Public Art celebrating poetry and place with installations across the STA region.
Poetry: The Indelible Stencil was conceived of and coordinated by poet Lizz Murphy who worked with 9 other respected local poets to write in response to our environment. Their words feature on permanent sculptures installed in unexpected and uniquely beautiful locations.
Discover each Indelible Stencil using the map and see how many you can find in the landscape.
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Indelible: adjective (Oxford, 2020) 1 (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed. 2.not able to be forgotten.
The Indelible Stencils
By Robyn Lance (lives in Goulburn)
Autumn rains rouse spores
Drowsing in drought-hardened dirt
Mushrooms Erupt
Located in Picton Botanic Garden
By Mark Tredinnick (Resident of Burradoo)
White months hedge their bets among grass-heads and downdrafts. Blackjays quibble and bitch like mobsters.
Located in Picton Botanic Garden
Shades of Green by Richard Bell (lives in Bargo)
Vibrant shades of spring green
Shadowy canopy
Moisture in the air
A beautiful place to be alone
Located in Picton Botanic Garden
Tawny Frogmouth by Lizz Murphy (lives at Binalong)
Tufty peer eyeleer
Dayshift shapeshift
Shadowmark
Weatherbark
Located in Bungonia Park
Layers of Leaves by Robyn Lance (lives in Goulburn)
Layers of leaves
White-edged with frost
Stitch a living bridal gown
Happy the tree the sun shines on.
Located in Bungonia Park
Gold Droplets by Richard Bell (lives in Bargo)
Droplets cling to a golden web
Captured in the morning glow
The black orb spider
Weaves a place to call home
Located in Bungonia Park
In the Bush by Margaret Berry (lives in Boorowa)
Mid brittle jack & gum
Swishing spectrum
A flitting parrot
Located on Orchard Street Taralga
By Mark Tredinnick (Resident of Burradoo)
Up There, a long time ago,
A thousand sunds burn
In their dark heavens;
They look so gentle, so
Like stars at this distance.
Located on Kiama Creek Crookwell
Rainfall by Russell Erwin (lives at Bannister)
How it varies from one corner
Of a paddock to another
From one liar to another
Located in Barbour Park Gunning
By Elizabeth Lawson (resides in Queanbeyan)
Place of running waters
the splash at her weir
Fashions her syllables
Quean-bey-an
Located on the edge of Queanbeyan River Park
On the Highway by Nicola Bowery (lives in Reidsdale)
White moths kamikaze
Into the windscreen
I choose my life over theirs
Located in Captains Flat
Braidwood Morning by Harry Laing (hales from Reidsdale)
Granite eggs crack
Mist dissolves
And the mountains appear
For the first time
Located in Bicentenial Park Mckeller St, Braidwood
By Elizabeth Lawson (resides in Queanbeyan)
Mornings Weereewaa drops
Green carless handkerchiefs
So sheep may safely graze.
Located at Bungendore School of Arts
By Nicola Bowery (lives in Reidsdale)
How does the cloud
Know its way back
out of the cloudless sky?
Located in front of the Yass Visitors’ Centre
Devonian by Lizz Murphy ( lives at Binalong)
Over the metal style
Down to the flood plains
Selvedges felted green
Conversation adrift
Located near Taemas Bridge Wee Jasper
By Elizabeth Lawson (lives in Queanbeyan)
At frosted dawn crowds point
from the heritage bridge
‘Two, no three platypuses!’
And the shared joy sings all day.
Located on the river walk Boorowa
Basking by Harry Laing ( hales from Reidsdale)
Like Lizards
Poems Need Warmth
Located in Dr Kelf Park Boorowa
By Margaret Berry (lives in Boorowa)
On the River Walk
A lone Pine
Stops us in our tracks
Lest we Forget
Located in Dr Kelf Park Boorowa
Poetry: The Indelible Stencil is a partnership between STA, Lizz Murphy and the seven LGAs that now care for the resulting public art works.
The project was made possible with funding from the Regional Arts Fund and the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) with the support of Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Yass Valley, Hilltops, and Queanbeyan Palerang Councils.
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