The Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) has curated an annual program of artworks to be installed as part of the Lennox Head Public Art Boxes, establishing opportunities for local and emerging artists to exhibit their work in a vibrant and visible exhibition space in the heart of Lennox Head.

The artworks have been selected on: artistic excellence, innovation, local and cultural appropriateness to the site and compliance with Ballina Shire Council’s Public Art Policy.

The site is positioned in the central zone of the Lennox Head business district. It is the position of the site, within this pedestrianized zone, that has influenced the type of public art installation proposed. In displaying art pieces on a wall in boxes, in an almost gallery manner, residents and visitors will stop, view, and ponder the artwork on display. The art display boxes will encourage a ‘slowing’ of pedestrian movement which works in neatly with the objectives of the central zone.

The public art boxes are located at 74 Ballina Street, Lennox Head. They are positioned at the front of the development immediately adjacent to the public footpath and along the publicly accessible pedestrian laneway joining Ballina St and Park Lane.

The public art boxes are manufactured from 6mm x 100mm aluminum plate frames, with concealed hinges, acrylic face, form ply backing. The boxes are lockable, powder coated and fixed to vertical aluminum battens fixed to an engineered awning structure.

The expected life of the public art boxes is 20 years for the frames, 10 years for the hinges and 5 years for the acrylic Perspex.

There are three Public Art Boxes of varying dimensions available for artists to exhibit their work:
• Art Box 1: 1100mm (W) x 1100mm (H) x 100mm (D)
• Art Box 2: 800mm (W) x 1100mm (H) x 100mm (D)
• Art Box 3: 800mm (W) x 700mm(H) x 100mm (D)

EXHIBITION PROGRAM 

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