Belfast Canvas

CLIENT - Belfast City Council

Belfast Canvas is an ongoing project where Daisy Chain and Seedhead hearts have been commissioned to adorn the streets of Belfast with junction boxes painted by local and international artists.

Based on a Dublin model where junction boxes become canvases for artists, CQ Bid partnered with Belfast One and BCC to commission 20 junction boxes in 2020.

Since then, Daisy Chain has designed and facilitated a public consultation programme that explored people's relationships with Belfast as a place to live and work. The findings of the public consultation have informed the artistic briefs for the scheme in each iteration of the project.

In the most recent iteration, Daisy Chain has run an upskilling workshop for visual artists who were interested in street art but did not know where to start.

Currently in its fourth phase, the Canvas project has adorned the streets of Belfast with over 75 junction boxes.