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Young African students have painted images of their new life in Wagga Wagga on a large mural to be unveiled in the Wagga Wagga Civic Centre next Tuesday, 17 July.

About 20 young people, from countries including Sudan, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Burundi and have worked with community artist Canny Kinloch to develop images of their experiences in Wagga Wagga.

Over a day and a half the students drew, painted and wrote of their feelings and experiences here and in their home country, culminating in a vibrant mural, to be unveiled at 4pm next Tuesday by Mayor Kerry Pascoe.

“The project was successful in celebrating the positive experiences the young people, most of them refugees, have had since moving to the city,” said Council’s Community Services Manager Janice Summerhayes.

“The friendliness of the people in Wagga Wagga was one thing that came out in the students’ drawings and words,” she said.

“The mural also shows the great pride these budding artists have in their own countries.”

The mural will be installed opposite the National Art Glass Gallery for six months, before moving to the Museum of the Riverina’s Botanic Gardens site.

The mural is a joint project of the Museum of the Riverina and Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, as part of Wagga Wagga City Council’s winter cultural program From All Four Corners: Celebrating Diversity. It runs until August 26 and features exhibitions and events at the Museum of the Riverina, Art Gallery, Civic Theatre and Library.

From All Four Corners Mural Project launch

by Mayor Kerry Pascoe

Tuesday 17 July 2007 at 4pm

Opposite National Art Glass Gallery,

Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, Morrow Street, Wagga Wagga

Mural will be unveiled and students present will receive certificates