The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Award winners were announced on the evening of 2 May 2008. Here you can browse all nominated and winning projects for 2008. To view photos from the Awards Evening, please visit EventPix.

Featured Winning Projects

Featured Projects

  • The "Balloon Fairies" at the 2007 West Wyalong Christmas Carnival

    Bush Christmas Spirit

    In early September 2007, a community organisation approached Bland Shire Council to organise the 2007…

  • Taking the ordinary to the extraordinary - one of the beautiful photos taken by Harold David.

    The Tracksuits of St Marys

    Taking its inspiration from the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the Tracksuits…

Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Country Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW
Cultural Awards 2008 Winners Announced

Recent Blogs Feed (?)

Blog

  1. September 01, 2008

    Beyond Social Inclusion: Towards Cultural Democracy - Interesting commentary and website from Scotland...

  2. May 29, 2008

    "Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury

  3. April 17, 2008

    "Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.