Chris Brown's wandering cowboy waits at a bus stop in Hampton Hill, he dreams of travelling to Kirkwall, the home of the finest ginger ale in Scotland. Natalie Low composes a ditty for our rhinestone hero, or should it be for our bovine hero at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/04/chris-… #publicart

We're offering mood-boosting studio time for young people aged 13-25 in London. Sessions with music producers specially-trained to support #mentalhealth take place in professional recording studios + CAMHS & other NHS locations #studiosessions #youngmusicians #wellbeing #london

Final day of the Translocation and Dislocation exhibition, art in unusual places. Today Nick Roberts' artwork on a t-shirt, words by Ed Arantus, backdrop by @YokoOno Read more here collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/04/welcom… Thanks to everyone who has exhibited, written and supported us. #publicart

Next week we launch a new CollectConnect Public Art exhibition, Sets, Series and Ensembles. Artworks and writing will be posted daily here, and on our website, with Art placed out in public for people to discover. Hope you enjoy it.

We're planting a hedge in Southwark Park for #nationaltreeweek. Come and join us on Saturday 30th November The Tree Council Southwark Council mailchi.mp/432ca025a939/j…...

Our next event - this Thursday November 21st, at Kingston University Town House, 7pm and free : The Kingston Camarade with Marcia K-L Bella Weerasinghe Nicola Field Martin Dines, Cameron Wade, Matthew Sokulsky, Caitlin Nugent, Safia Kamel and more writerskingston.com/kucamarade/

Our Autumn exhibition, Sets, Series and Ensembles, starts today with a wandering sculpture from Kezia Reddick at Feltham Circles graffiti walls in Pevensey Nature Reserve, SW London. + a fab debut from Laura Webb, read her response at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/kezia-… #publicart #londonart

The first of three collections from multimedia artist Stella Tripp. Today on the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition she casts us a lifeline of blister packs. Sink or swim? Natalie Low provides us with our daily dose of writing. Read it at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/stella… #publicart

Today on the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition, Melanie Honebone, one of our most treasured and long serving CC artists. In contrast we also have a new writer, Ellie Roberts, making her debut today. Read her response to Melanie's artwork at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/melani… #publicart

Dean Reddick's mysterious totem pegs are laid out in a row for us on Sets, Series and Ensembles today. They talk of another time, of talismans and rituals, and of wisdoms that remain even to this day. Ed Arantus uncovers an old truth. Read it at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/dean-r… #publicart

We step inside to find the first class artwork of Chris Brown on the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. It's the first artwork to be picked-up (and taken) by a member of the public. Responding to Chris' artwork is Carole Bulewski Read her words at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/chris-… #art

Francesca Albini's cabinet of curiosity is a feast for the eyes and imagination, full of hidden imagery and long forgotten memories. We welcome Diya Sengupta to the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition today, read her poem at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/france… Francesca Albini #publicart #art

For those of you that know artist/poet SJ Fowler, you'll be aware he has a penchant for soft toys. His latest collection has escaped into the wild for the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. Ginny Reddick is our First Responder, read her words at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/s-j-fo…

Stella Tripp's packets hang over a murky river, a lure or an offering to whatever lies in the waters below. This is the second work from Stella in the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. Dean Reddick finds inspiration today, read his words at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/stella… #publicart

They live among us! Today, Bryan Benge's small art invasion takes to the streets of the UK for the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. Watch out! Natalie Low is keeping tabs on their movements, read her story at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/bryan-… The London Group #publicart #streetart

Dean Reddick & @albanart have been working together since they met on their Art and Design Foundation course 35 years ago. They team up again today for the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. Alban's people pebbles and Dean's words. Read more at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/tuesda… #art

Love is the answer today, and it is our very own creative cupid Chris Brown, who has fired his artistic arrow into the Pevensey Road Nature Reserve, Hanworth. Responding to Chris' artwork is the erudite Eros and creative all-rounder Jack Low. Read his poem collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/chris-…

Today we have the third of Stella Tripp's artworks. We are always delighted by the range of work that Stella sends us, and the rich ideas that her art inspires. It is Ed Arantus who takes a walk on the darker side of these themes, read his words collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/stella… #publicart

It's our penultimate day on the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition. We find Chris Brown's artefact on a small bridge over a culvert. Kim Reddick is our responder, he last wrote for CollectConnect at the Sentinel Trees exhibit, 2020. Read his words at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/11/chris-…

The last day of the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition, and it's Natalie Low's playful happy family mash up. Dean Reddick is our Top Trump writer, read his words at collectconnect.blogspot.com/2024/12/natali… We'll be back with a new CollectConnect show in Spring 2025. Public Art is the best.