ARTWORK produced by hundreds of residents as part of a a scheme to enhance the appearance of a large housing estate has gone on display.

The Sowerby Art project creations, which include paintings, prints, model sculptures, wire drawings and carved stones, are the result of numerous workshops in Thirsk and Sowerby and are linked to the theme of sustainability.

The initiative was set up after Mulberry Homes Yorkshire, the developer building hundreds of homes at Sowerby Gateway, south-west of Thirsk, received an Arts Council grant of £58,250 and invested a further £105,000 in the project.

A selection of the artworks have been reproduced and are being displayed on hoardings opposite the Topcliffe Road development, while Rural Arts, in Thirsk, is staging a display of the work until Wednesday (July 22), when a public consultation event over the scheme will be held at Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall, from 4pm to 7pm.

The event will highlight plans to create a feature artwork, created by artist Kate Maddison, artisans and manufacturers, for the south roundabout on Topcliffe Road, a metal boundary sculpture and a set of carved stones will be sited at a grassed area marking the transition from Sowerby to Sowerby Gateway.