Chippenham Museum's art project asks Ukrainians to contribute to a larger piece.
Chippenham museum is running the project which is inspired by artists who were previously refugees in the area
It is inspired by art in the collection created by refugees who came to the area during World Wars One and Two. "We didn't have any food for 10 days. Everything stopped working. A lot of people disappeared forever. They have never came back."Image source,Belgian Charles Wellens painted Wiltshire scenes while a refugee in the county, including this of Chippenham's high streetHe painted quaint Wiltshire scenes, but also a moodier one of Chippenham's High Street, which shows a red cross flag marking the town hall as a hospital at the time.
Ukrainian Alevtina Piklarska and her hosts Norma and Fred Guscott went to an event to introduce the project.
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