Art trail

As part of the team’s commitment to leaving a legacy along Craigieburn Road, the project worked closely with local artists and the community to reimagine and reinvent public spaces through a legacy art trail.

With several key intersections being upgraded, the project team identified 15 locations and 30 traffic signal boxes that could be beautified with local artwork to form a uniquely local art trail.

As part of the Craigieburn Road Upgrade, we've upgraded several key intersections and subsequently installed several traffic light signal cabinets. These cabinets will be beautified with local artwork to form an art trail.

We're currently shortlisting applications from emerging and/or established local artists who expressed their interest in being a part of the Craigieburn Road art trail and who were interested in leaving a legacy for the community over years to come. Shortlisted applicants will be notified over the coming months, with successful artists being paid up to $1,000 per design selected.

We want the artwork to reflect the significance of Craigieburn to our community and we want artists to tell the story of what makes Craigieburn unique. The artwork will also celebrate one of the following sub-themes:

community
connection
travel
history
culture
diversity
environment
nature, or
sustainability.

We put a call out for submissions from local artists and received an incredible response, with key themes being connection, culture and environment.

An assessment panel reviewed all submissions and artwork, selecting 7 artists who then curated pieces that reflect the uniqueness of Craigieburn, while also paying tribute to the local flora and fauna.

In mid-December 2024, the Craigieburn Road Legacy Art Trail was officially unveiled by Minister Ros Spence, State Member for Kalkallo at a celebration with the artists and representatives from Major Road Projects Victoria, Department of Transport and Planning, Hume City Council and construction partner Fulton Hogan.

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The successful artists

Yvonne Bradford, Raghad Rihan Omar Rihan, Lisa Buckland, Kathleen Susannah Jessop, Will Elika, Alex Rivette and Ghassan Fatoohi.

Congratulations to each of these artists whose unique interpretations now stand as a permanent reflection of their local area, for all the community to enjoy.

The Craigieburn Road Upgrade art trail project will:

celebrate what is important to the Craigieburn community
add to Craigieburn’s sense of place and identity
provide artistic spaces free for the community to access and enjoy
invigorate Craigieburn’s public spaces.

Community members with a passion and interest in art have an opportunity to be part of the project by expressing their interest in submitting designs for the project.

Once the art trail is in place the community will be able to access and enjoy the trail, which celebrates the uniqueness of their local community.

The art trail also aims to benefit the community by reducing graffiti and vandalism on the cabinets.

Local artists will have an opportunity for their artwork to be displayed as part of the trail and be viewable by the 28,000 vehicles that use Craigieburn Road every day as well as pedestrians and cyclists who travel along the 14kms of paths built by the project.

Successful artists will also be paid a fee for their artwork.

Meet some of the artists and see their work in the video.

Timeline

The map below shows the location of each of the signal boxes.

Next steps

An assessment panel made up of representatives from Major Road Projects Victoria, Hume City Council and Department of Transport and Planning will shortlist artists and invite them to submit up to 3 artworks for consideration.

A final decision on the successful artworks will be made in October / November.

For more information about the art on each of the signal boxes and the associated artists, visit the Hume City Council website.

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Timeline

Next steps

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