Earlier this year, Bedminster (an area not far from the centre of Bristol) launched an art trail featuring a series of painted bugs. In total, there are over eighty bugs, and they have been painted by street artists and schools. The art trail launched in March during the week of the city's Upfest, a popular event that celebrates street art.
I caught a glimpse of a few of these bugs when I went to visit the Gromit Unleashed art charity trail. The bugs are located on buildings, and apparently a few of them can be seen inside some of the shops and restaurants in Bedminster as well.
A few colourful Bedminster bugs
Bedminster is one of the areas that received funding (Mary Portas) to make it appeal to local businesses and to thrive; it is one of the successes of the scheme. The Bugs of Bedminster art trail is just one of the initiatives to come out of that.
The bugs will be on display for a year, which would take us to the middle of March in 2014. Bugs of Bedminster even has its own Facebook page so that you can view the bugs. https://www.facebook.com/bedminsterbristol.bs3
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