ARTSTaunton is asking the people of Taunton Deane what they would like to see to make the county town a truly imaginative and creative place to live, work, study and visit.

The organisation has received a grant from Arts Council England to create a cultural plan for Taunton and is seeking opinions from as many residents as possible.

As part of this mapping exercise, ArtsTaunton has appointed two artists-in-residence to work in Taunton until July - artist Michelle Rumney, who is based at Taunton Deane’s Belvedere House, and poet Christopher Jelley, who is based at the Museum of Somerset.

They will be running a number of free activities and readers are invited to join in.

Events will run from May 31 until July 1 and include a Story Cafe at the Brewhouse, a Take Art Poetry Workshop at Taunton Library, Teasing Tags at Somerfest, a labyrinth and workshops for all ages at Longrun Meadow.

Christopher Jelley’s poetry boxes will be found all across the town.

The aim of these events is to begin a process that will help transform Taunton’s cultural landscape for the future.

ArtsTaunton’s development director Ann Jones said: “We want to reach as many people in Taunton as we can, so whatever we are able to do in the future will be representative of what people really want - so please have your say.”

Kit Chapman, founding director of ArtsTaunton, said: “Ann has devised a hugely exciting menu of initiatives to inject some fun and creativity into our research – all part of our mission to transform Somerset’s County Town into a major centre for the arts and culture in South West England.”

The organisation has also created an online survey to help reach those that prefer this form of communication.