Support for the local Connection project
The Fraser Coast’s collaborative creative writing and art project Connection – Words Inspiring Art is gaining great momentum and support in various forms. It is one of 59 projects announced by the Queensland government as successful in its...
The Fraser Coast’s collaborative creative writing and art project Connection – Words Inspiring Art is gaining great momentum and support in various forms.
It is one of 59 projects announced by the Queensland government as successful in its application for a grant supporting activities for Senior’s Month 2023, whose theme is a celebration of social connections.
The Minister for Seniors and Disability Services, Craig Crawford, said The Council on the Ageing Queensland (COTA) received applications for a diverse range of events and considered the Hervey Bay initiative a great addition to the 2023 Seniors Month calendar.
The project was launched by The University of the Third Age (U3A) Hervey Bay and the Hervey Bay Art Society in May with an invitation to all writers in the Fraser Coast region to contribute a piece of creative writing on the theme Connection.
Sunshine Coast author, editor and publisher Trudy Graham read all entries and selected 25 for inclusion in an illustrated anthology promoting the value of Connection in our lives and community.
Members of the Hervey Bay Art Society then created 25 paintings inspired by those stories. These will appear in the book and form the exhibition at Gallery 5 where the book Connection: Words Inspiring Art, will be officially launched on Sunday 8 October.
U3A Hervey Bay president Lyn Quince said the project had already been a demonstration of the benefit of connection at a community level.
“More than 60 people, through their involvement, have built new connections,” she said.
“The artists’ work was photographed and prepared for publication by Howard residents David and Lynn Munn, Gympie resident Melanie Fulker is designing and preparing the book for publication.
”Mayor, George Seymour and the Fraser Coast Regional Council have provided generous support and funds provided by Member for Hervey Bay, Adrian Tantari MP, the Hervey Bay RSL Club and Officeworks Hervey Bay have enabled us to create a project with multi-layered community benefits.”
