The Town Council is committed to creating a town that celebrates public art, both temporary and permanent. There are many examples. There are lions in the town centre: the Wiltshire Lion painted by Jonathan Sanders (of Sanders Paintings and Sculpture on Pickwick Road) and Lionardo, painted by Caroline Rudge , one of the artists in residence at The Pound. There are the murals decorating the Co-op and in the Newlands Road (Co-op) car park painted by Rob Cowan and Phoebe Tonkin and funded by Martingate. You’ll find mosaics in the Martingate and at Springfield Campus and, at Springfield Rec, on the Valley Road entrance, you’ll find the flower-strewn gates created by local artist Anya Beaumont. Temporary public art projects, many of which are in conjunction with The Pound, have seen an animated Christmas display in the windows of the Town Hall; recycled floral displays on town centre buildings, and yellow gibbons created by artist Duncan McKellar, that brightened the High Street in the summer of 2020. The Town Council is currently working on public art projects for the Cross Keys junction and the Portland Rise/Potley and Pockeridge area. We are looking to produce a Public Art Trail in the near future, so watch this space.