Melton Street and Public Art
Public art found across the Melton council area is:
Aintree
South Sudanese Community/Akuar Athokbekdit Community in Victoria
Artist: Amal Laala
Title: South Sudanese Community / Akuar Athokbekdit Community in Victoria
Year: 2019
Location: Corner of Timbertop Parade and Fields Street, Aintree
The work is inspired by the bird mentioned above, the landscape in which it can be found, and the reeds in this area which are of economic significance in South Sudan, used for weaving and bedding. The phrase repeated is a message of hope, written in traditional Dinka language, and executed in blue to symbolise the river where the bird feeds, and a river of hope flowing through community.
Dance in the Jungle Dream
Artist: Kenz Suvanwattanasuk (Kenz Kritpan)
Title: Dance in the Jungle Dream
Year: 2017
Location: Jackwood Park, Pioneer Drive, Aintree
This work represents the bond between people and nature. This bond plays an important role in building a great community as nature teaches us the basic understanding of the cycle of life. This is the suburban dream of joy in the land of forest.
Kenz's works are influenced by the stages of dreaming, the conscious and unconscious state of minds. Using a palette of soft tones with bold line work and shapes, Kenz represents dynamic expression on a variety of forms.
Exploring Out West
Artist: Frosk
Title: Exploring Out West
Year: 2017
Location: Arbourton Park, Arbourton Avenue, Aintree
Frosk is a street artist from New Zealand, who moved to Melbourne in 2010 and quickly became involved in the street art scene. His work explores cartoon-style characters and children's icons.
The Lucky Handshake
Artist: Elizabeth Dalton Hooker
Title: The Lucky Handshake
Year: 2017
Location: Bullion Park, 29 Woodlea Boulevard, Aintree
We are stronger when unified as a community, than we are on our own. The presentation of one hand reaching to down to help another is symbolic of strength in numbers, and the strength fostered within the community environment.
Elizabeth Dalton Hooker aka "Paradise" is a multi-disciplinary artist from Werribee, Victoria. Her practice encompasses fine art drawing and contemporary street art. Works are created with a bold and distinct style and are highly saturated with histological influence, often referencing the ancient world. Investigations concerning aspects of the human experience within the contemporary context are also expressed through allegorical figurative works.
In 2014 She graduated from RMIT Melbourne with a Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Visual Art.
Townhouse and Flora
Artist: Blake Poole
Title: Townhouse and Flora
Year: 2017
Location: Nugget Park, Pioneer Drive, Aintree
A healthy community starts with a healthy home environment. This work reflects the connection between the beauty in domestic design and the role that it takes in community engagement.
Blake works from observation. Whether using spray paint or inks he create scenes that tell a story about his personal experiences. It is a step away from perfection and into a world of sporadic, subconscious thinking.
Reeds Sculpture
Location: Featherwood Park, 72 Featherwood Dr, Aintree
Burnside Heights
The Village Playground: Mosaic
Artist: Libby McKinnon
Year: 2007
Location: 25-61 Tenterfield Drive, Burnside Heights
The Village Playground is a custom designed play space that encourages children to touch, look, listen, explore and interact within their surroundings. Libby McKinnon's mosaic artworks provide a secret entrance to the playground. The mosaic designs were drawn from a community workshop held with the residents, with children invited to complete drawings that expressed their feelings and experiences of living in Tenterfield. The play space aims to activate children's bodies and stimulate their minds through creating unique play opportunities.
The Village Playground: Little Cars
Artist: Miriam Porter
Year: 2006
Location: 25-61 Tenterfield Drive, Burnside Heights
Miriam created three custom cars within the Village Playground that are integrated art; acting as both an artwork and a piece of play equipment. Carved from wood, there is a Noddy Car made from sequoia, a fire engine and van with a bat in the back, both from cypress.
The Arbour
Artist: Darryl Cowie
Year: 2004
Materials: Stainless steel.
Location: Corner of Taylors Road and Arbour Boulevard, Burnside Heights
Reminiscent of native grasslands, these 44 sculptural forms in highly polished steel shimmer in the sunlight to mark the entrance of Arbour Boulevard. Arching over the road, they form an arbour of organically formed metal spires through which one can drive. Darryl Cowie with DCG Design has been designing and installing major public artworks, architectural features, and lighting works for over 25 years, notably working with American artist James Turrell for the National Gallery of Australia in 2014.
Caroline Springs
On Tap
Artist: Simon Perry
Year: 2007
Materials: Painted steel, polished stainless steel.
Location: South west corner of Lake Caroline, 1A The Strand, Caroline Springs
Simon Perry is a Melbourne sculptor with an emerging reputation as one of Australia's distinctive public artists, having created the well-known Public Purse in Bourke St Melbourne. Born in London, Perry commenced his career in public sculpture in the UK, with commissions at Canary Wharf and the Economist Building. His work combines a Pop Art sensibility with a critical interest in urban environments and contemporary monuments. He uses familiar, tactile objects, fragments of everyday experience rendered extraordinary by their situation, solidness and scale.
Rhythm & Seed: Themeda Grasslands
Artist: Rudi Jass
Year: 2006
Materials: Self-rusting steel, stainless steel.
Location: Themeda Grasslands, The Avenue and Holland Way, Caroline Springs
Native grasslands are the single most endangered ecosystem in Australia. In Caroline Springs, this ecosystem is protected in the Themeda Grasslands. The two sculptures, Rhythm and Seed, reflect different lifecycle stages of the native grasslands species.
Choices (ctrl + alt + delete)
Artist: Jud Wimhurst
Year: 2011
Materials: Steel, recycled plastic DHPE panel)
Location: Caroline Springs Library, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs (south east exterior of library)
CHOICES (ctrl + alt + delete) is -a sculpture about the choices we all make. In the self navigated and controlled experience of the virtual (computerised) world we are able to make many split second decisions with ease, but bringing the familiar hand cursor and 'Quit' button from the virtual world and placing them before us in the real (3D) world, the environment that surround it seem to appear as if just another 'screen saver' - confronting, taunting and reminding us there are still more choices to be made.
Water is Life
Artist: Kathy Holowko
Year: 2022
Location: CS Gallery, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs (east exterior of gallery)
A vibrant artwork on the outside of the CS Gallery windows. The artist has created an activity sheet for children and adults to enjoy and further engage with 'Water is Life', which is available from the gallery. This activity sheet is suitable for children aged six and above.
Words for Water
Artist: Charles Anderson
Year: 2006
Materials: Self-rusting steel.
Location: Caroline Springs Library, corner of Caroline Springs Boulevard and Lake Street, Caroline Springs
Offering a meditation on the value of water to our cities, this work highlights waters universal necessity to all cultures. By inscribing and fusing each word, it conveys an optimistic vision of how new communities can grow and overlap together. Each word, begun by one and sometimes completed by another, forms a continuing amalgam of language and meaning that will evolve. Individual words overlap to form new meaning collectively enriched much like the value of new cultures and experience within our context.
Words for Water conveys through a universal symbol (the house), the tension of an impending (but avoidable) environmental tragedy. By turning it upside down, pivoting it on its roof and hovering above the ground, the form conveys our imbalance with the environment and our use of natural resources, heralding the need for action within each of us.
Indian Service Club
Artist: 2Choey
Title: Indian Service Club
Year: 2019
Location: Caroline Springs Library, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs
The Indian Service Club community helps members to live and share happiness together. This work is inspired by Indian dancing, an easily shared source of joy in the community, which can break down language barriers. It depicts characters dancing, playing music and enjoying their life together. Hands feature heavily in 2choey's designs - especially the use of hands as heads. The hot colour shades like red, orange and yellow are reminiscent ofthe heat and colour in India - especially evident in Indian clothes and foods. All sides of the design connect without a beginning or end, showing that everyone in the group is connecting with each other.
Melton Interfaith Network
Artist: Paola Ibarra
Title: Melton Interfaith Network
Year: 2019
Location: Caroline Springs Library, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs.
The artist works in a very colourful, abstracted style and has chosen to depict the group's interconnectedness and a diverse range of cultures and ideas. The resulting work hints at shelves of books - a common thread for many religions; stained glass windows; temple pillars and the weaving stories throughout many religions. The overall design suggests that the group's members, and indeed all religions, are different, but have many similarities, with a strong desire for everyone to be included.
Second Nature
Artist: Jade Oakley
Year: 2022
Location: The Avenue Park (Linear Park), 20A The Avenue, Caroline Springs
Second Nature by artist Jade Oakley is a sculpture inspired by the patterns of growth in nature, and how these patterns are echoed in the growth of a community. It consists of two elements; etched patterns in the pathways and a sculptural form that provides a central-point for visitors - a place of shelter and play at the heart of The Avenue Park.
Drawings gathered during community art workshops have been etched into the pathways leading up to the playground, where the main sculptural element is situated. These drawings tell the story of growth, progressively changing from growth patterns found in nature to the pattern of community growth through the drawings of maps.
Cobblebank
Tree of Knowledge
Artist: Hayden Dewar
Year: 2024
Location: 222 Ferris Road, Cobblebank
"Tree of Knowledge" is a 48x8 metre mural designed and painted by Melbourne based artist Hayden Dewar on the building at Western BACE. Hayden has created a surreal scene with characters reading, learning, and watering plants, along with an abundance of local flora and fauna. The centrepiece is a massive tree taking on a human form, reflecting the theme of ?growth through knowledge,? aligning with the growth of small businesses and start-ups that Western BACE fosters. The work is teeming with life and includes some of Hayden?s most detailed work to date. The following native flora and fauna are featured: Golden Sun Moth, Southern Banjo Frog, two dingoes (referencing the local dingo reserve), native bees, Jacky Dragon (lizard), cockatoo, yam daisies, and eucalyptus flowers and leaves.
Diggers Rest
Flight
Artist: Mothers Art
Year: 2010
Materials: Galvanised and painted steel.
Location: Stan Payne Reserve, Old Calder Highway, Diggers Rest
Celebrating the centenary of Australia's first powered, controlled, sustained flight at Diggers Rest in 1910, the monument has tall poles which echo the grass lands. The open construction is influenced by Houdini's Voisin Biplane, and its angled text and blue forms remind viewers of the dreams and aspirations of early aviators.
Shade Trees
Artist: Rudi Jass
Year: 2016
Materials: Stainless steel, self-rusting steel.
Location: St Genevieve Central Park, Kipling Circuit, Diggers Rest
German born artist Rudi Jass creates sculptural forms inspired by the organic forms found in the natural environment. Using a combination of self-rusting steel and stainless steel, the contrast in colouration of these two materials highlights the sculptures unique elements. Created to line the main pathway and boundaries of St Genevieve Central Park, the series of shade trees gives the park a formal quality.
Fraser Rise
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Artist: Benjamin Gilbert
Year: 2013
Materials: Stainless steel.
Location: Corner of Taylors Road and Orbis Avenue, Fraser Rise
One of three works by Benjamin Gilbert in this area, the sculpture is an entrance statement in stainless steel. Working from his studio in Yackandandah, Gilbert is a recognised sculptor and designer, creating large scale works that encourage intimacy between people and nature.
Spire
Artist: Benjamin Gilbert
Year: Unknown [2013]
Materials: Stainless steel.
Location: Corner of Taylors Road and City Vista Court, Fraser Rise
One of three works by Benjamin Gilbert in this area, the sculpture is an entrance statement in stainless steel. Working from his studio in Yackandandah, Gilbert is a recognised sculptor and designer, creating large scale works that encourage intimacy between people and nature.
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Artist: Benjamin Gilbert
Year: Unknown [2016]
Materials: Stainless steel.
Location: Cnr Equinox Avenue and Equinox Way, Fraser Rise
One of three works by Benjamin Gilbert in this area, the sculpture is an optical illusion in stainless steel. Working from his studio in Yackandandah, Gilbert is a recognised sculptor and designer, creating large scale works that encourage intimacy between people and nature.
Spiral Spire
Artist: Folko Kooper
Year: Unknown [2012]
Materials: Self-rusting steel.
Location: Opposite 12 Aspire Boulevard, Fraser Rise
A series of four large sculpture line the parklands in Fraser Rise, created by Tasmanian-based artist, Folko Kooper. The spiral shape forms the main statement piece, and is accompanied by three smaller sculptures featuring a combination of geometric and organic lines.
Mawson Gardens Sculptures
Artist: Folko Kooper
Year: Unknown
Materials: Self-rusting steel.
Location: Opposite 111 Aspire Boulevard, Fraser Rise
A series of six sculptures line the side of Mawson Gardens in Fraser Rise, created by Tasmanian-based artist, Folko Kooper. The spiral shape forms the main statement piece, and is accompanied by five smaller sculptures.
Hillside
Flower Series: The Parks
Artist: Martin Hodge
Year: 2004
Location: Hilltop Park, Cnr Viridian Drive and Kinetic Avenue and Outlook Park, Domain Drive, Hillside
In 2004, Martin Hodge developed a series of sculptures for The Park Estate in Hillside, including: kinetic wing, the flower series, wing and the light tower. Nine flowers were created; they were initially installed at the entrance of the estate on the Melton Hwy. In 2007 they were relocated to the Hilltop Park and Outlook Park.
Wing and Arch
Artist: Martin Hodge
Year: 2004
Materials: Painted steel, stainless steel, self-rusting steel.
Location: Hilltop Park, Kinetic Drive, Hillside
Wing and Arch is one of two aviation themed sculptures in this area, celebrating the first powered controlled flight in Australia by Harry Houdini in 1910 at Diggers Rest. The structure incorporates the symbols of a wing and an entranceway. The sculpture was initially located at the corner of Melton Highway and The Parks, being moved to its present location in 2007.
Kinetic Wing
Artist: Martin Hodge
Year: 2004
Location: Outlook Park, Domain Drive, Hillside
After seeing an original version of Kinetic Wing at the Moreland sculpture show in 2002, Stockland Development commissioned Martin to undertake a series of public art works. Two of the works, Kinetic Wing and Wing and Arch, aim to highlight the aviation history of the area, renown for the exploits of Jimmy Melrose and Harry Houdini. Kinetic Wing moves through the lifting action of an aerofoil on a central shaft and counterbalance.
Cone Light Tower
Artist: Martin Hodge
Year: 2004
Location: Grandview Park, Cnr Banchory Avenue and The Parks, Hillside
One of a series of 4 sculptures for The Parks Estate, Martin designed the light tower to be a land mark for the entrance to the estate, with the open top of the sculpture emitting light in the manor of a beacon.
Melton
Growth
Artist: Warren Langley
Year: 2013
Materials: 100% recyclable high density polyethylene (HDPE), powder coated aluminium, 12V light diodes and lenses.
Location: Melton Library and Learning Hub, 31 McKenzie Street, Melton
Challenging the notion of "chandelier" in contemporary architecture, this work uses abstracted forms based on the native floral form of the Eucalyptus behriana (Bull Mallee). The suspended arrangement of sculptural forms delivers a day and night experiential artwork that responds according to surrounding light levels. In this manner, time of day, angle of sunlight (season) or sky condition affect the appearance of the sculpture such that even a passing cloud may cause the work to "blush".
Composed of 100% recyclable materials the entire artwork is an exercise in sustainability. Each of the 12 (up to 2m diameter) "blossom" forms draws less than 40W of power.
Rain Stories
Artist: Greer Taylor
Year: 2014
Materials: Reverse printed acrylic with cast vinyl backing, stainless steel
Location: Melton Waves Leisure Centre, 206 Coburns Road, Melton
This work gathers together 86 stories about rain into a 'curtain of rain' on the internal back wall of the Melton Waves Leisure Centre. The 'rain stories' were collected from the local community, authors and poets, and some were written by the artist. Some of the stories detail facts about rain, both in general and also specific to the Melton area.
The work is a reminder that every drop of water contained in the pools within the Leisure Centre has fallen as rain at some point in time, whether it be yesterday or eons ago.
New Growth
Artist: Charles Aquilina
Year: 2011
Location: 280 High Street, Melton
New Growth sits silently on the landscape and is made from Victorian Blue Gum and Corten Steel. Located on the shopping strip service road on High Street, between Smith and Palmerston Streets.
The Melton Pinnacles
Artist: Stephen Newton
Year: 2010
Location: Cnr High Street and Smith Street, Melton (north east side)
The Melton Pinnacles is a group of three pinnacles inspired by natural forms, symbolising community strength and achievement. A community is made up of layers of time and culture. From this comes a tapestry of history and stories.
Open Air Gallery
Artist: Fiona Orr Year: 2007
Location: Civic Centre Lawns, 232 High Street, Melton
Open Air Gallery was created by more than 40 people with a disability, with contributions from Melton Specialist School, Melbacc Respite House, Merrimu Services and McKillop Family Services. Reflecting an integrated approach which promotes the concepts of inclusiveness, Open Air Gallery was designed to allow viewers to engage with the artwork in whatever capacity they desired.
Volcanic Genesis
Artist: Jim Holdsworth
Year: 2006
Location: The Willows Historical Park, Reserve Road, Melton
This Dry Stone sculpture evokes the labour intensive tasks faced by the City of Melton's early settlers who cleared the land of fieldstones then erected walls to control livestock.
Clocktower
Artist: Norm Fenn
Year: 1999
Materials: Painted steel.
Location: Melton Town Centre, corner of High Street and Palmerston Street, Melton
In 1998 Council initiated a public art competition for the Courthouse Square, inviting designs which conveyed the spirit of Melton. Over 40 submissions were received, with Norm Fenn's design, styled upon a rearing thoroughbred and a harness sulky, reflecting the rich history of both thoroughbred breeders and harness trainers in the Shire. Mothers Art worked in conjunction with artist Norm Fenn and Council, to turn the concept of a rearing horse clock tower into reality.
Unearthed
Artist: Anderson Hunt
Year: 2017
Materials: Painted steel, bronze, polished stainless steel.
Location: Melton Town Centre, corner High Street and Palmerston Street, Melton and links through to McKenzie Street and the Melton Library and Learning Hub.
Unearthed is a series of related sculptural forms spread throughout the Melton Town Centre. The 'rough diamond' element is the main focal point in the centre of the civic lawn, framing the view of the library. It has a look of a geological form but also looks a bit like an artefact, particularly a spear head. The smaller pieces are tactile and engaging and depict a series of unfolding interventions celebrating the volcanic plains reminiscent of basalt columns, formed by cracking as molten lava is cooled, and like the way that the Melton City landscape was formed. Walking through the site will create a mystical feel that will lure you through the space, drawing you to the library.
Everyone Belongs
Artists: Damien Arena, Jack Denic, Nathan Hoy, Daniel Hoy and Danushka Gunasekara
Title: Everyone Belongs
Year: 2018
Location: 359 High Street, Melton
A once-drab walkway between High St and McKenzie St, has been transformed into a work of art by four emerging local artists. For some, like Jack Denic, this was his first public artwork, and for others, like Danushka Gunasekara, and brothers Daniel and Nathan Hoy, this mural was a chance to practice a larger scale mural with the support of an experienced artist mentor.
The theme of the mural is aligned to Melton City Council's vision of a thriving community where everyone belongs. It features portraits of two very different faces, representing the diversity of the City of Melton community.
The artwork is part of a series of programs in Melton City Council's Summer of Street Art, which is a program designed to prevent illegal graffiti and increase positive interactions between young people and our civic spaces.
The project was funded by the Victorian Government's Community Crime Prevention Program.
Birds of a Feather
Artist: Phibs
Title: Birds of a Feather
Year: 2018
Location: 327-329 High Street, Melton
This mural in Phibs' signature style and theme, uses stylised imagery to depict two species of birds often seen around Melton - the Red-Rumped Parrot and the Diamond Firetail. Phibs has mixed images of these two birds into a bright pattern that complements the nearby IGA sign and the public sculptures installed in Melton Town Centre. Have you seen these birds around Melton before?
Phibs (Tim de Haan) is one of Australia's most respected street artists. His public art works are prolific in Melbourne and Sydney and are far-flung across the globe. Originally from Sydney, Phibs is from a strong graffiti background and was active in community programs, inspiring the artistic potential of this now popular art form. Phibs is also part of an evolving Melbourne street art scene, working from Everfresh Studio collective.
Phibs often designs urban wall art with symbiotic, organic motifs that connect back to the natural world. He produces works across a vast variety of mediums and consistently reflects his own unique realms of symbolism, multiculturalism and mythology. Largely inspired by nature, his works have spawned a menagerie of signature characters.
Gatherings
Artist: Tom Civil
Year: 2020
Location: Rear facade of Xplosions Bar & Bowl, 42 McKenzie Street, Melton
For this project, 'Gatherings' the artist was commissioned to create a mural to celebrate young people in our City. Responding to information from consultation with over 70 young people from our diverse and multicultural community this artwork acknowledges aspects of life that were important to young residents, including family connection, friendship, access to recreation, arts and culture, sports, freedom and opportunities for fun. The rolling panorama of figures interacting with each other in this artwork is a reminder of our inter-connected humanity and the importance of community. The cartoon-like stick figures gather in groups or sit alone, or they run, walk, skate or cycle with each other. Each scenario encourages viewers to form their own connections and stories about this boldly graphic and highly effective artwork.
Melton South
Garnish x2
Artist: Matt Calvert
Year: 2014
Materials: Glass, stainless steel.
Location: Western BACE, 222 Ferris Road, Melton South
Commissioner: Melton City Council
Matt Calvert is a widely collected Australian-based sculptor working with toughened glass to create works focused on community connections. Located in the exterior garden, these glittering works of stacked glass distort and reflect the surrounding environment.
Kirrip House
Artist: Luna Tunes
Title: Kirrip House
Year: 2019
Location: East of Coles, 25 Station Street, Melton South
Kirrip House is ultimately about connection. It's a place for community to come together and share stories and experiences and values. Their community ranges from newborn babies to elders, and Kirrip is a place where everyone comes together into the circle and connects with each other.
This artwork depicts that circular nucleus of the community and the paths leading towards that centre. The lines, paths and stories lead to the largest centre circle to represent the community in Melton meeting together. Overlaid is imagery inspired by the group, incorporating the artist's individual visual language, including the Kirrip logo, a kangaroo, in the largest circle.
Kirrip Aboriginal Corporation Mural
Location: Inside Kirrip Aboriginal Corporation Community Centre, 26 Exford Road, Melton South
2nd Melton Scout Group Hall
Artist: Airbrushed by Advanced Course Students
Year: 2008
Location: 59 Blackwood Drive, Melton South
Melton Laundrette Mural
Location: Melton Laundrette Wall, 39 Station Road, Melton South
Melton South Community Painting
Artist: Candela Alconada
Year: 2021
Location: Garden bed in front of shops 1-13 corner Exford Road & Staughton Road, Melton South
This project was a collaboration between local Melton South residents and artist, Candela Alconada. The project aimed to showcase residents? pride for their local area, using vibrant and happy colours, patterns and designs. Residents characterise Melton South as down to earth and diverse, a place where everyone accepts and respects each other. The Melton South community are a diverse range of people that get along, like to meet new people, mentor each other, to learn, be inspired and kind. These community-driven designs depict the many aspects of life that make this place special. The mural was designed using a participatory process that allowed for residents to learn from a professional artist and from each other.
The Stories That Connect Us
Artist: Candela Alconada
Year: 2023
Location: 1-9 Station Road, Melton South
For this project, 'The Stories that Connect Us', artist Candela Alconada was commissioned to create a mural which celebrates the connectedness and diversity within our community. Following on from the community mural painted in 2021, this artwork focuses on the connection between people and nature, the integration of younger and older generations and celebrates inclusion and diversity.
The illustration of an older woman with two children planting flowers is a metaphor for planting seeds together for a better future, while the character looking up at the stars speaks to the importance of nature to wellbeing. The main characters depicted in the mural are participating in conversation while they appreciate the beauty and magic of the butterfly. This imagery creates a space that celebrates different cultures, backgrounds and identity through the portrayal of stories, each of which is a reflection of the community it represents and is a reminder that everyone belongs and has a place in this community.
Melton West
The Community Ring
Artist: Dr Anton Hasell
Year: 2011
Materials: Powder coated steel.
Location: Arnolds Creek Children's and Community Centre, 19 Claret Ash Boulevard, Melton West
This work was commissioned to coincide with the opening of the Arnolds Creek Children's and Community Centre and represents a ring of diverse yet connected individuals, summing up the dynamic nature of communities.
Electrical Box Mural
Location: 2B Parkview St, Melton West
Ravenhall
Ravenhall Mural
Artist: George Rose
Title: Ravenhall Mural
Year: 2019
Location: Rear facade of 8 Eucumbene Drive, Ravenhall (facing freeway entrance from Christie's Road)
Artwork Statement:
This work responds to the broad theme that Melton City Council has adopted: "A thriving community where everyone belongs", focusing on the flora and fauna of the region. It celebrates the native biodiversity that occurs in the area, with a focus on the flora and fauna that are endangered, vulnerable, and in need of our protection - the fragrant Leek Orchid, the Orange Bellied Parrot and the Eastern Barred Bandicoot. These are intermingled with national floral emblems representing the diversity of countries from where some of our local residents herald: Lotus for India; Arabian Jasmine for the Philippines; Silver Fern for New Zealand; Maltese centaury for Malta; Chrysanthemum for Vietnam.
Rockbank
Taylors Hill
The Link
Artist: David Cianci, Artscape
Year: 2012
Materials: Painted steel, stainless steel.
Location: Taylors Hill Youth and Community Centre, 121 Calder Park Drive, Taylors Hill
The Link is a bold artwork that has been specifically designed to complement this active precinct. The artist isolates one bike chain link from its broader assembly to conceptually identify the importance of youth culture in our communities.
From Here to Where: The Lost Landscapes of Tomorrow
Artist: Nicole Snelleksz & Brad Vermont
Year: 2013
Materials: Painted steel, plywood, corrugated iron.
Location: Taylors Hill Kindergarten, 58-60 Jacaranda Drive, Taylors Hill
This playful and colourful work spills from the external wall of the kindergarten out into the play space with sculptural forms for the children to interact with and around. It was created to give life to an area of the kindergarten and community centre that was previously dull and barren, spanning the 25m wall. At a distance the vibrant colours and shapes are inviting, creating scenes for the children to interact with. At closer inspection there are discoveries to be made, with details of animals in nooks, including moving through a wombat cave and weaving through tall grass to discover a mob of kangaroos.
Melton City Council's Young Communities Electrical Box Mural
Artist: Jack Denic
Title: Melton City Council's Young Communities
Year: 2019
Location: 27 Omarama Way, Taylors Hill (behind Taylors Hill Youth & Community Centre, adjacent children's playground)
Young Communities deliver a range of services for youth across the City of Melton. Depicted in this work are colourful representations of their recreational activities, employment services, and assistance for reconnecting with family and friends. The design is deliberately high energy, stylised and bright, aiming to be inclusive and hopeful.
Women Making it Happen
Artist: Elizabeth Dalton-Hooker
Title: Women Making it Happen
Year: 2019
Location: 20A Omarama Way, Taylors Hill
This artwork aims to promote equality in the community by breaking down societal gender stereotypes/limitations and bias. The portraits depict women in roles that have historically been considered "male", or are dominated by males: a CEO, a professional football player/sportswoman, and a mechanic or builder/tradeswoman.
The selected colour scheme dominantly displays purple as the internationally recognised colour for women, combined with green as a symbol of hope, and white which have been used together since 1908 to symbolise women's equality. The orange tones are inspired by the colours often associated with the Woman Making it Happen group.
Growing Together Electrical Box Mural
Location: Cnr North Terrace and Pirie Way, Taylors Hill
Thornhill Park
Melton Men's Group Electrical Box Mural
Artist: Jak Rapmund
Title: Melton Men's Group
Year: 2019
Location: Hocston Way, Thornhill Park
The group's logo consists of a blacksmith hammering, signifying forging friendships. The imagery is also taken from the Melton Men's Group photographs provided to the artist.
