A Nailsea boy has become the youngest ever to take part in Upfest- at just 10 years old. Harry 'Haz' Bingham was headhunted after gaining followers on social media for his drawings.
Upfest had only around 40 artists taking part in its first year back in 2008, but this has grown over the years and now more than 400 artists flock to the city to paint. After the festival took a covid enforced hiatus it is now back this year with Grove Junior School pupil Harry - who started to develop his street art style during lockdown - among the artists taking part, reports Somerset Live.
Football and rugby-mad Harry turned his creative passion to drawing when he found his legs got too tired for sport and he needed to channel his energy elsewhere. Mum Leah set up his Instagram account #hazart where Harry found and followed fellow street artists who in turn followed him back.
