$20,000 worth of funding is given for new art work

The Gosford Foundation Trust is donating $20,000 towards the creation of a new, iconic art work at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery.

Gosford Council’s CEO Mr Paul Anderson said the new art work was an ideal public initiative for the trust to support. “This new art work will provide a unique opportunity to inspire and reward philanthropy for the arts in Gosford City, as well as raise awareness about the great role the Gosford Foundation Trust plays in our community,” Mr Anderson said. “The trust is designed to fund recreational, cultural, environmental and other community facilities, programs and projects that benefit the Gosford community. “Through this art work we’d like to ensure that every act of generosity is captured and publicly acknowledged, irrespective of the amount donated. “Ideally, it will be an iconic art work that engenders pride of place and occasion in all visitors to the gallery, which is one of the Central Coast’s premier cultural facilities,” he said. The community is now being called on to provide design concepts for the new art work. These concepts will then be shortlisted and detailed designs submitted before a final selection is made and the art work produced. An Expressions of Interest brief for interested artists is available at www.gosford. nsw.gov.au. “Gosford City Council set up the trust to encourage and facilitate benevolent acts by individuals, families or organisations who wish to donate real estate, art or funds for public use,” Mr Anderson added. “Only last month, we unexpectedly received a $30,000 donation from the late Doreen Kennedy of Somersby who specifically asked that these funds be used for the benefit of the Laycock Street Community Theatre. “Doreen was a passionate supporter of the theatre throughout her life and on behalf of the entire Gosford City community I’d like to express our heartfelt gratitude for her very generous donation.”

 

Media release, 4 May 2015
Gosford Council media