Artists

Artists

To date, Wild in Art has created over 135 art trails in the UK and around the world, featuring over 5,400 sculptures.

This has given direct exposure to over 4,600 artists and has injected over £4.2 million into creative communities through artist commissions.

We encourage emerging and established artists, creatives and designers, both local and regional to the trails, in any medium – traditional to new media, fine art, graffiti, illustrations and mosaic.

Design submissions to our trails are shortlisted before they are presented to sponsors to choose their artwork.

If successfully chosen, artists will be commissioned and upon completion, each will receive a commission fee as well as the opportunity to showcase their work as part of the event. We recommend a fee of at least £1,000 but amounts will differ between trails.

To be considered for special projects and commissions, please tell us about yourself and your work. We’ll hold onto this information and use it to help match artists to briefs.

Artist open calls

Submissions for 2024 events are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied and we can’t wait to see your designs come to life.

This page will be regularly updated with more open calls to artists once our events for 2025 are announced over the coming months.

Coming in 2025

Artists

Let’s get creative

Through our high-profile events, we provide a platform for amateur and professional artists to showcase their work.

With experience, creativity and commitment on our side, it’s our aim to balance artistic integrity with the needs of our partners. Sign up to our artist database to keep up to date with new events, opportunities or commissions we think might be of interest.

Take a look at our current events and their art programmes below, which you may want to submit sculpture designs for.

Join our artist database

Why join our Art Programmes?

• To push the boundaries of creative expression
• We provide commission opportunities to artists at all career stages
• Connect art with new audiences
• Put art onto the streets and break down barriers in terms of audience accessibility
• Contribute to the reinvestment in our creative communities and economy
• We value, celebrate and support artists to grow and develop in their practice and recompense them accordingly
• Use art to create joy and inspire new generations of artists
• Produce beautiful and thought provoking artwork to sponsor, to visit and to own

What they say…

Being part of public art trails and events is a fantastic way to benefit both your practice and career as an artist, through media exposure, valuable contacts, developing your style, learning from others, building your portfolio, and gaining advocates who appreciate your art.

MrASingh

Artist

It’s great to be part of something where everyone wins – the sponsor gets recognition, the artist gets paid, the public get free art and the auction raises money for a good cause.

Anne Guest

Artist

Some of the art trails have literally hundreds of thousands of footfall and knowing that your work has been seen, enjoyed and photographed by so many people is so brilliant. I love my work being out in the open and accessible for everyone and not behind doors hidden in a gallery.

Jenny Leonard

Artist

Theres something really exciting about the challenge of transforming these sculptures and giving them a new lease of life. Working on Wild in Art trails is an incredible experience and has introduced me to an incredibly talented pool of artists and the wider community.

Kelly Ma

Artist

Wild in Art, through their consistent emphasis on promoting diversity within artistic excellence, has allowed for numerous creative visions to be made uniquely accessible. Only through projects as ambitious, open minded and quality-led as these, can such a diverse array of visual practises be celebrated and exhibited on such a large public platform.

Sarah Jane Richards

Artist

As an artist who spends a lot of time working to a clients briefs and various genres and styles in various forms of replica, I enjoy working on the Wild in Art trails, working with sponsors and having some fun with the Wild in Art family and sponsors through social media – from starting painting, to the trail reveal and finally the auction. It is great to be part of a public trail and to see people enjoy and take video or photos of my sculptures and share them on social media. I also feel very proud to contribute my work to the charities that the trails represent.

Glen Brooks

Artist

Get Social with Us

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Coming in 2025 – Bridport, West Bay and Lyme Regis will be transformed by the arrival of the @stampedebythesea sculpture art trail 🐘

We are delighted to be working with our partners at @weldmarhospicecare to bring the first #wildinart event to the area.

It will be raising money and awareness for their essential end of life care as well as bringing health and wellbeing benefits to the local community as they follow the vibrant, fun and free art trail.

Find out lots more at stampedebythesea.org (link in bio)

#stampedebythesea

☘️ Take a tour of some of Manchester's cultural and creative venues and discover the Irish Nation trail of mosaics this St. Patrick's Day ☘️

17 original artworks of Irish iconography by renowned mosaic artist Mark Kennedy are on display until 31 March to coincide with Manchester Irish Festival.

Pictured: Phil Lynott, Eileen Gray, Constance Markievicz, James Joyce

wildinart.co.uk/events/the-irish-nation (link in bio)

#wildinart

First stop North Tyneside, next stop Battersea Power Station!

Our SmileyWorld® Art Trail will be making its London debut as part of the power station’s SmileyWorld® Season this Easter.

The fifteen fun emoticon sculptures, each featuring artwork by creatives tasked with responding to the emotions, will form a trail around the inside and outside of the iconic grade II* listed building.

The trail is live from 29 March to 19 May (more information in the link in bio)

You can also enjoy a range of SmileyWorld® inspired workshops, activities, games, fun rides and street food pop-ups.

#wildinart

This year marks the 35th anniversary of Andersen Press's publication of Elmer by David McKee. Happy birthday Elmer! 🎈

We are delighted to be in our fifth year of bringing Elmer's joy and colour to towns and cities across the UK and beyond with the Big Art Parades. Take a look at where they are this year 👇

🌈 Elmer's Art Parade Eastbourne 10 February – 14 April
🌈 Elmer's Big Parade Blackpool 13 April – 9 June
🌈 Coming soon…

Discover Elmer's Art Parades events at wildinart.co.uk/elmer (link in bio)

📷 Elmer visits the Towner Gallery inspired Elmer sculpture in Eastbourne

@elmerthepatchworkelephant | @andersenpress | @youreastbourne | @elmerblackpool
#wildinart #elmer #elmerineastbourne #elmerblackpool

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ✨ Today, we celebrate the amazing women who work at Wild in Art!

It’s a Wild in Art world 🌍

#wildinart

Special thanks to @submarine_films for our shiny new showreel and to Tracks and Layers for the animation.

Additional footage: Martlets, James Beer, Carey Smith, Haven’s Hospice, Main Media, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Slingshot Films, BID St Andrews, Granite Creative Productions, Daylight Moving Image

Photography: David Oates, Daniel Graves, Richard Marsham, Sam Kesteven, Stephen King, Gary Conway, Karen Wright, Historic Royal Palaces, RZSS, Milestone Creative, Wild in Art

Did you know there will be a #wildinart trail in Denmark this summer? 🇩🇰💭

The historic streets of Aarhus will be home to a herd of colourful elephant sculptures in support of our partners @psykiatrifonden.

@findelefanten

From today until 31 March, discover a collection of Irish iconography by renowned mosaic artist Mark Kennedy, each displayed in cultural and creative venues across Manchester City Centre.

The Irish Nation has been transformed into a free-to-view art trail with the support of Wild in Art and includes personalities from the worlds of literature, music, sport and history, including music icon Sinéad O'Connor, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and boxing phenomenon Katie Taylor.

Each artwork has a QR code taking you to theirishnation.com where there is a wealth of information about each subject and any specific links they have to Manchester.

Click the link in bio to find the mosaic locations 🗺️

We are proud to be a supporter of this project delivered by @mancirish.

@markkennedymosaics | @manchesteririshfestival

📷 David Oates Photography
#wildinart #theirishnation

We have some huge news! 🇺🇸

It is a privilege to announce our new partnership with @laikastudios, @pdxmetrochamber and Oregon Health & Science University Foundation to bring the first ever #wildinart event to the U.S!

Downtown Portland will be transformed into an open-air gallery this August in celebration of the 15th anniversary of LAIKA Studio’s debut film, the Oscar®-nominated Coraline. 🐈‍⬛

Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail with feature 30 almost six-foot-tall ‘Cat’ sculptures, creating an art trail which will be free for visitors to explore. They will be painted by local artists and, upon completion of the event, will be auctioned off as a fundraiser for OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Read more about the exiting news 👉 link in bio

📷 @laikastudios

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