Art

The Kentish region is “Tasmania’s Outdoor Art Gallery’’, featuring Sheffield: Town of Murals, Railton: Town of Topiary, the humorous sculptures of the Wilmot Novelty Letterbox Trail, nature’s art in the spectacular scenery, and a myriad of working craft studios, galleries and events.

International Mural Fest is held in November each year when nine finalists from around the world converge on Mural Park in Sheffield for a week-long “paint off’’ to determine the winner, vying for $30,000 in prize money.

But you can engage with Tasmania’s Outdoor Art Gallery any time of the year, through the permanent murals, topiaries and letterbox sculptures, classes at the Working Art Space in Albert St Sheffield, Sheffield Art Gallery Pioneer Cres Sheffield, Click here:  Sheffield Art Gallery and Workshop  . Gallery Tasmania in Main Street Sheffield; and the Railton art hub that includes Railton Art & Craft in Foster St Railton. Then there’s the huge art exhibition at the Wilderness Gallery at the Cradle Mountain Hotel, Cradle Mountain and Roland Art Gallery at Roland, just south-west of Sheffield.

Mural Park, in Sheffield, hosts the nine finalist entries of the annual International Mural fest, for 12 months until the next event. The Park also hosts the International Wall of Fame, featuring the winning murals of past years, and even some murals painted by celebrities such as Aeson Chan, Viann Zhang Xin-yu and other Asian celebrities.  Click here for more information: http://muralfest.com.au/