Ballina Shire Council is located within the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and is part of the traditional Country of the Bundjalung people. Council acknowledges our community’s strong cultural and historic ties to the land, the quality of the shire’s natural and environmental attributes, and the strength and diversity of the region’s artistic community.

These values, recognised and embodied in Council’s local sustainability strategy (People, Place, Prosperity: A framework for a more sustainable Ballina Shire 2025), underpin Council’s desire to support the provision of public art in prominent locations within the shire. Ballina Shire Council PUBLIC ART Policy Page 3 of 4 Policy No P03 In so doing, the potential for public art to contribute as an economic stimulus within our local community through job creation and visitation is also recognised.

A Public Art policy was first adopted by Council in August 2005, outlining the processes for the procurement, co-ordination and management of public art. Few projects have been delivered under the initial policy and Council has a desire to increase its commitment and effectiveness in this aspect of its operations. Council anticipates that the introduction of this second version of a Public Art policy has the potential to deliver the following benefits:

• Improve the visual appeal and amenity of the shire’s urban environment
• Acknowledge and express the “distinctiveness” of the different parts of our shire
• Promote social inclusion and recognise differing community values
• Reinforce the cultural identity of Ballina Shire and its place within our region.

Read the Ballina Shire Council Public Art Policy HERE 

Refer to the Public Art in the Ballina Shire Guidelines Document HERE