The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Award winners were announced on the evening of 2 May 2008. Here you can browse all nominated and winning projects for 2008. To view photos from the Awards Evening, please visit EventPix.

Featured Winning Projects

  • Entrance to LibraryMuseum.

    LibraryMuseum

    Albury’s LibraryMuseum is a city landmark and community hub. Everyday around 800 people come to…

  • The 'Exploring Pompeii' exhibition on display at the International Grammar School, Sydney. The exhibition was developed with the awareness that there were few resources on Pompeian history in the public domain for school students.

    Exploring Pompeii

    Staff of the St George Regional Museum worked with Pompeian specialist, Jaye Pont, and long-term…

Featured Projects

  • This photo shows Senior Constable Ian West presenting a lecture on forensics and police procedures at crime scenes to a group of some 26 participants in the Crime Fiction workshop

    A Weekend of Crime.

    This project comprised three separate events presented by the Library on the 14th and 15th July 2007.…

  • Look Who's Talking participants Sam and Jenny Bailey, sports commentator Peter FitzSimons, national treasure Les Murray and crime writer Robert G Barrett.

    Look Who's Talking

    The Look Who’s Talking programme was established by Maitland City Library in 2007. It provides an…

Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Country Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW
Cultural Awards 2008 Winners Announced

Recent Blogs Feed (?)

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  1. September 01, 2008

    Beyond Social Inclusion: Towards Cultural Democracy - Interesting commentary and website from Scotland...

  2. May 29, 2008

    "Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury

  3. April 17, 2008

    "Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.