The latest act to be confirmed for an all-day contemporary arts festival can be revealed.

Jojo Townsend will bring her innovative and heartfelt art to the city.

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Since losing her sister in December 2011 she has started the ‘Wow Project’ which is a series of art installations taking place in numerous venues and online.

We caught up with Jojo for a chat:

Why are you taking part in MAPS?

I liked the agenda of having art in unusual spaces, my work is all about interaction and being able to do that somewhere unusual has all sorts os possibilities and I think that is really exciting.

What is your act?

My piece is an installation called ‘The Wow Project – Task Eight’ where participants are invited to ‘Think of a message to someone that you can’t bring yourself to say. Write it down. Disguise it anyway you like’.

Where are you from?

Originally Bristol, but I currently live in a very small flat in London.

How long have you been an artist?

Well, I’ve been studying for the last 3 years so shall we say that long?

What do you think/know of the arts scene in Preston?

Truthfully not a lot, so I’m very excited to find out more about it!

Where have you shown work before?

For this project I did research and development at a school in Bristol, so this is only the second outing for this project.

The MAPS Festival takes place at venues across the city on Saturday 8 September as part of the Preston Guild.