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

  • Creative Community Engagement in Kingswood Park

    A local resident in Kingswood Park does a Parkour move instructed by Ali Kadhim, Parkour Artist-in-Resident with ICE for the Parkour + Krump Summer Series 2008. As Kadhim says, the philosophy of Parkour empowers participants to overcome obstacles through the art of movement, proving an ideal skills development activity for young peole from this area.

    Demonstrating innovation in creative community engagement and leadership in an integrated approach to Cultural Policy Implementation, Penrith City Council has collaborated with local residents, artists…

  • Circ d'verse

    Local children took only a short time to master the art of stilt walking.

    Moree Plains Shire Council developed a circus school for young people aged between 8 and 18 years of age. This initiative is an alternative to mainstream sport activities as it was realised that not…

  • Casula Powerhouse Redevelopment

    Image Credit: Photo by Brett Boardman
West side view of Casula Powerhouse

    The Casula Powerhouse Redevelopment represents an investment in cultural practice in South West Sydney which began when Liverpool City Council purchased a decommissioned 1950s power station in 1976.…

Featured Videos

  • Rumble Pictures - Happy Dent
  • Wendy Dowton on Why she Loves Where she Lives
  • Stories of Love & Hate by Urban Theatre Projects
  • Spiraling Down by Calyca Rose
  • Pat Barraclough in Why she Loves Where she Lives
  • Powerlines by The Kthanxbyes
  • Bloomin' Arts Boomalli Aboriginal Cooperative
  • Adam Bailey on Why he Loves Where he Lives
  • Celebrating Diversity
  • PEREGRINE - 2. Finding a Seat
  • Bill Hoskins on why he loves where he lives
  • CatchingDreams
  • 2day 2morrow African Youth - The Facts... The Fiction

Featured Photos

  • The participating women from Spring Glory Womens Association at the final celebration
  • Casula Powerhouse photo by Brett Boardman
  • Picture from the festival.
  • Dress rehersal for Madame Butterfly
  • Looking into Balmain branch library from its main entrance
  • Andrew Ford
  • HSC students get some tutoring at Kogarah Library
  • Opening night of the exhibition
  • Matthew Friedman (aged 11) speaks with his partnered migrant, Suleiman Ali, before the official launch of the book.
  • Emma Lowry reveals the secrets of her suitcase.
  • Crowds enjoying Chinese New Year celebrations in Kogarah Town Square
  • Sydney Street Choir
  • Clarence Creative acts as a support base for creative practitioners - from architects to potters, sculptors to rug makers, designers to performers and everyone in between.

The Blog

  • Regional Arts Australia - new survey

    2 July, 2009

    There's a new survey for eveyone living regionally - even if you're not 'in the arts'....

  • ReGenerating Community Conference, Melbourne

    11 June, 2009

    The ReGenerating Community Conference is about ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and Local Government.

Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Country Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW