Rediscover the Myall River Art Walk with a new map and brochure Myall Coast Myall Coast - popup ad Myall Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 31, 2023 Aerial View painting by Dallas Murphy at the Hawks Nest Community Hall. Photo: supplied. ART is best when heralding humans’ love of nature, as it does along the Myall River Art Walk through Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. Over 40 sculptures, mosaics, murals, paintings, and poetry have coalesced into the Art Walk over the last 20 years, first established in 2003 by locals including Lee Anderson and Shona Howarth. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The idea was to create, with Council permission, a journey of artworks along the Myall River, giving people some insight and appreciation of the culture, history, heritage, community, and the obvious natural beauty of the area “We encourage and showcase local artists’ works,” Jeanette Hart, current leader of the Art Walk Group, told NOTA. “The Group continues the legacy with an energetic and enthusiastic ‘hands-on’ approach to preservation and restoration of existing artworks, along with encouraging and adding new and diverse works to the Walk.” As it exists today, the Myall River Art Walk runs the length of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest, forming an interpretive trail that starts atop the hill at the Lions Park Lookout, meanders down to the Skate Park (soon to be revamped in the kids’ competition) to the riverfront itself. It then crosses the iconic Singing Bridge, pauses at the Hawks Nest Community Hall park, and flows on to the stunning Bennetts Beach, with the new Black Dolphin ‘Wubaray’ sculpture, unveiled last week. “The evolution of the Art Walk endures, thanks to the support of the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association, MidCoast Council, Men’s Shed, local Historical Society, Lions Club, Myall Art and Craft Centre, and more recently the local Worimi Reference Group, with new works added and others fading away,” Ms Hart said. The Myall River Art Walk Group has updated the map and brochure, adding an online version, so that locals and visitors can rediscover and enjoy both the new and older artworks. The new Art Walk map and brochure is available from the Tea Gardens Art and Craft Centre and from many local businesses. By Thomas O’KEEFE Corner Shop mural by the U3A Art Group. Photo: supplied. The Lions Park welcome mural – ‘Dhunggaarr of Worimi Baray’ (Pelicans of Worimi Country) by Jeanette Hart. Photo: supplied. The updated Myall River Art Walk Map is available in many local businesses. Photo: supplied.
