Evans Street Water Tank Murals Underway

IMAGE: The mural that is being painted on one of the Evans Street water tanks in Cowra, which features an Aboriginal theme. PHOTO: Lawrance Ryan.

Following their amazing work on the Cowra Civic Centre and Lachlan Laneway, artists have now started work on the murals on the water reservoirs overlooking Evans Street in the Cowra Peace Precinct.

The talented artists responsible for painting the murals were Joel Fergie from ‘The Zookeeper’, Travis Vinson from ‘Drapl’, and Steven Falco and Jordan Bruce from ‘Brightsiders’.

They were selected by Council following an expression of interest process last year.

They completed the huge murals on the sides of the Cowra Civic Centre and Silly Sollys (formerly Target) last year.

Following several meetings of Cowra’s Public Art Panel to consider designs, it was decided in consultation with the local Indigenous community that an Indigenous theme would feature for one tank, with the artists meeting and photographing a number of local Indigenous youth to inform their work.

The second tank will have a theme associated with the POW camp. The murals are funded under the state government’s Public Spaces Legacy Program, which will enhance public spaces across the shire.

Other local projects funded under this program include the Lachlan River Recreation Linkage and the Village Signage Project.