Meaningful & innovative public art events that make a real difference
Meaningful & innovative public art events that make a real difference
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Southport
01 Feb – 27 April 2025
Shaun the Sheep: Find the Flock at Anglesey Abbey
01 Mar – 27 April 2025
Stampede by the Sea
28 Mar – 27 May 2025
Great Tail Trail
05 Apr – 01 June 2025
GoGoSafari
23 Jun – 30 August 2025
The BookBench Trail
Summer 25
Trail with a Tale
Summer 25
Bulls in the City
Summer 25
Hop To It!
21 Jun – 29 August 2025
Events
What’s on and coming up in 2025
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Our Mission & Vision Statement
Charitable mass participation events that achieve real good in the community!
We connect businesses, artists, charities and communities through extraordinary public art trails and creative projects which enable our partners to achieve their goals.
We celebrate people and places, helping millions of people of all ages to experience art in non-traditional settings.
We provide a platform for amateur and professional artists to showcase their work and design programmes that resonate with children and young people, the outcomes providing a unique insight into the aspirations, hopes, and dreams of future generations.
Iconic Characters
Discover our events with an amazing array of iconic characters from the world of film, TV and literature including Shaun the Sheep, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, SmileyWorld®, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, The Snowman™ and the Snowdog.
Latest News

Shaun the Sheep sculptures raise over £265,000 for Heart of Kent Hospice
The sculptures dazzled Maidstone on an art trail over the summer.

March of the Elephants stomps to success
The auctioning of its sculptures raised £125,000 for St Giles Hospice.

Sculpture art trails to explore in the summer holidays
Have a fun, family-friendly day out on sculpture art trails across the UK.

Southend-on-Sea to welcome brand-new penguin sculpture trail in 2025
A brand-new immersive art trail will be ‘waddling’ into Southend-on-Sea in 2025.

Wild in Art and Aardman join forces with RHS Gardens to showcase Shaun the Sheep
Baa-rilliant fun across RHS Gardens this summer holiday with The Great Garden Adventure with Shaun the Sheep.

Meet the Team: A Q&A with Cheryl
Read our Q&A with Cheryl, Wild in Art’s Finance and Executive Administrator.

Southend-on-Sea’s Herd in the City makes a mammoth impact
Herd In The City was a resounding success for both the city of Southend-on-Sea and local hospice care.

Wild in Art and Walker Books embark on creative partnership in 2024
The ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ art trail is heading to Kingston and Birmingham in 2024.

Art trail of Irish iconography in mosaic opens across Manchester
17 mosaics of Irish iconography are on on display in cultural and creative venues across Manchester City Centre.
Our Awards
Don’t just take our word for it. Together we are award-winning.

Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival Award
Aberdeen City & Shire Thistle Awards 2024

Charitable Event of the Year
Local Hero Awards 2024

2023 Year of Culture Project
Leeds Compassionate City Awards

Best Arts or Cultural Event
Finalist – New Zealand Event Awards 2023

Best Use of Event or Community Fundraising Initiative
Finalist – Scottish Fundraising Awards 2023

Community Initiative of the Year
IOM Newspapers Awards for Excellence 2022

Commendation for Mobile/App Design Award – Blue2
Winner – Scottish Design Awards 2022

Special Recognition Award
Kent Charity Awards 2022

Campaign of the Year
Scottish Charity Awards 2022

Best Event Creative
Finalist – NZEA New Zealand Event Awards 2021

Pop-Ups, Display, Exhibit & Set Design
Silver – Gov Design Awards 2021

Best Event
Manchester Culture Awards 2019

Event of the Year
PPA Scottish Magazine Awards 2019

Best Event of the Year
PR Moment Awards 2019

Family Event of the Year
Finalist – Norfolk and Suffolk Tourism Awards 2019

Art and Culture Award
Glasgow Inspiring City Awards 2019

App of the Year
Prolific North Awards 2019

Manchester BEE Award – Sally-Ann Wilkinson
Inspiring Women Awards 2019

Event of the Year and Charity Award
Finalist – PRCA Dare Awards 2019

Best Not-for-Profit Event
New Zealand Events Association Awards 2018

Best Art Event/Exhibition
CityLife Awards 2018

Leading Live Event
This is Manchester Awards 2018

People’s Choice Award
Norfolk Arts Awards 2018

Special Recognition Award
Sheffield Business Awards 2017

Tourism Event of the Year
Bristol Tourism and Hospitality Awards 2013

Tourism Event of the Year
English Riviera and South Devon Tourism Awards 2013

Best Tourism Event
Finalist – Australian Event Awards 2013
A few of Our Achievements

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Worldwide expertise and insights
Since 2008, we’ve worked with international partners to animate cities across four continents including Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Nairobi, Cape Town and São Paulo. Each trail has been purposely designed to deliver the objectives for our partners: telling stories of place and bringing people back to host locations, raising awareness, enabling charitable fundraising, celebrating major anniversaries or giving something back to the local community.
Since 2008, we’ve worked with international partners to animate cities across four continents including Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Nairobi, Cape Town and São Paulo. Each trail has been purposely designed to deliver the objectives for our partners: telling stories of place and bringing people back to host locations, raising awareness, enabling charitable fundraising, celebrating major anniversaries or giving something back to the local community.
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