The Art of Protection
3M has supported Cheltenham Paint Festival by donating health and safety products to ensure artists were appropriately protected from air borne particles while creating their artwork at the event.
Returning for its eighth year, the festival saw more than 160 world-renowned street artists come together to transform 100 locations across the town by painting, spraying, or drawing murals to create an inspirational outdoor gallery.
Artists were provided with a range of professional equipment by 3M, including the new Quick Latch Respirator to protect them from the airborne particles associated with spray painting, brush and roller painting, and orbital and manual sanding, as well as 3M PRO masking tapes to help create their murals and artwork.
Richard Davies for 3M, said: “The Cheltenham Paint Festival is a fantastic community event, which sees the best independent artists promote their individual styles and techniques to transform a wealth of local landmarks. But even with all eyes on the impressive artworks and creations, we must remember the risks to the artists’ health from air borne particles such as paint and dust if they’re not protected in the right way. We’re pleased we could work so closely with the event organisers to ensure respiratory protection is on the agenda for all artists, and hope they continue to prioritise it in their future projects.”
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