Derry pupils team up with Peaball to transform Creggan's generators

Electricity generators across Creggan have been transformed with stunning new nature-inspired artworks designed by young people from St John’s PS.

Féile Derry and local street artists Peaball worked with the children on ideas for colourful new designs, which are now completed at Iniscarn Road, Linsfort Drive and Greenwalk.

A spokesperson for Féile Derry said: “We are delighted that the new nature-inspired artworks on electricity generators in Creggan are now completed and have given the area a new lease of life.

“Having spoken to residents, the clear view was that these generators, which are in prominent locations used by thousands of people every day, had become an eyesore due to unsightly graffiti.

“Féile worked with the wonderful children of St John’s PS and local street art collective Peaball to explore imaginative ways of mixing art and education, and using it to make a positive difference in their community.

“The young people carried out research on nature and the environment and helped shape the colours and words that make up these beautiful new artworks, which were completed by artists from Peaball using spray cans.

“Over the last three years, Féile has worked with some of Ireland’s leading artists to transform walls and spaces throughout the neighbourhood, creating world-class murals that promote street art as a force for good.

“These new artworks are the latest development in that work, and we look forward to the completion of more murals in the months ahead.”

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This project is part of Féile’s Graffiti on the Walls initiative, funded through the Executive Office’s Communities in Transition programme, which supports improvements to the physical landscape in Creggan and the Brandywell.