COUNTRY churches along Tasmania’s roads will be illuminated with sound and light displays, thanks to Federal Government regional arts funding.
Federal Lyons MP Eric Hutchinson today welcomed the Government support for Boomer Bay artist David Patman’s project titled Pastoral.
Mr Patman will receive $2500 towards the project which will involve a collaborative group of artists creating an illuminated spiritual path around the state by curating a series of sound and lighting installations in rural roadside churches.
Artists will work with local art and community groups to produce the installations each incorporating aspects of community history or identity.
The aim is for the installations to encourage passing travellers to stop and inquire about the local community, arts and culture.
Mr Hutchinson said that the Regional Arts Fund supported local artists and arts organisations to create work that not only spoke to their communities but allowed people to participate in the process of the creation.
Mr Patman’s project was one of 68 arts and cultural projects worth more than $745,000 announced by Federal Arts Minister George Brandis.
“Our regional artists and arts organisations are some of Australia’s most innovative and exciting cultural producers and this support will enable them to continue to create projects that inspire, engage and reflect local communities,’’ Mr Brandis said.
The newly-funded projects will animate community spaces, provide opportunities for participation and increased understanding of artists with disability, assist in the preservation and transmission of Indigenous culture and provide opportunities for local artists to build and share their professional practice.
Federal Lyons MHR Eric Hutchinson
