TECHNOLOGY is bringing the state’s finest art to the region with the Tamworth gallery securing a significant NSW grant.
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The community will be able to access events and education program happening at state galleries and universities through a program called TRANSMIT.
Tamworth gallery director Bridget Guthrie said the program will launch in June, next year, as the local facility invests more than $58,000 into large scale portable and permanent screens.
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“The digital screens will be located both inside the Tamworth Regional Gallery and externally to expand public reach in regional Australia,” Ms Guthrie said.
“TRANSMIT will involve the installation of physical equipment and software and IT-programs to make the screens operational, supported by existing staff to develop and manage programs for the wider community.
“It facilitates local exchanges with digitally-connected schools, galleries, museums, hospitals, aged-care centres and other public facilities.”
Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson said the funding would help make art more accessible in regional NSW.
Tamworth Regional Council will receive $58,500 for the TRANSMIT project while a further $52,805 will fund the Barraba Museum Revitalisation Project.
“TRANSMIT supports access to the arts in regional Australia, the principle priority of the gallery since it opened nearly 100 years ago,” he said.
“TRANSMIT will be launched on the gallery's centenary, June 1, 2019.
“The revitalisation of the Barraba Museum will provide essential upgrades to the museum buildings to better support site activation, place making and access to the museum and its collection.”
The windfall was delivered from the first round of the NSW government’s $100 million Regional Cultural Fund.
“This fund is all about building on the rich arts and culture offering and enhancing it – not only for those living in our regional towns, but for those who’ll flock to those towns as visitors, keen for a unique arts and cultural experience,” he said. Applications for the next round of funding will open soon.