Public Art
Public art enhances our public spaces and community facilities, reflecting aspects of the area’s unique heritage, attributes of local neighbourhoods and aspirations of its communities through a diversity of contemporary art forms and processes exemplifying best practice.
Through the commissioning of public art or engagement of public artists some of the aims for Council include:
- To enliven and enhance public buildings and public spaces
- Create a strong feeling of identity, public pride and ownership of public spaces
- Improve the quality and design of public spaces
- Create landmarks that will become natural gathering spaces
- Provide a focus for local pride, history and storytelling
- Animate and enrich public spaces and
- Reflect the rich diversity of our community.
Mission Statement
Brimbank City Council will develop, maintain and present a permanent collection of high quality works of art for the cultural enrichment of residents of Brimbank and the wider community, recognising the unique role of art in stimulating debate and discussion in the conext of a diverse community.
Current Projects
Seeds of Hopes and Dreams - a public art project for St Albans
by Andrea Tomaselli and Dianne Beevers
mild steel with oxidised patina, porphyry stone, concrete, LED lighting
Seeds of Hopes and Dreams is a major public art project commissioned by Brimbank City Council.
The project incorporates four permanent public artworks across St Albans' CBD. The artworks combine sculpture, lighting, paving and seating elements to celebrate the unique community of St Albans.
The artists have drawn upon the indigenous yam daisy and other related plants as the central motifs of the project for their universal symbolism of hopes and dreams. These plants, migratory species that spread on the wind, are strong symbols for a richly diverse community proudly built on migration.
The plants have a long connection with humankind. They have been traced throughout the ages as a food source and celebrated for medicinal properties. Most poignantly, the plants represent the aspirational realm of hopes and dreams through the action of blowing the seed head to make a wish.
Seeds of Hopes and Dreams is part of Brimbank City Council's vision and commitment to the revitalisation of its Town Centres and the building of community connectedness within the municipality.
Seeds of Hopes and Dreams was officially launched by Peter Lewinsky, Chair of Administrators, Brimbank City Council, on Thursday 22 September 2011.
Further Information
Download our FAQ/Fact Sheet for detailed information about the project; available in English, Vietnamese or Arabic.
For more information call 9249 4600 or email HuntClubArts@brimbank.vic.gov.au