8 new public artworks on the GreenWay
The GreenWay Public Art program has curated eight new public artworks which transform this urban green corridor into a place that inspires visitors and residents to encounter cultural heritage and contemporary life, express deeper connection to place, engage with local stories, diverse communities, and natural ecosystems. The artworks explore themes of, and collaborate with, the natural environment, local rail history and native flora and fauna.
TreeCycle by Graham Chalcroft has a strong urbane quality, utilising the combination of a highly engineered structure which forms the artist’s interpretation of recreating a “tree” with recycled bicycle parts forming the tree canopy. Graham describes TreeCycle as "a fun, iconic and consolidated form which encapsulates the essence of the GreenWay in a singular powerful statement".
- Site: Canal Road, Lilyfield (beside the City West Link)
- Artist: Graham Chalcroft
This spectacular mosaic at Lords Road - Hawthorne Canal tunnel has been created with many thousands of volunteer hours and a phenomenal number of small pieces. The story of the project is told in a short video by Katherine Buskariol. Officially opened in August 2011, the work was coordinated by Nola Diamantopoulos of the Studio of Spontaneous Creativity. The Lords Road Mural project was a joint initiative between Leichhardt Council, Rail Corps and Kegworth Public School.
During 2006-2007 children from Kegworth Public School and volunteers from the Inner West Environment Group (IWEG) painted murals on the facades of the Lords Road tunnel under the rail corridor. These murals have now been decommissioned and are due for removal in early 2026.
The Gadigal Wangal Wayfinding project describes components of Aboriginal history using visual means, and through these beautiful artworks we celebrate the continuing presence of Aboriginal people within the inner west. These award winning works add to the wider public art collection and represent features and histories of Gadigal Wangal Lands, deepening our connection to place, and enriching our knowledge of a pre- and post-colonised inner west.
More information and a video about the mural in Gadigal Reserve can be found here.
The Art Prize was established in 2010 to capture the essence of the Greenway through visual art and to celebrate the vibrancy, creativity and community spirit of the Inner West.
This is a national prize, open to all artists submitting work within the terms of the prize.
The GreenWay Street Libraries Project has been jointly commissioned by Inner West Council and The GreenWay Program.
The project invited submissions by artists with a sculptural focus to propose designs to embellish the street library structures.
The locations for the street libraries are as follows:
- Café Bones, Hawthorne Canal Reserve (near Hawthorne light rail stop)
- Johnson Park, Dulwich Hill (near Arlington light rail stop)