It has certainly been a busy couple of months in the Snowy Valleys!
Late April we hosted our annual Four Day Food, Wine, and Art long weekend in the Snowy Valleys. Guests travelled from Japan, Western Australia, Sydney, Canberra and more to join in the weekend’s festivities.
Leading up to the Four Day event weekend on 26 April, we were pleased to showcase the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail and the region to Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, Shadow Minister for Science, Arts, Government Services and the Digital Economy. Mr Fletcher followed his visit with a letter “It was clear from the passion of the local community members and artists I met on the day, of how important government funding was, following the 2019-20 bushfires and on the back of COVID-19 challenges and how that has translated to attracting visitors as well as engaging and intriguing locals.”
Jina Lee, artist from Fremantle in WA, met with Shadow Federal Minister for Communications and the Arts, The Hon Paul Fletcher at Batlow pictured here with Jina’s sculpture ‘And Spring Again’, after it was installed. Paul was on a tour of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail meeting artists and locals. The Hon Paul Fletcher also met with Cathy Gairn, of Courabyra Wines, Tumbarumba, pictured in front of Haruyuki Uchida’s sculpture ‘Thinking Red’; with Councillor Ian Chaffey, Mayor of Snowy Valleys Council in front of Marcus Tatton’s ‘Habitat’ in Tumbarumba; and had the pleasure of meeting Tom Southwell, of Johansen Wines, Tumbarumba, in front of Norton Flavel’s sculpture ‘And Another.’