Illuminated Sheep along Hadrian’s Wall
30th August – 26th September, 9:30am – 5:30pm
Queen’s Hall Arts & Hadrian’s Wall Partnership present Illuminated Sheep: Hadrian’s Wall Arts Trail 2024. This September, Illuminated Sheep returns to Northumberland as the now famous flock form a new Art Trail from the East to West of Hadrian’s Wall.
The Roman Army Museum are delighted to be adopting one of the flock! We will be displaying our Baa-Archaeologist, Blackberry, set against the backdrop of the ancient Roman Fort, Magna. Visit the Roman Army Museum between the 30th August – 26th September to snap a selfie with our one of a kind resident!
From Maryport to Arbeia, the flock will separate and will be looked after and customised by community champions, businesses and organisations. The 2024 Illuminated Sheep Art Trail will encourage locals and visitors to find their inner shepherd, exploring the Hadrian Wall Country’s rich landscape, heritage and culture to #FindTheFlock.
Click here to see locations for the 2024 Illuminated Sheep Art Trail and get ready to #FindTheFlock!
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Led by Queen’s Hall Arts, Illuminated Sheep was a visual arts trail that first lit up Northumberland to celebrate the arrival of the Lindisfarne Gospels in the North East in the autumn of 2022.
Illuminated Sheep by artist Deepa Mann-Kler was inspired by the Gospels’ themes of light and pilgrimage, and has since seen the flock of life-sized sheep lit up in bright colours at some of the region’s most iconic locations including Alnwick Garden, Bamburgh Castle, Hexham Abbey, Vindolanda and Woodhorn Museum as well as further from home at the Bradford is Lit light festival.
Individual sheep were auctioned off at Hexham Mart, adopted and customised by local communities across the county to create the first Illuminated Sheep Art Trail in 2022 before gathering at the Festival of Flame at Hexham Abbey.
Illuminated Sheep was commissioned by Northumberland County Council and developed and managed by Queen’s Hall Arts and the Hexham Culture Network. It was part of the Cultural Programme of Hexham High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) and funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority, now the new North East Combined Authority.