The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Award winners were announced on the evening of 6 May 2011. Here you can browse all nominated and winning projects for 2011. To view photos from the Awards Evening, please visit EventPix.

Featured Projects

  • Shibori Textiles Residency and Exhibition

    Textile Artist Barbara Schey and student with a completed textile work from the  Disapearing Shibori textile workshop at Cowra High School

    The project consisted of a residency/workshop and survey exhibition of Shibori textiles by Sydney based textile artist and tutor Barbara Schey. The residency/workshop component included the artist…

  • The Mang-Guwan

    The Mang-Guwan

    The Mang-Guwan was a celebration of Aboriginal youth arts at Newcastle's iconic Blackbutt Reserve on 7 October 2010. The day featured work created as part of the Loft's Aboriginal youth arts program…

  • A Life Viet: Artist Dinh Luc

    Wood block print by Dinh Luc

    15,584 visitors enjoyed the A Life Viet touring exhibition held at the Glasshouse Regional Gallery Port Macquarie from December 2010 to February 2011. This educational and cultural exchange project was…

Featured Videos

  • Cross Currents Highlight HD.mp4
  • artsConnect.tv - Elcho Island Dancers @ Adam Hill Exhibition "Not a Proppa Aborigine"
  • Count Me In 2010 Review
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Edge of Elsewhere 2010 - ABC TV Feb 2010
  • Reflections: Through Storytelling
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Driven to New Pastures 2010 - 4 min edit
  • Neighbourhood Stories St Marys Behind the Scenes
  • 24/7 Items Film 2010
  • Provisional *Remastered* - 24/7 Youth Film Festival 2010
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Minto Waterhole - Film 1 - Walk
  • Documentary Part 2: Auburn Centre for Community - A place of welcome and connection
  • Abaker Athum - Neighbourhood Stories
  • None Before One

Featured Photos

  • Interpreting portraits - Macquarie 1810-2010 exhibition (10 December 2010 – 6 February 2011) at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. One of Hawkesbury City Council’s signature events was a fascinating and original look at Macquarie’s persona and how portraits can reveal unexpected aspects of an individual. The exhibition featured colonial portraits of Macquarie and his contemporaries, as well as new works interpreting Macquarie and his times by Anne Zahalka (pictured with her artwork), Alan Jones, Guy Maestri, Danie Mellor, Izabela Pluta, Ben Quilty and Luke Temby.

Artwork titled "Lachlan Macquarie the younger and shells, Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell and Lepidoptera; Mrs Elizabeth H. Macquarie with Algae; Lachlan Macquarie Junior with Coleoptera; Governor of New South Wales and his insects; Lachlan Macquarie and his Lepidoptera".
  • Ginger Riley Munduwalawala

Ngak Ngak and the owl at night 1997 
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
57 x 123 cm
Courtesy of Estate of Ginger Riley 
Munduwalawala and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
  • Poets David Gilbey, Emilie Zoey Baker and Derek Motion are immersed in the Write around the Murray Book of the Festival 'the world beneath' by Cate Kennedy, outside the Albury LibraryMuseum.
  • CSIRO Young Scientists children's activities.
  • Neighbourhood Stories 2010
  • Andy Griffiths author tour
  • Adam Hill, Lookin' up, lookin' back, acrylic on canvas
  • Artist talks are often well attended.
  • Artists: Nerine Martini, Tracie Bertram, Robyn Caughlan and Jacinta Tobin. Photographer: Jenny Pollak
  • Artist planner and artist for bronze sculptures and the sand blasted wall: Nerine Martini. Photographer: Jenny Pollak
  • Kylie Moppet, Joyce Semmler
  • Bondi2
  • Visitor Information Centre

The Blog

  • Cultural Awards 2012 and a new Cultural Program

    22 February, 2012

    The LGSA has been undertaking a review of the cultural development program with a range of new initiatives supporting councils to be launched in 2012. Amongst the changes is a change to the timing of the Cultural Awards.

  • Awards and Forums for Museums and Galleries

    20 July, 2011

    Museums & Galleries NSW is presenting a range of opportunities to develop, support and promote regional, community and public museums and galleries across NSW.

Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Essential Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW
  • Arts NSW