People invited to take part in big art project to keep spirit of Hastings Jack in the Green alive

The completed artwork will be displayed at a location in Hastings and St Leonards in the near future.

They are asking children and adults to design a leaf using whatever they have at home. This could be with coloured pens, pencils, felt tips, paint or collage. The size and shape of your leaf is totally up to you.

Once you have finished your leaf simply take a clear photo and send it to loveartmakes@gmail.com. Each leaf will be incorporated into the finished piece.

They can only use patterns and shapes and won’t use leaves with words.

They can only use clear photographs of the work. Phone cameras are fine to use as long as the image isn’t too blurry. The Deadline for the contributions has been extended to April 30.

A spokesperson said: “Due to the current Coronavirus situation the artwork will be initially shown to all online. We intend to print the image large scale to be installed somewhere locally as and when its safe to do so.”

This year’s four day Jack in the Green Festival was to have taken place from Friday may 1, with the colourful street procession taking place on Monday May 4. The event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but organisers plan to stage a virtual festival this year and are asking people to dress up in green, decorate their homes and share images.

See also: Jack in the Green to be celebrated as a virtual festival and people invited to get involved

See also: See our picture gallery of local people dressing up to create some cheer during the ongoing crisis