We were chuffed to be working with Dr Jill Spratt, Lecturer in Advertising and Branding at the Ulster University, who developed an art and design programme for the GCSE students of Lismore Comprehensive School, which introduced them to the art and history of traditional hand painted shop signage.

Held over 8 sessions, the programme consists of a mixture of practical sessions facilitated by Jill and sign writer/graphic designer Tony Moore, in which the students learned the techniques and art of traditional hand painted signage which was once commonly used for shop signage. The students were then challenged  to reimagine the signage of some of Lurgan’s landmark businesses by creating examples of traditional hand painted signage using the techniques they have learned.