The artwork has been created by youth groups and pupils from Williamsburgh and St John Ogilvie primary schools.
14:33, 09 Sep 2025Updated 14:33, 09 Sep 2025
The murals have been produced by youth groups and pupils from Paisley primary schools(Image: Renfrewshire council)
Young people have created three vibrant new murals to transform an area of Seedhill in Paisley.
The murals have been produced by youth groups and pupils from Williamsburgh and St John Ogilvie primary schools, supported by Renfrewshire Council’s youth services and street artists Tragic O’Hara and Peter Stewart Arts.
The Love2Care mural showcases the voices of care-experienced young people with colours, symbols and words. It tells of their hopes and strength and the importance of having community.
Meanwhile, the Paisley in the Future mural design was based on drawings by Williamsburgh Primary pupils on their ideas of what the town could look like in years to come.
The Characters mural was designed by St John Ogilvie Primary pupils, showcasing their favourite things, people and hobbies. Students voted on the winning design to be painted.
A Williamsburgh Primary pupil said: “In school, we worked together to draw ideas for the mural then Tosh put this all together and painted the outlines on the wall for us to fill in.”
One of the new murals(Image: Renfrewshire council)
A St Ogilvie Primary pupil added: “My favourite part of the experience was colouring in my design on the wall with spray paint.”
Councillor Marie McGurk, convener of Renfrewshire Council’s community and housing policy board, said: “These murals are a celebration of young people’s creativity and reflect their thoughts, feelings and imaginations.
“I hope they feel pride in what they have created with these street artists and that residents and visitors to Seedhill enjoy the colourful artwork.”
The Love2Care and Characters murals were funded through the Promise Partnership youth-led grants programme – one of several Scottish Government initiatives delivered under The Promise Partnership and administered by the Corra Foundation.
A fourth mural focusing on climate change and sustainability is in development with support from Scottish Leather Group, whose site neighbours the wall filling with murals.
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