SEPTEMBER 2007

Public Art for Moville

The Derry based artist, Locky Morris has been commissioned for the cross-border programme - Heart, (Heritage, Environment, Art and Rural Tourism) and will produce two sculptures as part of its public art scheme. It will eventually see an innovative trail of twelve pieces of public art located in towns and villages throughout County Donegal and Strabane District Council.

Locky said: "I see this commission from the Heart programme as a genuine opportunity to have a meaningful engagement with people and place, a theme which has run through my work for the past twenty years. Although Locky has exhibited throughout Europe and the United States, his best known sculptures are to be found mainly around Derry and Donegal. Some of his work being the Polestar at Letterkenny roundabout and Atlantic Drift at Derry City Councils offices.

Manager of the cross-border Heart programme, Roisin Connolly said that Mr Morris' involvement in the project would add to its overall success. "The work of Locky Morris is instantly recognisable and Heart is delighted to have commissioned this talented artist to produce public art for both Castlederg and Moville. Locky Morris is one of the North West's best known sculptors and artists, so it's a great coup for the Heart programme that he has been commissioned to produce public art for Moville, where he clearly has a close and heart felt connection." Said Roisin.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Border Action through Measure 1.1 of the Eu's Interreg IIIA programme, the International Fund for Ireland, Donegal Council, Strabane District Council and the private sector fund Heart.

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