original bad girl from her performance art collective and one of hull's most famous daughters, maureen lipmanity of culture. by march nine out of ten people in hull had been to a city of culture event and with 60 community projects in 2017, many were even taking part. that was one of the community projects put together by people from hull for people from hull. really a great way to get everyone involved. the woman who masterminded it is sharon darley. sharon, before 2017 some people might have thought art is not for me, isjust for the cultural elite. has this project changed that? yes! in what ways, what have you seen? the whole year has changed that, the project we were involved with definitely helped oil the wheels. what changes have you seen, just explain to people who don't know hull, the problems in the estate where you started that work. lots of the usual inner—city challenges, lack of employment, lack of prospects. lack of aspiration sometimes. although i like to say that i work with a really creative, innovative, funny community. do you think 2017 has drawn that out? i think so, and i