Last week, we held the We Are Here Art and Photography Exhibition – and announced the winners of the competition!

We were completely in awe of the turn out, enthusiasm and shared joy in the room as we took a look at all of the wonderful pieces on display and got the chance to speak to all of you about our wonderful town and community.

We want to take a moment to thank every single person who submitted a piece, encouraged others to submit their work, and showed up to support all the talented artists that were on display – you make us proud to be Boltonians and proud to say #WeAreHere!

Without further ado, please join us in giving a hearty congratulations to our fantastic winners, all of whom sent in incredible pieces of work we’re proud to say we’ll be displaying in The Bolton Hub for years to come thanks to the Bolton Town of Culture 2025.

Congratulations to:

• Ariana Iqbal, ‘My Town Hall‘
• Sandra Bouguerch, ‘Forever Here’
• James Kirk, ‘Right Place, Right Time’
• Michael Acton, ‘View to Entwistle Reservoir’
• Jumoke Dabiri, ‘My Beautiful Bolton’
• Alex Walmsley, ‘My LGBT Town Hall’
• Geof Leigh, ‘February Half-term Roundabout’
• Dave McNabb, ‘Winter Sun’
• Emily Barrow, ‘The Threads’
• Colin Redwood, ‘The Beauty of Sign Language’
• Leb Lewyckyj, ‘Bolton’

And if you’d like to see all the brilliant submissions we received – we’ve got you covered!