y A display from the inside the Humber Street Gallery.
y Crown Paints created a fun-filled, special space in a range of pastel shades to support the display of The Nose.
y Ellis Mudd, Site Manager at Crown Paints Hull manufacturing centre, outside the Humber Street Gallery.
WHEN YOUR CITY is held-up as a stage for art, culture and transformation, then it’s amazing the difference colour can make. For Crown Paints, Hull’s status as the UK City of
Culture 2017 has provided a national and international platform to showcase its colour expertise and celebrate the transformational power of culture. Crown Paints has been manufacturing paints in
Hull for more than 200 years and has almost 200 people working at its manufacturing site and Crown Decorating Centres located in and around the city. This expertise, pride and passion for the city has led Crown Paints, in its capacity as a Hull 2017 Business Partner, to add colour to a range of eye-catching projects, which will leave a lasting impact on the region. Ellis Mudd, Site Manager at Crown Paints Hull
manufacturing centre said, “As a company, we are all so proud of Hull and its achievements in this landmark year. It’s been a superb project for us to be involved in and we are delighted to be playing a part.”
Crown continues to colour the UK City of Culture 2017
As reported in the August/September issue of
The Decorator, Sandtex Trade masonry paint has been used to create murals which celebrate the community’s rich fishing history as part of the Roots & Routes project. Another project, which showcases the power
and beauty of shade, is the World’s Favourite Colour initiative, carried out by paper makers G. F Smith with help from design agency Made Thought to celebrate Hull UK City of Culture. An international audience was asked what the
world’s favourite colour was and 30,000 submissions were received from more than 100 countries via an online poll. A rich teal shade was selected as the global
favourite and to celebrate the colour choice, which has been named Marrs Green, a pop-up shop exhibition was set-up in the heart of Hull to showcase the stunning colour. A range of exhibits were put on display in the
specific hue, and Crown Paints provided the perfect backdrop for the display, colour matching the Marrs Green shade in Crown Trade Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt to decorate the environment.
y Below; Celebrating the ‘World’s Favourite Colour’ initiative, Crown Paints in Marrs Green on show at a pop-up shop exhibition. © James Mulkeen
Exhibitions are a key feature in the Hull 2017
programme and a hub for contemporary art has been the Humber Street Gallery, which champions the area’s thriving visual arts scene and reinforces the message that contemporary arts and culture are for everyone. Again, Crown has provided a picture-perfect
backdrop for the exhibition space, with Crown Trade Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt used throughout the building to create a high- performance backdrop to the display. Hull’s year as the UK City of Culture is also about
promoting art and creativity in the community. One such occasion has been the discovery and return of The Gold Nose of Green Ginger to Hull. Housed for two months in North Point Shopping
Centre, the famous Gold Nose – a historic gold object in the shape of a nose, unearthed 50 years ago during the construction of the Bransholme estate – was on display for shoppers and visitors to view in a special space in a range of pastel shades created by Crown Paints. Louise Babych, Development Manager at Hull 2017
said, “Half-way through this incredible year we’re already seeing the positive impact the programme is having on the city and its communities. “Our partners are fundamental in this success
and it has been wonderful to see the colourful contribution Crown Paints has had on the programme and the city as a whole. We’re delighted to have them on board.”
y One of the most striking projects involving Crown Paints takes art outdoors, with huge murals in the historic old fishing area of Hessle Road.
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