Following the hugely popular Monkey Trail in 2021 this year we bring you ships!
Over the summer the people of Hartlepool have decorated 29 ship sculptures.
This includes four by local artists:
Keith Robson – illustrator and comic artist
Mandascat – illustrator
Emily Carter – fine artist
Durham Spray Paints – street artist
Each brings their own unique style to the ships.
The range of ship art is truly fabulous and now you can see the Ships at the following locations
| Ship Name | Who Created The Ship | Location | Ive Seen it! |
| H M Mess | Hartlepool framing Company | Orangebox Training Solutions | |
| The EC Caarter | Artist Emily Carter | Mark LLoyd Jewellary | |
| The Sarah Keen | Artist Keith Robson | Cafe Rappor Bar | |
| Dipper | Dabble In Art | Art Gallery | |
| Good News | Tall Ships Event drop in workshops | The BIS | |
| The Knitted Bible | St Georges URC | St Georges URC | |
| CFNE | Changing Futures North East | LifeStyle NE | |
| The Trans Altalntic | Hartlepool Youth Service LGBT Group | The Northern School of Art, Church square. | |
| Sunflower | Annexe | The Annexe – Dyke House | |
| Heart- Le-Pool | Tall Ships Event drop in workshops | Hartlepotz | |
| Seapray | Artist- Durham Spraypaint | Poppys Hairdressers | |
| Mandas Seagull | Artst -Amanda Smith | King Johns Tavern | |
| TBC | Northern Festival of Illustration- guest artist | TBC | |
| Lillyannes | LillyAnne’s Art Group | LillyAnne’s Wellbeing Coffee Bar | |
| No Plan B | St Teresas Primary School (yr 5 pupils) | The Northern School of Art, 1 Church Street | |
| Sparkle | Eldon Grove Academy (Yr 1 pupils) | Museum of Hartlepool | |
| HMS Tentacles | Rossmere Primary School (Yr 3 pupils) | FOLIO building Church Street | |
| The Blue Lagoon | The Thrive Hive CIC | Virgin Money | |
| The Pearl | Home Ed pupils | The Raby Arms | |
| Magic | BloomInArt | The Owl | |
| My Love* | Tall ships drop in workshops | Central Hub | |
| Fab Lab* | Central Hub Art Club’s | Daisy & Bees Cafe | |
| Doodle | Tall ships community drop in workshops | Plantopia | |
| We are the Heart | Tall ships community drop in workshops | 9 anchors | |
| Shelley | Tall ships community drop in workshops | Hodgsons Fish Whitby Street. | |
| Dream Boat | Tall ships community drop in workshops | Place in the park (Ward Jackson Park) | |
| Save Our World | Tall ships community drop in workshops | Salaam Centre | |
| Captain Carers | Young Carers/Hartlepool carers | Gladys Tea Room | |
| Theo | Reach out Ministries | Sea View Pottery Place |
We didn’t have a theme for the ships, but we wanted people to respond in one of the following ways:
· To reflect on our maritime history
· To celebrate Tall Ships coming back to town
· To tell a personal story
· To say something positive about the town
· To tell us how you feel about the future.
Find your ship now!
The Ships will be on display until November. The fleet will come together again at the Wintertide Festival when hey will be auctioned to raise money for the Annexe.