Ebrington grass art

THE facade of the Cunningham building at Ebrington is being covered with seedling grass as part of unique new public art work that will be available to view from September 15 to December 27. It’s the work or artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Sep 2013, 18:01 BST
Internationally renowned artists Ackroyd and Harvey at the Cunningham Building in Ebrington, Derry which has been chosen as the site for a temporary public art installation, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, where the facade has been planted and grown with seedling grass. Entitled Cunningham, this is the second Artists Garden from the Void Sites program for 2013 as part of the City of Culture program and is open to the public from 15th September  27th October. Visit www.derryvoid.com for more information. Picture by Brian Morrison.Internationally renowned artists Ackroyd and Harvey at the Cunningham Building in Ebrington, Derry which has been chosen as the site for a temporary public art installation, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, where the facade has been planted and grown with seedling grass. Entitled Cunningham, this is the second Artists Garden from the Void Sites program for 2013 as part of the City of Culture program and is open to the public from 15th September  27th October. Visit www.derryvoid.com for more information. Picture by Brian Morrison.
Internationally renowned artists Ackroyd and Harvey at the Cunningham Building in Ebrington, Derry which has been chosen as the site for a temporary public art installation, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, where the facade has been planted and grown with seedling grass. Entitled Cunningham, this is the second Artists Garden from the Void Sites program for 2013 as part of the City of Culture program and is open to the public from 15th September  27th October. Visit www.derryvoid.com for more information. Picture by Brian Morrison.

Noirin McKinney of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland said: “Art is woven in to the fabric of our society. The Ackroyd and Harvey project places creativity beautifully in the centre of our lives.”