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

  • John O'Brien Writing Competition for School Students

    John O'Brien writing competition winners with presenter, Fr, John O'Brien, alias poet and performer Noel Stallard.

    The John O'Brien Writing Competition for School Students is an annual writing competition developed to promote literacy and to help foster the art and habit of writing. The competition is run in…

  • Tales from many cities

    launch invitation

    Tales from Many Cities targeted the CALD community, native English speakers born in other countries and those who are Australian born to submit folklore, fairy stories, myths and legends that their…

  • Saturday morning with the kids is not just about sport.

    Time to read and choose our books with Dad after the Saturday Book Chair stories.

    Leeton Shire Library is a fun place to be on Saturday mornings. With half an hour of stories and songs every week to entertain children aged 1-7 along with their parents and carers. Working mums and…

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Featured Videos

  • Sydney Hills Shakespeare in the Park Festival - Romeo and Juliet Trailer
  • Medicine for Robots Live @ The Loft july 2010.wmv
  • Architectus
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Minto Waterhole - Film 3 - Fly
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Minto Waterhole - Film 2 - Slide
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Peformance by Matangi Tonga for Edge of Elsewhere launch 2010
  • Glass Prize Movie Final.mov
  • Count Me In 2010 Review
  • Abaker Athum - Neighbourhood Stories
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Edge of Elsewhere 2010 - ABC TV Feb 2010
  • Neighbourhood Stories St Marys Behind the Scenes
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre - Driven to New Pastures 2010 - 4 min edit
  • Reflections: Through Storytelling

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Featured Photos

  • Opening night for the Faces in the Street exhibition
  • iBIMS™ Launch Invitation
  • Stories Unfold - Two of the participants exchanging ideas
  • The community enjoying the photos
  • This hand held application immerses the visitor in the sights and sounds of the Macquarie era while strolling the streets of Parramatta in the 21st century
  • Camden CALD women enjoy seeing their art installation 'I"ll Give Ya the Shirt Off Me Back" on display at the Macarthur Textile Challenge and Expo which showcased Challenge works on the theme "Seeing Your Way, Seeing Our Way".
  • Title: Gazing into Deep Space No 8 (1-3) Artist: Guan Wei Winner Mosman Art Prize 2001
  • Driven to New Pastures, performance still, 2010. image: Heidrun Lohr
  • Barbara Schey exhibition floor talk
  • Drummoyne Oval: A Community Sport and Cultural Precinct Image courtesy David Fox - Project Landscape Architect (AECOM)
  • Lake Walk and Gym Equipment – photograph above taken from left hand side of Camp Street Bridge, overlooking Lake Forbes. Gym equipment can be seen in foreground on a wet pour rubber surface alongside the cycleway. One of the Lake Forbes fountains is pictured with the South Circle and Grinsted Ovals in background.
  • Get The Picture participant sharing his experiences at launch of film
  • Installing untitled paper cut-out by s.kalice (a collaboration between Karen Lewis & Rowan Williams) in a vacant shop

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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.

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Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

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