Vote to celebrate local women in public art

For too long the stories of the founding women of our thriving local arts scene have been absent from the history books. Together, we can change that.

We are a leading partner in Mount Alexander Shire Council’s proposal to commemorate seven trailblazing local women in a new public artwork.

Known as the first women of Castlemaine Art Museum, the group stood in solidarity for better representation of women in art. They were instrumental in establishing Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum (now known as our very own Castlemaine Art Museum).

Their story has been shortlisted in the Victorian Women’s Public Art Program. With your vote, funding from the program can help us create a new public artwork to acknowledge their place in history, forever. Voting closes Sunday 8 December. Please share this with your networks!

Follow the link for further information and to vote:
https://engage.vic.gov.au/womens-public-art-program

To vote, click the 'participate' button, click on 'start survey' and follow the prompts.

Voting is open now until Sunday 8 December.

Join us for a conversation with Len Fox finalist Angie de Latour.

Angie de Latour is a Melbourne-based painter whose work engages with and reflects her current environment. Her work explores the concept of place and the relationships we form with the people and objects that come and go within it. She has exhibited widely and been a finalist in a range of national art awards. Angie holds a Master of Fine Art and a Master of Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Design from Swinburne University, where she taught Graphic Design for 8 years.