Queer Eutopia mural

Queer Eutopia explores what a more inclusive and welcoming world would look like for everyone, especially for those in the LGBTQIA+ community, and features messages of joy and hope. The title comes from the realistic or attainable concept of a good place; the word ‘utopia’, on the other hand, is a place that does not exist.

The project aims to strengthen the local LGBTQIA+ community so that young people have the support they deserve.

The mural was commissioned by community arts organisation Heart of Glass, in collaboration with Homotopia. The public artwork, which appears on the footbridge connecting the platforms, is the result of a collaboration between visual artist Emma Colbert, artist/facilitator Leo Soph Welton, young people from The Lee Cooper Foundation, and staff at Northern.

Over a series of workshops, Emma, Leo and their collaborators have experimented with collage, planting, poetry, photography, drawing/painting and placard making and explored their hopes and dreams for the LGBTQIA+ community.