THE Naracoorte Lucindale community will soon have its say on arts and culture with the official launch of the 2020 Arts and Culture Poll.
Naracoorte Lucindale Council launched the initiative to provide community members with an opportunity to present their views on the arts including visual arts and music, dance and events.
The information from the poll will help council’s future planning within public art events.
The poll is quick and anonymous and can be completed online or over the phone.
Information received from the poll will be used by council’s arts and culture facilitator Peter Kartu to develop art and cultural outcomes as part of council’s three-year creative communities partnership with Country Arts SA.
The partnership is focused on increasing the use of the Naracoorte Town Hall, supporting the Naracoorte Art Gallery and ensuring First Nations people have a voice while also using art and culture to share the stories of the Naracoorte Caves.
A Naracoorte Lucindale Council spokesperson said liveable neighbourhoods, harmony and culture was listed in council’s strategic plan.
“Community arts can contribute to these priorities as they facilitate greater cultural vitality and provide ways for people to express ideas and beliefs, celebrate identity and connect with each other while also feeling as if they are a part of something bigger,” they said.
“Community art is a way of using arts and creativity as a vehicle for change and development.”
Naracoorte Lucindale Council recently approved two funding grants of $5000 each for art projects.
One project will produce an interactive floor mural on the verandah of the Children’s section at the Sheeps Back Museum with the other producing a significant hand carved sculpture depicting marine fossils of the Limestone Coast using stone from local quarries.
