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Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail – A Bushfire Recovery Project

Posted: June 17, 2024 / Essays Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail

The story of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail, its relationship with Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and turning bushfire recovery into a new cultural tourism attraction deeply integrated into the local community. Turning Bushfire Recovery into a New Cultural Tourism Attraction Deeply Integrated into the Local Community So, what has sculpture got to do with bushfire…


Sculptures deep in the forest

A sculpture trail with a difference Deb’s World Blog – May 29, 2024   Set deep in the Bago State Forest, near Tumbarumba, is a wonderful world of creativity and nature, working together to create something very special. Looking up from the sky seat The Sculpture Forest within Bago State Forest is a unique cultural…


Phil Price ‘Eden’ in Batlow Unveiling | Speech by Janet Peel, ‘Do it for Batlow’, Batlow Community Representative

Posted: March 11, 2024 / Essays Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail

What a pleasure and honour to be asked by David to speak on behalf of the Batlow Community today. A very warm Batlow welcome to our all distinguished guests here today. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of meeting me my name is Janet Peel and I am proud to say I…


Can art help save rural communities

Posted: October 13, 2023 / Essays Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail

Can art help save rural communities, raise spirits, and improve the quality of life? Right at this moment, there is a bold experiment taking place to do precisely that and, so far, it has been a resounding success. By Sasha Grishin AM, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia In the summer of 2019-20 bushfires devastated…