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Pupils from 35 primary schools, community groups and artists have designed 70 mini wolves as a spin off from the Wolves in Wolves public art project.
The colourful mini wolves will form part of an exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery from Saturday 8 July to Sunday 17 September.
The Lichfield Street gallery is also the starting point for the Wolves in Wolves trail, which has been organised by the council in partnership with disability arts charity Outside Centre and Enjoy Wolverhampton.
The Mini Wolves project has been funded by the Big Lottery programme '#BigCelebration'.
Dr Paul Darke of Outside Centre said: "The Mini Wolves project is about celebrating Wolverhampton, its sculpture, arts, heritage, community and people. Outside Centre is grateful to the Big Lottery for enabling us to stage this exhibition.
"Each mini wolf is unique and reflective of the school or group they are from, or the artistic vision of the individual artist.
"Schools were also able to create their own map trail around their school - some of which will be on display as part of the exhibition.
"We are grateful to all those who have participated from the city's schools, as well as the groups and artists."
Councillor John Reynolds, Cabinet Member for City Economy, added: "The Mini Wolves exhibition is a wonderful extension of the Wolves in Wolves project.
"It is brilliant to see so many schools getting involved, as well as the organisations and artists.
"Overall, it is an exciting project that will help put the city on the map as a cultural centre and I would urge families to get along to the art gallery to see the mini wolves pack.
"From there they can take to the Wolves in Wolves trail, get active, discover the city and what it has to offer."
The schools involved are Berrybrook Primary School, Braybrook Centre, Bushbury Hill Primary School, Christ Church Junior School, Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Dunstall Hill Primary School, Edward The Elder Primary School, Elston Hall Primary School, Graiseley Primary School, Green Park School, Hill Avenue Primary School, Lanesfield Primary School, Long Knowle Primary School, Loxdale Primary School, Northern House School, Oak Meadow Primary School, Palmers Cross Primary School, Parkfield Primary Schools, Penn Fields School, Penn Hall School, Perry Hall Primary School, Spring Vale Primary School, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary School, St Michael's Catholic Primary School, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, St Stephens Church of England Primary School, Uplands Junior School, Villiers Primary School, Warstones Primary School, West Park Primary School, Windsor Nursery School, Woden Primary School, Wodensfield Primary School.
Community groups like the The Way, Beacon Centre, City of Sanctuary, Howling Wolves Choir, Wolverhampton Homes, The Haven and Suicide Prevention Stakeholders Forum have also contributed.
The artists involved have long standing links to the city - they live here, trained here or work here.
They include Jasyn Lucas, Nigel James Kilworth, Bhinder Chopra, Harriet and Wilfred Davies, Alex Vann, Claire Rollerson, Helen Brown, Simone Kilworth, Ann Whitehurst, Aimee Millward, Charlie Kelly, Luke Westward, Laura Hickman, Natalie Hawkins, Roy Grew, Julie Fletcher, Pam Fletcher, Rebecca Broomhall, Marie Sewell, Kesia Pennington-Yates, Jo Burgess, Luke Westward, Katie Keith, Jo Burgess, Jemima Mantle, Danielle Robotham, Ricki Hall, Kate Penman, Jade Secker, Ryan Taylor, Carrick Siddell and Meg Gregory.
Regular updates on Wolves in Wolves are available at Type=links;Linkid=8256;Title=Wolves in Wolves;Target=_blank;.
- released: Thursday 6 July, 2017