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Pop-Up EP City captures imaginations in Streaky Bay
Photo credits: Jayne Holland
A taste of Eyre Peninsula with amazing art, great food, wine and produce complete with music and stunning views….sensational on a Sunday in Streaky Bay!
A crowd of up to 1000 people relaxed in the sun, dipped their toes in the sand and engaged in creative and artistic expression at the annual Eyre Peninsula Farmer & Fishermens Market in Streaky Bay on Sunday 13 April.
Audiences gathered at Doctors Beach for a multi dimensional dose of community art as participants undertook the creative construction of a massive cardboard city in the Pop-Up EP City: Flash to the Future project…and all the while lunching on a sensory feast of all things EP. Art along with Eyre Peninsula’s local food, wine and produce were championed at the event through a wide variety of stalls by local and EP producers.
On market day several young people assisted highly regarded community cultural development artist Annalise Rees to construct a huge and colourful city to provide a glimpse of what people would like to see in a Streaky Bay city of the future.
The free Pop-Up EP City: Flash to the Future project was the culmination of six lead up 2 hour workshops attended by 94 eager participants ranging from 1 to 103 years in age.
Streaky Bay Tourism aimed to engage participants in sustained creative expression, wild imagination and inspired teamwork to create a community art installation with the visiting lead artist. The community art project culminated in a city that dazzled and enthralled with lots of shiny, twirly bits, unusual shapes and colours to capture and spellbind the market audience.
The festival atmosphere was kept vibrant with local musos’ Dave Dupree and Marni Gilmore performing. The crowd enthusiastically also encouraged young musicians Brock and Jett Kuschert who were guest performers on the day.
Streaky Bay Tourism acknowledges funding from Regional Arts Australia through Country Arts SA, the support of the EP Farmer & Fishermens Market and low priced accommodation from Streaky Bay Motel & Villas for the The Pop-Up EP City: Flash to the Future project. Workshop hosts were Streaky Bay Family Daycarers, the Streaky Bay Area School, Elmhaven Residence, the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and the Streaky Bay Foreshore Tourist Park.
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