The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Award winners were announced on the evening of 1 May 2009. Here you can browse all nominated and winning projects for 2009. To view photos from the Awards Evening, please visit EventPix.

Featured Projects

  • Hurstville City Library, Museum & Gallery: Celebrating Diversity

    Young dancers featured in the Kung Hei Fat Choy photographic exhibition.

    In 2008, Hurstville City Library, Museum & Gallery collaborated on a strategic program of inspiring events, innovative exhibitions, and technological tools to engage our diverse communities. Our…

  • Having a Field Day

    One of the student's photographs from the Having a Field Day exhibition

    On 13 August 2008 Kogarah Council held a sporting day for students with a disability from local schools. The field day was held in partnership with Recreation Sports & Aquatic Club, the Australian…

  • The Underline Project

    Examples of the mix of work that can be seen in The Underline Project.

    In 2007, Ashfield Council received letters from St Vincent Primary School Year 4 students asking if Council would do something about the pedestrian walkway under the Ashfield railway station. Words…

Featured Videos

  • When a Stranger Calls... Again
  • Bloomin' Arts Boomalli Aboriginal Cooperative
  • Rumble Pictures - Happy Dent
  • Childhood Dreamers by Maria Kyriacos
  • PEREGRINE - 2. Finding a Seat
  • Rumble Pictures - Happy Dent
  • Imagine
  • Adam Bailey on Why he Loves Where he Lives
  • Maximum Choppage: Round 2 Trailer
  • 2day 2morrow African Youth - The Facts... The Fiction
  • Bill Hoskins on why he loves where he lives
  • Stories of Love & Hate by Urban Theatre Projects
  • Celebrating Diversity

Featured Photos

  • Women from the Resourceful Indian Network preparing the food at the final celebration
  • Overall winning entry
  • Oral histories digitised
  • Standing Jump
  • Gallery Installation
  • Smoking ceremony
  • At the launch of the Aboriginal Men and Women's Heritage: Eurobodalla book are the story-tellers and their families.
  • Young Film Makers Project & Outdoor Movie
  • During the workshop.
  • Grandmother, mother and child sho us what they have made
  • MHAD MOVIE MAKERS in the editing suite with David Opitz of Metro Screen
  • Hanging the exhibition
  • Joe Timbrey with Aboriginal dancers

The Blog

  • CAMRA website launches - join in!

    3 August, 2009

    CAMRA (Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia) is a major Australian Research Council and industry funded project which will provide planners, policy-makers and local communities with the information they need to plan for a future in regional Australia that integrates the effective development of the arts and cultural industries. LGSA is an project partner.

  • Arts forums and networks for councils – regional attendance reimbursed

    7 July, 2009

    LGSA in partnership with CCDNSW are presenting a series of six arts and cultural development forums for councils in 2009....

Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Country Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW