have been busy writing poetry, creating artworks, and engaging with Hadrian’s Wall in a new and contemporary way to celebrate this iconic structure in our landscape.

The project has focused on the beautiful and underrepresented Lanercost to Birdoswald section.

The exhibition, called Local Connections, is the culmination of the wall.three.words project, and is a stunning display of creativity that has been unleashed within the community.

The wall.three.words project is a community arts project using the what3words app to inspire poetry and art celebrating Hadrian’s Wall. 

The project involved the use of the what3words website/app, which is used for navigation.

The service provides each three square metres of the world with a unique three words, used for casual navigation and search and rescue missions alike.

Artists were tasked with finding a spot along Hadrian’s Wall that they liked the most, finding out what the three words for that spot are, and then creating a piece of art based on those three words.

The words can be used in a poem, to inspire a poem, or any piece of art that celebrates Hadrian’s Wall and what it means to them.

Poems and art show the felt connection that local people have with the wall on their doorstep - what it means to them, how they live beside it, and the history it evokes. 

Two schools are involved, Hallbankgate Village School and Brampton Primary School, the former of which submitted haikus and the latter submitted abstract art pieces.

The event launches on Tuesday, November 15, at Brampton Community Centre at 9am, open until 4:30pm.

Entry is free.

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