Community invited to help create celebratory artwork

  • 2015-05-23
Residents of Brookvale, New South Wales, are being encouraged to donate twine, yarn, old fabrics and wire coat hangers for a special art plan.

The Weaving Bridges Community Art Project is being conducted as part of the 2015 Guringai Festival, which celebrates Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal people residing within the region of Northern Sydney.

Warringah Shire is one of 11 NSW councils that participate in the festival, which is also supported by community and reconciliation groups.

Tagged ‘Birds to Brighten Queenscliff Bridge’ the project's aim is to create bird-themed artwork along Queenscliff's Stuart Somerville Bridge made from the donated materials.

Warringah Mayor Michael Regan said similar projects in previous years had included an underwater world and giant fabric whales, and he was looking forward to what creative minds could put together this year.

As a bonus, he said, residents would have a chance to donate old goods and, for those keen to take part, to also contribute to the creation of art full of colour and spectacle.

He added that the finished work would provide an impressive border between Warringah and Manly local government areas.

Previous community artworks have featured on brochure and postcard printing in the area, as well as in numerous photographs taken by tourists.

Donated goods can be dropped into the Relationships Australia Community Hub in Brookvale.