Arts and Regeneration

Derry City Council's Arts and Regeneration Project

Up The Walls

About Us

The Riverview area lies within the Diamond electoral ward and is bounded by Foyle Road, Bishop Street and Abercorn Road. It is also an interface area which presents its own unique set of problems. With this in mind we have, since our inception (beginning with our community audit conducted on a cross community basis), strived with considerable success to foster friendly working relationships with our neighbours in the Protestant Fountain Estate.

One of Riverview Residents Association's main objectives is to engage with the local community around the issue of regeneration, the role art can play in that process, and the importance of local residents' input into that process.

About the Programme

The Arts and Regeneration programme is a partnership programme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The Arts and Regeneration programme is aimed at building links with local authorities and local communities and is seen as an initiative from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland aimed at targeting social need. The Arts and Regeneration's primary purpose is to address issues of physical renewal within Neighbourhood Renewal Areas. Alongside Civic Regeneration it is important to have a parallel regeneration process within neighbourhoods of need. The Arts and Regeneration programme aims to complement and enhance the development of regeneration in the participating areas each year.

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The Project

Up the Walls is part of Derry City Council's Arts and Regeneration project which is funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Fund.

The Arts and Regeneration project has been established to strengthen community involvement in regeneration issues. The project is coordinated by Alice McCartney, Arts and Regeneration Officer in Derry City Council.

For further information, contact Alice on

(028) 71 365151 ext. 6939 or email alice.mccartney@derrycity.gov.uk

*This project was produced by the residents and visitors of Bishop Street, Foyle Road and Abercorn Road

Artist's Statement

"ARTS recognise that conventional architectural and construction industry practice is intrinsically linked to national and global issues which, if unchecked, can dominate decision making processes in urban development, marginalising the needs and aspirations of those most directly effected by development, often existing communities."

"Beyond the production of art and architecture, ARTS aim to create and operate within contexts which empower communities at a ”grass roots level”, realising development of the built environment to meet community specific needs, understanding, supporting, and developing existing community structures and facilitating integration within larger urban contexts."

the ARTS group