Farm Gate Art Trail
Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council
Farm Gate Art Trail project was officially launched on Sunday 23rd
September at the Dunnart Studio Gallery by RRAC President Jenny Chambers and
Hopetoun Ravensthorpe Futures Fund Representative, Shire President Ian Goldfinch.
The trail, which
is an ongoing project for RRAC, currently has 11 locations with 22 sculptures in
total themed around local wildflowers.
Maps with descriptions and showing location will be available through
the Ravensthorpe Visitors Centre and various tourism information
outlets.
The generous First Prize donation of
$500 by the Ravensthorpe Progress Association was awarded to Sue Leighton and
Colin Hughes with their Entry Queen Beatrice. Second and Third prizes donated by
F.E. Daw and Sons were presented to Shirl Sutherland and Paul and Ainsley
Foulds. Special Commendations were made
to Di and Greg Belli, Enid Tink and Heath Kuiper, the competition was Judged by
ABC Gardening presenter Angus Stewart.
We hope you will follow the trail and
be inspired by the project to create your own wildflower sculpture if you have
any queries please contact Di Belli 98 3838.
Picture of Queen Beatrice - Courtesy Sue Leighton
We would like to acknowledge our
funding partners Ravensthorpe Hopetoun Future Fund, Country Arts WA and
Department of Culture and Arts.
We loved going around the trail when we were in your area in late October 2017. It made for a great activity on a very windy day! Thank you. Jill from Life Images by Jill
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