Local boys create butterflies to complement the Mary Cairncross Birdwing Butterfly Walk
Art4place is an exciting new community-based arts enterprise that wants to see more art in public places on the Hinterland. The concept not only brightens our built environment but helps give people a sense of belonging to the community.
Art4place is working with artists, community groups, businesses and all levels of government to highlight art that is already in public places and to stimulate the creation of more public art on our streets.
The recent Festival of the Walks gave the group the opportunity to showcase their aims when the Hinterland Business Centre and Hinterland Tourism created a walking art trail around Maleny.
A giant Birdwing Butterfly creates a good impression
The group also collaborated with Arts Connect to set up arts activities at Mary Cairncross Park and Kondallilla Falls during the Festival. They also helped organise the street party and launch of the Montville art and heritage trail at Russell Family Park in Montville.
Some of the key public art installations in Maleny include Janna Pameijer’s herd of cows beside the Obi Obi bridge, The Obi Pathway Kirsten Cash’s salute to the Obi Obi creek’s lush, rich habitats and diversity, Craig Medson and Fiona McCarron’s Community Centre Pavement featuring Australian fauna icons of platypus, echidna and giant barred frog, and A Sense of Place – six panels and words outside the Hinterland Business Centre encapsulating the relationship of the Range community to the land.
If you are interested in helping create new placemaking art contact: www.art4place.blogspot.com or Ph: 5499 9911.
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