About wild walls festival
The Wild Walls is a festival programme of creative workshops and street art projects involving young people from Ipswich.

Wild Walls hopes to be back in 2026
If you would like to see more murals in Ipswich, you can help in various ways:
Sponsor Wild Walls 2026 – We are actively seeking financial supporters for Wild Walls 2026 – If you would like to discuss sponsoring a mural or festival activity please get in touch.
Offer a wall – We need your walls, interior or exterior, we are looking for walls in Ipswich for mural projects, please get in touch if you have a space to offer.
Discuss a partnership – Wild Walls is not possible without the support of local partnerships, if you would like to talk to us about how to get involved with the festival, get in touch.
Wild Walls 2024 The Core Team
Iona Hodgson – Project Director
Ian Dance – Delivery Partner & Graphic Designer
Community & Co. – Marketing & Website
Elma Glasgow – PR
Joseph Barton – Photo and Video
Amy Wragg – Production Support
Marcus Harris-Noble – Advisor & Mentor
Ruth Paton – Fundraising Support
Becki Blackwood – Admin Support

SPOTLIGHT: IONA HODGSON
With over 25 years of experience in creative production and project management, Iona delivers impactful creativity within the public and private sectors. Her socially engaged work includes delivering funded community arts programmes centered around collaboration and visual arts and her commercial work as a freelancer sees her coordinating a dynamic range of projects and events for her clients across the creative industry.
As the co-founder of Ipswich based Community Arts organisation Art Eat Events CIC is passionate about supporting engagement with visual arts and creative activities as a community development strategy as well as delivering high calibre aspirational visual arts projects. She is a strong believer in the power of creativity and arts, particularly in the public realm, as a main driver for placemaking and civic pride and therefore of vital importance to any cultural strategy.