Federal funding confirmed for Glenorchy’s riverside arts festival, The Works.

The Works Festival, Glenorchy’s biennial riverside festival of arts and culture is proud to announce it has just been awarded $34,700 in Commonwealth Government, Festival’s Australia funding, for its Flotilla project.

Flotilla is the centrepiece project of the November 2012 Festival, which will be concentrated on parkland around Elwick Bay, one of Tasmania’s most exciting new cultural precincts.

“The grant will support five talented Tasmanian visual artists, realise five large scale temporary installations in our new Festival site on Elwick Bay” said Works Festival Producer, Michael McLaughlin.

“Festival Patrons will have the opportunity to view the quirky and original works installed on both land and water, via the award winning Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP!) boardwalk, which is itself such a feature of the site”.

“And like all Works Festival projects”, he explained “Flotilla will be inviting significant involvement by the local community to get hands on with artists in the making of the final artworks.”

Flotilla will be open to the public from November the 8th and will feature a dedicated arts education stream for primary and secondary school students visiting the trail across the Festival period.

“This will be a fantastic opportunity for students to experience how art can relate to a sense of place, through two days of artists talks, mini workshops and other practical activities” said Mr McLaughlin.

The Works Festival is a project of Glenorchy City Council.

For more information or media inquiries regarding Flotilla or the 2012 Works Festival, please contact
The Works Festival
Festival Office: Moonah Arts Centre, 65 Hopkins Street Moonah
Postal: PO Box 103 Glenorchy TAS 7010
email:theworks@gcc.tas.gov.au
phone 03 6216 6312
Michael McLaughlin Community Cultural Development Officer Glenorchy City Council