Enfield Town Library's New Mural: "To Autumn"

Join us at Enfield Town Library on Thursday 19th June from 12pm- 2pm to celebrate the latest addition to the Enfield Town Art Trail, a mural titled “To Autumn”.

This artwork has been delivered as part of the Enfield Town Liveable Neighbourhoods project. The new mural by artist Agwa is inspired by John Keats’ poem of the same name and celebrates the town centre’s literary heritage and its connection to nature. Drop-in during this time to meet the artist and learn about the mural.

As part of the To Autumn project Agwa delivered a workshop with students at St Annes School. The workshop started by annotating John Keats' poem and highlighting its context to Enfield Town. Participants then created visual responses to the poem by painting their own artwork.

The most popular motifs highlighted by the students in "To Autumn" were:

- Fruitfulness, fruit, fruit on the vine

- Later flowers, bees, fumes of poppies

- Maturing sun (sunrise), subtle plains, rosy hue, barred clouds

- Ripeness, bright colours

Agwa used these motifs to create and develop the design and colourways for the artwork, which was then shared through engagement with library visitors and also online – giving local residents the opportunity to feedback on the design and vote for their favourite colourway.