The Urban Fox Project

The Urban Fox is a multi-disciplinary project for foster families and the wider community in Waltham Forest to transform a busy alleyway in Higham Hill with a mural design, pollinator friendly planters and an animated film to give the wall a “second life”.

Led by story producer and curator Kate Hampel, print maker and artist Tom Jackson Wood Street Walls Rua Acorn of Modular Media and animator Maggie Nightingale The Digital Story Company has co-created an urban nature inspired design with foster families and the wider community of Waltham Forest. 

FREE WORKSHOPS FOR FOSTER FAMILIES

Families fostering children in Waltham Forest (ages 11 – 18) were able to participate in a hands-on experience to connect to the natural world with bold colours, print making and animation in a safe, inspiring environment. Participants were able to:

• DESIGN and print their own artwork 

• CO-CREATE a mural design for a busy alleyway in Higham Hill.

• MASTER animation skills to for an animation and augmented reality 

FOUR PAID INTERNSHIPS 

Two young people making the transition away from foster care have been given a paid training role with award winning animator Maggie Nightingale to help run the workshops, create the mural design and assist in the animation. An additional two paid bursaries were also awarded to assist with the production of a short film about the project and a short animated film.