Kingborough Council continues to contribute to the cultural and creative life of the Kingborough community by connecting arts groups, audiences and funding bodies together.
By providing venues and locations for events, exhibitions, performances and workshops Council is supporting a vibrant network within the Kingborough community.
Kingborough’s Public Art Collection is one method of supporting artists and promoting opportunities for the inclusion of art in place making around Kingborough.
Over the past decade, Kingborough Council has progressively acquired artworks from various initiatives into the Kingborough Public Art Collection.
Kingston Park Public Art
| Name of Artist | Name of Art Piece | Art Piece | Where Located |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency of Sculpture (Benjamin Gilbert) | Sea Urchin |  | Kingston Park Playground (near front entrance) |
| Agency of Sculpture (Benjamin Gilbert) | Flying Fox |  | Kingston Park (near basketball courts) |
| Rhi Headley (aka Rhi Bloom) | Welcome Wall |  | Kingston Park, Basketball Courts |
Kingborough Public Art Pieces (KIN Sculpture Trail)
| Name of Artist | Name of Art Piece | Art Piece | Where Located | Did you know? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Beams | Squall |  | Currently installed at the Art Farm Birchs Bay | |
| Dan Tucker | Sundial |  | Kingborough Civic Centre atrium | |
| Mike Limb | Cello |  | Kingborough Community Hub (cnr Pardalote Pde / Goshawk Way) | Mike Limb is a performing arts graduate and a qualified sheet metal tradesman and has worked in different areas of metal fabrication and the media. He has combined his metalcraft skills with his creative background to make award-winning sculptures. |
| Pirjo Julola | Weather Girl |  | The Kingborough Sports Centre (internal gym) | |
| Shane Suris | Tin Tuna |  | Intended installation location: Silverwater Park, Woodbridge | |
| Simon Pankhurst | Join Me for a Drink |  | Front of Civic Centre, Kingston | |
| Urike Hora | Biotic Forms |  | Currently installed at Art Farm Birchs Bay as part of the current (2021) Sculpture Trail | |
| Dean Chatwin | Seed (2014) |  | Currently installed at Blackmans Bay foreshore | Tragopogon porrifolius – otherwise known as common salsify, goatsbeard, Jerusalem star, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, Joseph's flower, or oyster plant – is a ‘blow-in’ that grows unintentionally in my home’s front yard. Here I can study and reflect on its attractive purple flowers and arresting seed head that resembles that of a giant dandelion. Inspired by the forms of the individual seeds, their fragility and elegant umbrella-like shape, I scale them to enormous proportions to create other-worldly forms. |
