Our Tree Jumpers: Warwick Art Gallery proudly organizes the famous tree jumper exhibition for Jumpers & Jazz in July.  

Jumpers and Jazz in July began in 2004, inspired by the art community’s desire to reclaim and personalize the cold winter streets with textile art. The quirky “tree jumper” project captured the imagination of the local community and the event grew into a ten day arts festival that attracts visitors in droves. Lovely traditional textile crafts such as crochet, felting and weaving have prospered as a result of being applied in a popular contemporary context. Entries by artists who use unusual materials such as plastic bags or milk cartons ensure there is a surprise on every street.

The Festival is a must do for any textile lover and the street art exhibition is very easy to participate in. Warwick Art Gallery’s staff, the official tree jumper exhibition coordinators, begin allocating trees in January. Several of the 150 tree jumpers travel from overseas and are lovingly installed by gallery volunteers.