THE artist responsible for murals across Winchester is looking to pass their trade onto the younger generation.

Hendog, who has been quite literally painting the town, says the city has "become stagnant", and that "everyone deserves a safe and legal space to express themselves".

Alongside Jamie Robinson, of Unit12 Community Centre in Winnall, the artist has launched a Crowdfunder. With the money they will host affordable 'graffiti school' classes.

"Winchester is a place where we pride ourselves on how rich the history is," said Hendog in an open letter.

"A history of kings and heroes, beautiful architecture and landscapes, but somewhere along the way we became so engrossed in our history we stopped making it. The city became stagnant, less able to embrace new cultures and ideas.

"The work I have put out across Hampshire has been openly accepted by many. My goal was to always do good and bring social awareness to things that are important to me. I have been able to express myself in a way that has educated the locals about the impact of street art and given much-needed topics attention. But due to the lack of free walls in the area the only way to do this is illegally. In my opinion everyone deserves a safe and legal space to express themselves.

"I have been working with Jamie at Unit12 Community Centre to set up classes for children aged between 11-16, I will personally host these art classes and hope to educate and help everyone who attends to develop a real artistic skill."

The Crowdfunder needs to raise £5,000 to cover the costs of masks, gloves, stencils and spray paint.

It reads: "Jamie has set up a crowd funder in order to keep the costs of the classes affordable to everyone. From the costs of paint to correct PPE it can get quite expensive and its my hope that the community centre doesn’t have to bare the burden of those costs. In July a one-off hand sprayed version of boy with kite will be going to auction – 100 per cent of the sale price will be donated to this cause."

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