Fishguard and Goodwick's Coast Lines project has been named the Welsh runner up in this year's Epic Awards.
The innovative community arts project which brought shed loads of drawings to the streets of Fishguard and Goodwick involved more than 1,500 local residents and visitors.
Fishguard artist, Lizzy Stonhold, persuaded firemen, rugby players, school children, and local businesses to pick up a pencil and draw the parts of the community and landscape they knew the best. They produced a total of 2,468 drawings capturing a variety of local locations during 79 workshops.
The resulting exhibition last August, which involved three drawing sheds in Fishguard, Goodwick and Lowertown, as well as hundreds of sketches in the town hall and a ten metre visual sentence in St Mary's Church, gained national press and TV coverage.
The project won the prestigious Big Draw Founders Award last year and on Sunday scooped an Epic Award, these awards highlight the work of voluntary arts groups and aim to inspire others to get involved.
Lizzy travelled to the Sage Gateshead last weekend, where the awards were presented as part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.
"We are delighted," said Lizzy. "It's nice to put Fishguard back on the map."
The achievement of Coast Lines was recognised by Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure in Wales.
Lizzy is currently Artist in Residence with the Coast Lines project in Oriel y Parc, St Davids, until April 10th.
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