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Knox City Council is committed to building a culturally rich and engaged community through the arts. We support a range of public art projects that are displayed across the municipality.

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A series of orange vertical panels arranged in a curved formation with a reflective silver sphere in the centre, located in front of a modern white building.

Studio John Fish, Kinematic, Knox Regional Netball Centre, 2023

A pedestrian walks past a mural with green panels featuring white Aboriginal dot paintings, including landscapes, birds, and plants. The mural is set against a white building wall with greenery and bushes in the foreground.

Grace Bown and Little Rocket Design Agency, Deep Respect and Connection to Country, 77-79 Station Street, Ferntree Gully, 2024 

A large stone sculpture of a child with outstretched arms stands in a grassy area near an urban setting with traffic lights, power lines, and buildings in the background. The sky is clear and blue.

Matt Calvert, Aeroplane Boy, Bayswater Train Station, 2018 

An outdoor installation featuring a colourful array of bicycle frames and wheels attached to blue metal bars.

Rex Keogh and Knox Residents, Recycled Bike Path, Collier Reserve, Wantirna, 2008 (renewed in 2022) 

A large, colourful mural featuring various green, orange, and blue abstract shapes and plant-like designs covers the walls of a building. A tree partially obscures the mural. The scene is bordered by a road and some greenery.

George Rose, Nigh 1, Lupton Way, Boronia, 2022 

A modern, colourful bench with curved lines sits on a green and blue surface in a well-maintained park. Behind the bench, there are neat grass, trees, a building with brickwork, and a sign reading "Reserve" near a sports field enclosed by a fence.

James Voller and Joel Zika, In-Line (Line 1), Fairpark Reserve, 2024

A colourful mural on a brick wall depicts several abstract human faces, each with different expressions and features. The art features vibrant colours like blue, yellow, green, and red. The foreground includes green plants and grass.

David Booth (Ghostpatrol) and Carla McRae, Waiting in the Wings, Knox Community Arts Centre, Bayswater, 2020

A tranquil landscape at sunset with reflective water partially flooding the area. Four tall, stacked rock sculptures on poles rise from the water. Trees and vegetation are visible in the background, silhouetted against the setting sun.

James Geurts, Floodline, Stamford Park Wetlands, 2023

A dimly lit outdoor art exhibition features five illuminated frames displaying vibrant forest scenes. Two blurred figures, one in a yellow jacket and another in darker clothing, walk past the artwork on a concrete pathway. The scene is set at night.

Horologist Lane Lightbox Gallery, Ferntree Gully, 2022 

A series of orange vertical panels arranged in a curved formation with a reflective silver sphere in the centre, located in front of a modern white building.
A pedestrian walks past a mural with green panels featuring white Aboriginal dot paintings, including landscapes, birds, and plants. The mural is set against a white building wall with greenery and bushes in the foreground.
A large stone sculpture of a child with outstretched arms stands in a grassy area near an urban setting with traffic lights, power lines, and buildings in the background. The sky is clear and blue.
An outdoor installation featuring a colourful array of bicycle frames and wheels attached to blue metal bars.
A large, colourful mural featuring various green, orange, and blue abstract shapes and plant-like designs covers the walls of a building. A tree partially obscures the mural. The scene is bordered by a road and some greenery.
A modern, colourful bench with curved lines sits on a green and blue surface in a well-maintained park. Behind the bench, there are neat grass, trees, a building with brickwork, and a sign reading "Reserve" near a sports field enclosed by a fence.
A colourful mural on a brick wall depicts several abstract human faces, each with different expressions and features. The art features vibrant colours like blue, yellow, green, and red. The foreground includes green plants and grass.
A tranquil landscape at sunset with reflective water partially flooding the area. Four tall, stacked rock sculptures on poles rise from the water. Trees and vegetation are visible in the background, silhouetted against the setting sun.
A dimly lit outdoor art exhibition features five illuminated frames displaying vibrant forest scenes. Two blurred figures, one in a yellow jacket and another in darker clothing, walk past the artwork on a concrete pathway. The scene is set at night.

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Public art in Knox

Public Art refers to artwork that is located within public spaces such as shopping centres, community and civic buildings, sporting reserves, open spaces and playgrounds. Public art contributes to the unique identity of a community, improving the aesthetics of a space in a way that inspires feelings of connection, pride and safety. Public art promotes visitation and cultural tourism and can support retail activation within local precincts. Public art is a known strategy for reducing vandalism and graffiti. It supports human-centered urban design through creating engaging and inspiring community spaces.

Knox City Council has an enduring commitment to public art since the 1970’s, with the civic owned public art collection growing substantially. Works are located all throughout the municipality within retail and sporting precincts, civic and community buildings and within reserves and playgrounds with works ranging from large scale sculptures, murals, integrated works and rotating displays exhibited in outdoor light box galleries.

Public Art projects are usually site specific and located within major infrastructure developments and neighbourhood renewal projects, with themes and locations reflective of local consultation. Large scale projects are commissioned through an equitable Expression of Interest process, and attract NAVA artist rates, with works selected through a robust panel review process.

Public art programs

The Knox Public Art Trail offers a self-guided, interactive mapping tool to explore the unique and remarkable public art collection throughout Knox.

Knox Immerse is Council’s biennial public art festival, and offers significant opportunities for artists, creative programming and local partnerships.

Artslink is a new initiative that responds to the gap in public art galleries in Knox. It creates opportunities for local artists to exhibit their work in local businesses and venues throughout Knox. This initiative began as part of Knox's popular arts biennial event, Immerse, and now seeks to secure longer term partnerships with local businesses and community facilities.

The Knox Public Art Platforms include the Gilbert Park Billboard and the three Laneway Lightbox Galleries located in Boronia, Ferntree Gully and Wantirna South. These sites host community and curated rotational exhibitions.

Community-led public art

Community-led Public Art is art in public spaces that is instigated by the private or community groups or individuals. Council offers guidance on project management, community consultation, resourcing, artwork theming, artist selection and fees, site suitability and compliance with risk, safety and insurance.

Projects are eligible to apply for funding through Council’s Minor and Community Development Grants program.

Please refer to the Quick Guide for Community Led Public Art in Knox for more information.

Knox art collection

Local Government plays an important role in collecting, displaying and managing artworks that reflect the unique history, social character, cultural heritage and contemporary vision for a municipality.

Knox Council cares for a Public Art Collection, governed by the Public Art Policy and a Civic Collection, directed by the Civic Art Policy.

These policies inform best practice in planning, development, management and resourcing the Knox art collections. The policies are a framework for good governance that guides both Council and Community led public art projects. 
 

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Artist information

  1. Studio John Fish, Kinematic, Knox Regional Netball Centre, 2023
  2. Grace Bown and Little Rocket Design Agency, Deep Respect and Connection to Country, 77-79 Station Street, Ferntree Gully, 2024
  3. Matt Calvert, Aeroplane Boy, Bayswater Train Station, 2018
  4. Rex Keogh and Knox Residents, Recycled Bike Path, Collier Reserve, Wantirna, 2008 (renewed in 2022)
  5. George Rose, Nigh 1, Lupton Way, Boronia, 2022
  6. James Voller and Joel Zika, In-Line (Line 1), Fairpark Reserve, 2024
  7. David Booth (Ghostpatrol) and Carla McRae, Waiting in the Wings, Knox Community Arts Centre, Bayswater, 2020
  8. James Geurts, Floodline, Stamford Park Wetlands, 2023
  9. Horologist Lane Lightbox Gallery, Ferntree Gully, 2022 

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