The Knab Lerwick, Creative Strategic Framework

The Knab Strategic Creative Framework was commissioned by Shetland Arts and Shetland Islands Council to support the delivery of public art on the Knab development site in Lerwick. This document sets out to identify a range of opportunities for artists and other creatives to positively impact the Knab development. This framework has been built from a series of public engagement exercises which gathered opinions from a wide age range of Shetland locals and visitors. Using social art methodologies and research methodologies, thematic areas and general principles were built directly from these workshops and interviews. In this way, the framework has been built to address the wishes of these local communities.
This framework presents a proposed structure and timeplan to deliver a multi-faceted art strategy which seeks to address the issues raised by the community. This includes:
• Proposed methodologies to provide Shetland based artists with skills and experience of public art
projects so that they will be able to undertake these kinds of projects themselves.
• Routes for the local community to be involved in projects from commissioning to installation – and beyond.
• A range of permanent and temporary interventions to provide legacy and ongoing performative involvement for locals and visitors.
• Methods to maximise the value of the public art budget.
The framework places all of this in the context of the Knab site, existing public art and cultural activities in Shetland.