“Wrexham, Look Up!” – New art installation brightens up town’s Central Arcade

This article is old - Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

A new art installation made up of over 200 brightly coloured paper globes is now brightening up the town’s Central Arcade.

Titled ‘Wrexham, Look Up!!”, the artwork was installed above the shops in the arcade over the last few days – with the final 24 globes set to be added to the display this afternoon.

Those who have seen the arcade have described the installation on social media as “beautiful”, “amazing”, “lovely”, “pretty”, “cool” and “brilliant”.

The idea came about during a chance meeting in a café between Central Arcade shop owner of Abode Above, Daphne Roberts and Wrexham Building Art Project Volunteer Lead, Wayne Price.





They decided to work together to brighten up the shopping area with the aim of reminding people that Central Arcade is a charming place to visit, this resulted in the globes installation.

“The feedback so far has been overwhelming, everyone loves it,” explained Daphne.

“We need people to know that Central Arcade is a gem in the heart of Wrexham, as well as home to a number of small, independent businesses.

“So please look up, look around, support your local independents and tell everyone that ‘Central Arcade is so much more than a thoroughfare”

Wayne Price added” “As always there is a lot of people to thank for putting together a project of this size.

“Thanks first of all to Daphne, Steven, Angie of RedCrafts and all the traders of Central Arcade for their help, vision and desire to get this project done thank you to the landlords of Central Arcade for their permission.

“Thank you to the volunteers on the day, Daphne, Christian, Angie and Sharon Rogers.”

The artwork is the latest to have been created in the town centre, with a team of local businesses and the Wrexham Building Art Project collaborating last month to brighten up the exterior of Bank Street Social.