Greenacre Town Centre Improvement Program (TCIP)
Project Summary
Greenacre Town Centre Improvement Program (TCIP) is more than a Council 'footpath, kerb and gutter' project, focusing instead on the vertical before the horizontal with public domain refurbishment. Creation and installation of individual and meaningful community-based public art is an important component allowing community members to express their own local identity, and to establish ownership of their own community space.
Principal Project Artist John Skennar's twin themes of 'Sharing The Knowledge' and 'Telling Your Story' formed the basis of five public artworks, three with a numeral form and two with a welcome story. The numbers we use every day have developed through and contributed to sharing of knowledge across cultures.The numerals of Greenacre's '0,1,2,3 Sculpture Path' and the two 'Welcome Walls' are symbols of inter-cultural learning in Greenacre today. Five local Artists provided the artwork detailing that tell the stories of Greenacre, as expressed by the Greenacre community.
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5m high Roman Numeral Two/ shade structure for McGuigan Place in Greenacre, by local artist Joanne Saad. The images depict ethnic patterns, poetry,…
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Arabic Numeral Three - Curved dwarf wall in the shape of an Arabic Numeral Three semi-enclosing the children's playground at the rear of McGuigan…
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Numeral One / Illuminated Community Information Sign with changeable, digital print artwork inserts, developed by local Artist Murmur Sayed-Ahmed with…
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Welcome Wall - 1 of 2 dwarf walls painted by local Aboriginal Elder Noeline Holten with mentor - Indigenous Artist Jamie Eastwood, depicting local…
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Videos
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Greenacre is a suburb that is typical of the cultural diversity of South Western Sydney. The local community is made up of cultural groups that may…
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Greenacre is a suburb that is typical of the cultural diversity of South Western Sydney. The local community is made up of cultural groups that may…
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