https://www.waterwayspublicartprojects.org/home daily 1.0 2021-11-11 https://www.waterwayspublicartprojects.org/about daily 0.75 2021-10-12 https://www.waterwayspublicartprojects.org/book-a-consultation daily 0.75 2021-05-23 https://www.waterwayspublicartprojects.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-11-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/61109c99e970d54710d760e3/1628478768750/IMG_1295.jpeg UNDER THE BRIDGE - A community collaboration. The pilot stage of the project was completed in 2021 with murals painted on four pillars beneath the CityLink Freeway in Flemington. After several years discussing options with the City of Moonee Valley Council public arts officers and making connections with Flemington Community Centre, a State Government Covid Relief grant was received and the project was run as a City of Moonee Valley Arts Recovery initiative. A project manager was selected from the local community and three support artists were chosen to give opportunity to expand professional skills in public art as well as act as a focussed community consultation group for the project which prioritised people who were First Nations, from recent migrant community or from the Flemington Housing Estate. Huge thanks to Veronica Cybulski and Machehi Kombi from MVCC for organisational and creative support and the team at Flemington Community Centre! The site was chosen for its proximity to the Flemington Community Centre and the soon to be redeveloped Debney’s Park, as well as the high visibility to pedestrian, bike and road traffic. The pillar murals also created a more welcoming environment between Flemington Housing Estate and Flemington Bridge Train Station. We are still negotiating lighting for this site to make it safer at night and to highlight the artwork as well. We are continuing to build relationships in the community to look for more avenues for funding and in-kind support to to paint more pillar murals celebrating the local community and Moonee Ponds Creek to create a public art trail along the shared path beside the creek. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/61109874c1b8266a7c398feb/1628477566005/IMG_1828.jpeg UNDER THE BRIDGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/6110977968dc6b1eef757455/1628477543633/IMG_2562+%282%29.jpeg UNDER THE BRIDGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/6110952c6bd67101113dd0c5/1628476671983/IMG_2878.jpeg UNDER THE BRIDGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/6110952c6bd67101113dd0c2/1628476686273/IMG_2856.jpeg UNDER THE BRIDGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/605a6f5b1f90610d3bb61201/t/61109e17748eca1b08bdf935/1634018078442/web-TomCivil_%C2%A9ShannynHiggins-118.jpg UNDER THE BRIDGE - Working towards a mural art trail along the Moonee Ponds Creek The project uses the profile of impressive public art to advocate for the environmental and cultural benefits of healthy waterways. The vision is for this project to become either an annual mural festival, or to paint further pillar murals as funding becomes available to work towards a mural art trail beside the Moonee Ponds Creek. Making this impressive local green space more welcoming for the community who live locally, visit the area as tourists, or travel through on train, bike, car or by foot. The pilot stage of the project has been completed in 2021 with murals painted on four pillars beneath the CityLink Freeway in Flemington. They have been very well received by a broad range of community members and stakeholder organisations. With much excitement and interest about the possibility of more pillar murals. There is also much potential for there to be events, educational tours and celebrations to coincide with the murals. There is a strong case for co-investment in this project into the future across organisations (transport, infrastructure, environment, art and culture, community safety, etc). The project aims to use impressive large-scale public art along the creek to draw people to visit and spend time in the creek corridor, and to foster deeper informed personal connections with the creek to encourage broader community participation in the revitalisation and restoration of the Moonee Ponds Creek catchment. Interested in being a financial or community supporter of the project? Email us at: waterwayspublicartprojects@gmail.com