Jennifer Pittorino
Prominent Footscray artist is giving other local creatives the opportunity to showcase their work in a one a kind, public exhibition in Footscray.
Sally Walshe by day, LaDY MoHaWK by night, has been a passionate local artist herself for over 15 years.
“I applied to lots of exhibitions and galleries and have always struggled to get in, which is the case for many other artists,” she said.
“I wanted to create a community for them, for people to show their art in a professional setting and feel proud of their achievements.”
The public art exhibition called ‘Show Your WEST-SIDE’ asks artists including school aged children, to interpret the theme of living in Footscray and the inner west of Melbourne.
“I love Footscray, I am really passionate about this area and I wanted artists to share their own interpretation of the west,” Walshe said.
In addition to exhibiting their work , there will be seven prizes totalling $4,500 available to be won by artists, generously sponsored by local businesses such a Cheaper Buy Miles, Community Bank Seddon, Trimson Partners Real Estate, Footscray Traders Association, LaDY MoHaWK, MP Katie Hall, Littlefoot Bar and Two Birds Brewing.
“There are only two galleries left in the City of Maribyrnong and no civic centres to provide affordable gallery spaces for local emerging and professional artists,” Walshe said.
Artists can submit up to 2 pieces of artwork which will then be looked at by three judges within the industry.
The exhibition is being run by the Footscray Traders Association, with the support of the City of Maribyrnong’s Love your West Grants Program.
The artist application for the exhibition is available now and applications close on 16 June 2023.
The exhibition will run from July 14 to August 11 , it will be staged just off Footscray mall, at 138 Nicholson Street, Footscray.
