The East Coast art trail is part of our award-winning Asset Art program.
This project will see 17 sewage pump station (SPS) switchboards transformed into striking public artworks along the coastline between Orford and St Helens. These murals will reflect the east coast’s unique history, culture, and natural beauty, helping to strengthen community connections.
The project is divided into three sections, with one artist selected for each.
Artwork installation is scheduled to commence in October 2025.
Judith-Rose is an artist who specialises in contemporary and Western style art. She is a Trawlwoolway Aboriginal person and Granddaughter (5 times removed) of Manalargenna Chief of the Pairrebeene Clan, whose country is Tebrikunna. Judith-Rose grew up in Launceston and obtained a Master's in Art from UTAS. Her passion is doing art with student involvement.
Melski is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in the realm of community art, murals, sculpture and illustration. Her work focuses on line and colour, with an emphasis on connection to community. Inspired by linocut prints and stain glass windows. Melski loves to create whimsical pieces that reflect cultural, environmental and historic elements of the locations in which they are created.
Melanie is a multidisciplined visual artist based on the East Coast of Tasmania. Inspired by Tasmanian folklore, ideas of Gondwana and tales of nature and unknown. Melanie explores oceanic, fictional characters, native environments in an illustrative style. She is a dedicated member of the community, being involved with various exhibitions, art festivals and developmental workshops, sharing her love for art by conducting workshops with youth organisations.
Timeline item 1 - complete
EOI period for 3 x artists
Timeline item 2 - active
Design Concept
Artists to develop design concepts from community consultation.
Timeline item 3 - incomplete
Vote on a Design
Voting on 1 of the final designs. Closes August 22.
Timeline item 4 - incomplete
Installation
Painting murals from September to November.
Timeline item 5 - incomplete
Community Event
Community event to celebrate murals and artists to be held in November.
Check out the map of all our Asset Art program sites on the link below to see how we're beautifying our infrastructure one asset at a time.
Click here to see more information about the Asset Art program.
Find out more about the Asset Art program and the previously completed work
The Tolosa Reservoir tanks face the new park in Glenorchy. Artist Harrison Bowe has painted them with stunning landscape masterpieces.
Located in Orford on the edge of the Our Park recreation area, the new switch room for the upgraded Sewage Pump Station has had a colourful makeover.
Artists Harrison Bowe and James Cowan worked through all possible weather conditions in June 2023 to deliver two stunning murals on the prominent reservoir.
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Since creation, the palawa have lived here in lutruwita - Tasmania. Over 2,000 generations of Aboriginal families have cared for this Country, looking after its lands, seas, skies and waterways.
In the spirit of respect and gratitude, TasWater acknowledges the Tasmanian Aboriginal community as the traditional and ongoing custodians. We pay our respects to them, their culture and to elders past and present. We also acknowledge any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are here with us today.
TasWater commits to working collaboratively and respectfully with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community to protect and sustain the precious resources on this ancient land for future generations.
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Phone | 13 6992 |
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| Website | www.taswater.com.au |
| In writing | GPO Box 1393, Hobart TAS 7001 |
