Big Fun Art Adventure 2024
We’re delighted to announce that in the summer of 2024 North London Hospice and Wild in Art will bring an exciting and iconic art sculpture trail to our community – Big Fun Art Adventure!
More than 30 giant owl sculptures, alongside a parliament of 30 smaller owlets designed by local schools and community groups, will hide in plain sight on the streets and in the parks of North London in the summer of 2024.
Each owl will be sponsored by a business and individually designed and decorated by local and regional artists, designers and illustrators. Each sculpture will celebrate the vibrancy, culture, and creativity that North London has to offer.
The owls will form a fun, family-friendly trail of discovery for visitors to enjoy and explore for eight weeks in the late summer of 2024 and will highlight iconic spots and local hidden gems.
The owls will swoop into North London in August 2024 and after eight weeks on their perches, there will be the chance to say a final goodbye at a special farewell event where all the owls come together before the owls are auctioned to raise money for North London Hospice. The owlets will be returned to their forever nests with their school or group.
Download our free trail app
Download the free trail app to discover the sculptures, collect rewards and track your trail steps with the pedometer.
Find and collect giant owl sculptures across Haringey while unlocking exciting rewards and milestones along the way. Discover the design inspiration and vote for your favourite. Share your photos to the sculpture galleries while tracking your steps and miles. Keep up to date with the latest trail related news and events.
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“Big Fun Art Adventure is a fantastic opportunity to bring our local community together and draw in guests from further afield. It is also a brilliant chance for us to connect artists and residents with local businesses through the power of creativity, whilst helping to make a difference to those who need us.” Declan Carroll, CEO North London Hospice
A lasting legacy
Did you know that at the end of the trail all of the large owl sculptures are auctioned to raise money for North London Hospice? The smaller owls – our owlets – are returned to their forever homes with their school or community group.
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Don’t miss out on the biggest, most colourful event in North London in 2024!
Find out how to sponsor an owl today!
- Gain media exposure for your business
- Be part of an event which brings thousands of visitors to your local community
- Improve brand awareness for your business or organisation in a unique and memorable way that will get everyone talking
- Build a feel-good factor among your employees, customers and stakeholders
- Align your business with a well-respected local charity which provides vital services for people in your local community
- Be part of something amazing
Your donations create real change
By supporting Big Fun Art Adventure you are helping to raise vital funds for North London Hospice. Our services are provided free of charge and it costs over £15.9 million a year to keep our services going. Only 40% of our funding comes from the NHS and we have to fundraise the rest.
Please consider supporting Big Fun Adventure in whatever way you can – from sponsoring an owl, to downloading our app and completing the trail, so that we can continue to provide the best of life, at the end-of-life, for everyone.
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Sep 9
Another week on the trail…
Have you met `Nocturnals` yet? He swooped in late last week to temporarily replace `Park Life` who needed to be taken away for repairs, sadly due to being vandalised.
Check our Reels grid for more on Park Life`s story.
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Sep 6
Introducing Crouch End Clock Tower by @Christinagdesigns and sponsored by @mclgroupplc 🦉
Artist Christina absolutely loves creating paintings of her favourite local landmarks such as Bruce Castle Museum, Alexandra Palace and Tottenham Town Hall. Born and raised in Tottenham, Christina is proud to be part of this community.
“I create paintings of places that I love and enjoy in London. I paint pubs with ice rinks to give it magical feel. With the crouch end clock tower, I wanted to be playful with the colours by using different strokes of paint.”
Swipe to see Christina’s design submission and early artwork of the Crouch End Clocktower.🖌️🎨
You can find Crouch End Clock Tower in Tottenham Hale. Don’t forget when you visit our owls to use the code on the plinth to unlock the sculpture on our app. Can you collect them all?
Download our app via the link in our bio.🤩
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Sep 5
Meet our wonderful owl Athena by @RoomaMakes. 🦉
Local artist Rooma loves to create. With a background in printed textiles and drawing, she enjoys using mixed media and designing with flowing lines and shapes.
“I like following the form and how lines interact, sometimes creating an optical Illusion with the lines. I like to also include Indian influenced floral details within some of my paintings which gives the design a lift.”
“I was born in Hackney and still live here. My family are from Mauritius, and this does have an influence. I love colour, I love culture and travelling.”
Swipe to see some pictures of Rooma in action🖌️🎨
You can find Athena outside Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham. Don`t forget to download our free app to collect the owls, unlock exclusive prizes and more! Link is in bio.
📍Town Hall Approach Rd, Tottenham Green, London N15 4RX
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Sep 3
Some news on beautiful ‘Park Life’ 🦉
Please note:
📱 the App is updated to reflect these changes
🗺️ unfortunately our paper maps cannot be changed.
🦉 ‘Park Life’ app code still applies
Do comment below if you have any questions.
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Sep 2
After months in the planning, it is great to be able to share all the work that has gone on behind the scenes over the last year to bring Big Fun Art Adventure to the streets of @haringeycouncil.
Here we share a behind the scenes look at how author @rbiddulph Eugene’s Owl came to life.
We’ll be sharing more videos over the coming weeks of our artists creating their beautiful sculptures. A whole lot of creativity, dedication and love has been put into all our owls and we’re so proud ❤️
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Aug 30
The school holidays have flown…
As we approach the start of a new school year, we are excited to see all your back-to-school photos.
Are you spotting an Owls on your walk to school? How many can you spot on your route?
Tag us #bigfunartadventure and we will share our favourites.
There may an Owl-shaped prize so get snapping 🦉 📷
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