Public Art is creative and original artworks created for, or located in, public spaces or facilities, such as parks, foreshores, squares, or spaces within a public building, or placed in any space accessible by the community.

The Public Art Strategy will be used by Council to govern inception, coordination, installation, maintenance and ongoing management of public art in the Tamworth region.

The Strategy aims to create an outdoor gallery that can:

  • connect public art to place - to our region and identity;
  • express Tamworth's image as a centre for quality and innovation;
  • create engagement with public art that leads to community pride and increased cultural tourism;
  • provide a focus for local narratives, history and storytelling;
  • support opportunities for industry and commercial development; and
  • integrate a public art methodology and processes across Council.

The draft Tamworth Region Public Art Strategy 2024/25 - 2028/29 will be on public exhibition for community feedback for a 28-day period, commencing Wednesday 15 May and closing Wednesday 12 June, 2024. Adoption of the strategy will be at a future Council meeting in 2024.

Feedback can be submitted online through the form below.

Alternatively, feedback can also be submitted by sending an email to trc@tamworth.nsw.gov.au before Wednesday, 12 June, 2024.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the draft strategy.

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Public Exhibition Opens

    Wednesday, 15 May 2024

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Public Exhibition Closes

    Wednesday, 12 June 2024

  • Timeline item 3 - active

    Consideration of all community feedback

    June 2024

  • Timeline item 4 - incomplete

    Policy adoption