NEW street art has been unveiled in the heart of Southampton's Cultural Quarter.

The art has been created by pupils from Southampton schools who took part in a competition run by John Hansard Gallery and the city council.

Six winning designs were selected from a shortlist of hundreds of submitted entries.

The competition invited children aged 5-11 to help design public artwork which would leave a lasting impact on the city.

Satvir Kaur, the city council's cabinet member for homes and culture, said: “This is a great project and an amazing example of how art can be used to transform our public spaces.

"Huge congratulations to the winners, whose art will now be at the heart of our thriving cultural quarter."

Woodrow Kernohan, director of John Hansard Gallery, added: "It’s been a real pleasure to work in partnership with children from across Southampton, the council's highways and cultural services team and Go! Southampton to create this vibrant street art designs.

"Education and learning are at the heart of John Hansard Gallery and it is wonderful to see the children’s amazing artworks come to life and enliven the city centre.”

The art work has been unveiled in Guildhall Square and Above Bar Street.

Jess Harrison, art lead at Oakwood Primary School, said: “The competition and exhibition has been an inspiring way to see children of Southampton engaging in abstract and contemporary art, as well as what they see around their city.

"We received entries from 26 Southampton primary schools, some of which took on the project in their classrooms.”