Tumby Bay to join growing gallery of supersized silo art in rural South Australia
FIRST Coonalpyyn, then Kimba and now the little Eyre Peninsula town of Tumby Bay will join the growing gallery of supersized silo art in rural South Australia.
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FIRST Coonalpyn, then Kimba and now the little Eyre Peninsula town of Tumby Bay will join the growing gallery of super-sized silo art in rural South Australia.
The town’s progress association will on Thursday announce that it has secured funding and world-class international mural artist Martin Ron to create the work on its silos, which are on the Spencer Highway, about 50km north of Port Lincoln.
As revealed in the Sunday Mail in October, the Tumby community has been seeking about $85,000 in grants and community funding to pay for the project and to establish an annual street art festival.
Progress association spokesman Dion LeBrun said the South Australian Government’s Fund My Neighbourhood Scheme had provided the money, while grain handler Vittera had made its silos available.
The project will commence in March and community donations will fund the first art festival in late April.
“It will bring the cream of Australian street artists to our town to commence what we hope will be an annual event,” Mr LeBrun said.
The silo art design is yet to be finalised, but Argentinian street artist Martin Ron is known for spectacular and colourful original pieces, especially where he lives in Buenos Aires.
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