Bus stop art intervention

March 2022 - March 2024

Exhibition at Tamfourhill Community Hub

12th – 19th April 2022

In November 2021, artists Theo Christy and Gregor Horne facilitated a workshop with around thirty local children and young people from the Tamfourhill Junior and Senior Youth Clubs. During this workshop, the children and young people were invited to create collages based on what it’s like to live in Tamfourhill, what things they would like to see, and what they think about while waiting for the bus.

Following the workshop, these collages were used as a starting point by Theo and Gregor to develop a series of possible designs for a large scale, digitally printed artwork to adorn the bus stop on Cumbrae Drive, right outside of Tamfourhill Community Hub. The final design for the bus stop, titled Is Like Waiting for a Bus and adapted from a collage by 8-year-old Dylan McCracken that shows a Minecraft sword landing right on the middle of a sausage roll, was chosen by Tamfourhill Youth Club and local residents at a recent meeting at the Hub.  

Unveiled on 12th March 2022, the bus stop art intervention will remain on view for two years, through to March 2024.

Inaugurated on the same day, an exhibition at Tamfourhill Community Hub’s Sports Hall presented over one hundred artworks made by children and young people from the Tamfourhill Youth Club at the November workshop, incorporating collage techniques, drawing and vinyl stickers, a selection of which can be seen below. These vivid artworks tell us about the children’s imagination and sense of humour, covering topics such as looking out for their friends, caring for the planet and likes and dislikes.

Tamfourhill Youth Club

The Junior and Senior Youth Clubs are run weekly on a Monday by volunteers at Tamfourhill Community Hub. The Clubs are registered with Youth Scotland. 

Theo Christy and Gregor Horne

Theo Christy is a visual artist who lives and works in Edinburgh.

Gregor Horne is a visual artist who lives and works in Glasgow.

In 2018, after graduating from the Edinburgh College of Art, they established Gallery Malmo: an artist-led space based in a former supermarket in Muirhouse, Edinburgh. Since 2018 they have exhibited a variety of artists ranging from recent graduates, those commercially represented and those without a formal art education.

Special thanks to:

Lynne Boslem and Alex Reid (Tamfourhill Community Hub), Paul Eames (Falkirk Community Trust), Chris Cox, Gregor Mclaren, John Milne and Ryan McDonagh (Development Services, Falkirk Council), Copymade Ltd, and Jakub Bieganski.

View of exhibition at Tamfourhill Community Hub

Below: Collages by Tamfourhuill Youth Club