More than 600 pieces of art created by thousands of people who were shielding and in extreme isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic will tour this year as part of a Southbank Centre exhibition that aims to showcase the importance of creativity.
More than 4,500 people have taken part in the Art by Post initiative, which was started during the first days of lockdown in March 2020. Participants as young as 18 and as old as 103 created poems, visual art and music.
Abstract paintings, landscapes, poetry about the pandemic and music playlists were created by some of the most vulnerable people in the UK. Unlike some similar initiatives that embraced digital platforms during lockdown, Art by Post went for an old-school method: posting pamphlets with advice by artists to participants along with freepost envelopes so their completed work could be returned.
Those pieces of work will form the basis of an exhibition that will start at the Southbank Centre before touring to 12 venues over a…
