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FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015
Issue 73
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HOLY COWS: Artist Jane Cavanough with her newly installed artwork 'Til the cows come home at Wirraway Park.
Honk! Tarcutta is next The second artwork in the Village Works Program has just been announced for Tarcutta, with artist William Maguire set to construct three steel children with their arms up in an ‘arm horn’ motion. The motion is usually associated with truck drivers tooting their horns with the artwork allowing a spot for children to jump up and be a part of it themselves The children will be fixated on sandstone bases and will be situated at the western end of the Sydney Road Reserve. The artwork is set to be completed by the end of May 2016.
UNVEILED (top): Director Environmental and Community Services Janice Summerhayes tests out one of the cows. The artwork was officially unveiled on 30 November, with "steakholders" and Uranquinty Public School students on hand to mark the occasion (above).
Cows moo-ve into Quinty VillageWorks Program beefs up Wirraway Park with public art
Uranquinty residents have embraced a herd of cattle as their new neighbours, but unlike other cows in the region these are made from hand-forged flatbar steel.
The 10 cows make up the first artwork in the Village Works Program, Wagga Wagga City Council’s strategy to construct eye-catching creative works in local villages.
These 1.7m tall and 2.8m long cows can be found at Wirraway Park on the Olympic Highway, right across from the Quinty Bakehouse and Uranquinty Hotel, and stand proud and tall in their new home. The $50,000 artwork, 'Til the cows come home was constructed by artist Jane Cavanough, with a 50-50 contribution of funds from Council and Origin Energy. Director of Environmental and Community Services Janice Summerhayes was thrilled with the end result. “It was a fantastic opportunity to work
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in partnership with Origin Energy and the Uranquinty community to make these cows come to life,” she said. Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Rod Kendall believes this new artwork will draw more people into the small village. “It not only benefits the residents of Uranquinty but visitors as well, it is important that we capture the attention of the visitors as they come through our towns and villages,” he said. Cr Kendall said the cows aren’t only pieces
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Applications close: Sunday 24 January 2015
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Wagga Wagga City Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from artists for a public art commission for NAIDOC Week 2016.
of art to admire, but also a playground for the younger generations. “One of the outcomes of public art, I hope, is the encouragement of children at school to potentially take on art as either a career or an interest in their life,” he said. “So maybe having this artwork that you can look at and also participate on, climb on, climb through, that it might inspire some out of school children to take up art as an important part of their future life.”
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