Art Road Trip
Following the success of hosting the National Gallery’s Art Road Trip in early 2025, Transported is creating a brand new local legacy version for Boston and South Holland, with activities inspired by the artwork that captures our county.
Bringing creativity to every corner of our community.
After being inspired by hosting the National Gallery’s Art Road Trip in early 2025 when they visited Boston and South Hollland that showed us what’s possible when you take art out on the road and meet people where they are., thanks to funding through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund’s GRASSroots Grants, with additional support from Arts Council England and The National Gallery, now, we’re building on that proven model to create something uniquely rooted in our area.
What is the Art road Trip?
Art Road Trip – Boston & South Holland is a travelling programme of pop‑up exhibitions and hands‑on arts activities, designed to make creativity accessible, joyful and part of everyday life.
We’ll be visiting community events, schools, markets, village greens and more, bringing art directly to the places people already gather.
Expect inspiring, heritage-themed activities including:
- Weaving • Mosaic • Printmaking • Painting • And more
- All inspired by local buildings, stories and landmarks
- Delivered by professional Lincolnshire artists and our friendly team
- Available to visit Boston, Spalding, Holbeach, Surfleet, Whaplode, Crowland, Moulton and surrounding villages
Why we’re doing it
Why we’re doing it
Art Road Trip is all about removing barriers to cultural participation. Not everyone can travel to exhibitions or workshops, so we’re creating portable arts experiences that can pop up anywhere. By taking activity into rural and underserved areas, we hope to:
- Celebrate what makes our area unique
- Spark conversations and creativity
- Build pride of place
- Connect communities through shared experiences
- Listen to local voices about what arts and culture they want to see
This project also runs alongside our regular consultation programme, keeping community decision‑making at the heart of Transported’s Creative People & Places ethos.
Inspired by Lincolnshire’s Art and People
With support from The Usher Gallery, we explored artworks in their collection that best represent the county and could inspire creative activity.
After consulting with community groups, we invited local artists to develop portable workshops responding to these chosen paintings — resulting in a set of brilliant, place-based activities ready to go on tour. The National Gallery has also provided in-kind support, donating the touring exhibition system used during their own Art Road Trip, helping us create high-quality pop-up displays for events across the region.
Current Selected artists
Marion Sander
Marion Sander offers activities from easy drop‑ins like coloured transparencies and clay reliefs, to guided cyanotype collages on paper or textiles, as well as more advanced ceramic and sculpture workshops.
Kerry Wint
Kerry Wint Delivers accessible art activities inspired by works in the Usher collection, including a “Flowers” completion artwork, a relaxing biro‑and‑watercolour “Woodpecker” card activity, and a collaborative silhouette portrait display.
Ellie Benton
Ellie provides a simple viewfinder drawing activity inspired by landscape paintings, alongside a PA‑led three‑step “Pattern & Place” decorative postcard workshop.
Laura Mabbutt
Laura offers imaginative activities from extending an artwork “Beyond the Frame,” to a guided “What the Sitter Sees” portrait‑response task, and a deeper mixed‑media storytelling workshop, “The Sitter’s Story.”
Dovile Sakalauskaite
Dovile leads two adaptable sessions: “Discovering Clouds” using soft pastels for expressive cloud studies, and “Portrait Textures – Sgraffito,” a staged textural portrait activity suitable for varying venue types.
Where we’re going next
Keep an eye on our Events page and social channels for announcements of where the road trip will stop next. You’ll find us at festivals, school events, community days, markets and more, please get in touch if you would like to know more.