Belfast Kids' Art Ignites Grand Central Station Murals

0:00On March 30th, twenty-street artists from Belfast just dropped the stunning set of murals at Grand Central Station, painting them live over two full. Deggies This is part of Translinks When Walls Speak Welcome Project, where local school kids stepped up as co-authors, shaping the whole vibe from the ground. Up, the process kicked off with artists hitting up seven nearby schools, like St. Joseph's Primary and St. Louis's College, to collect drawings, words, and ideas straight from the kids. Each school scored its own custom artwork, too, turning the project into a real community collab. Opened just this year in 2024, the station pulls in over twenty million visitors annually, and Translinks made sure neighborhood youth had a voice in welcoming them? Folks behind it, like Program Manager Louise Starratt stressed how these pupils aren't just along for the ride, they're the spark igniting the designs. Daisy Chain, the arts group partnering on this, ran workshops and street art tours for

1:02the kids, building everything on teamwork. Artist Nuala Convry drew a girl with Starling Wings, pulling from school prompts like nurture and transformation, nodding to Belfast's evolving. Skyline and those epic bird murmurations. This Carrie Hannah, teamed up for a mural of voking big journeys with tiny nature characters heading to the station, like a modern Gulliver's adventure. These walls now pulse with young energy, redefining how Belfast greets the world.