Information Vegetation, Green Point, Brighton, Bayside, Melbourne
The Bayside Coastal Art trail covers seventeen kilometres along one of Melbourne's most picturesque coastlines.
The trail celebrate the lives and artwork of notable Australian artists who painted the Bayside coast in years past and maps an important part of the area's cultural heritage whilst enhancing the enjoyment for present day visitors to the coast.
There are now 90 signs along along the entire length of the Coastal Trail which has been expanded from simply prominent artworks to now comprise four complete elements: Art, History, Indigenous and Environment.
The prominent Art Trail element includes work by famous Heidelberg School founders Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin, completed during summer camps between 1886 and 1907. Many artists such as Arthur Boyd, Clarice Beckett, C.A. Wilson and Jesse Trail followed in the footsteps of Heidelberg School painters in painting en plein-air. The trail signs are located as close as possible to where the artists stood sometimes over one hundred years ago.
The Indigenous Trail comprises works of contemporary indigenous artists and is based on stories authored by Boon wurrung Elder, Carolyn Briggs. The Trail outlines the close relationship between the Boon wurrung culture and the coastal environment.
Bayside's rich coastal history (epitomised by the colourful Brighton Bathing Boxes) and the significant local flora and fauna are also prominent elements of the Bayside Coastal Trail
Information Vegetation, Green Point, Brighton, Bayside, Melbourne
The Bayside Coastal Art trail covers seventeen kilometres along one of Melbourne's most picturesque coastlines.
The trail celebrate the lives and artwork of notable Australian artists who painted the Bayside coast in years past and maps an important part of the area's cultural heritage whilst enhancing the enjoyment for present day visitors to the coast.
There are now 90 signs along along the entire length of the Coastal Trail which has been expanded from simply prominent artworks to now comprise four complete elements: Art, History, Indigenous and Environment.
The prominent Art Trail element includes work by famous Heidelberg School founders Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin, completed during summer camps between 1886 and 1907. Many artists such as Arthur Boyd, Clarice Beckett, C.A. Wilson and Jesse Trail followed in the footsteps of Heidelberg School painters in painting en plein-air. The trail signs are located as close as possible to where the artists stood sometimes over one hundred years ago.
The Indigenous Trail comprises works of contemporary indigenous artists and is based on stories authored by Boon wurrung Elder, Carolyn Briggs. The Trail outlines the close relationship between the Boon wurrung culture and the coastal environment.
Bayside's rich coastal history (epitomised by the colourful Brighton Bathing Boxes) and the significant local flora and fauna are also prominent elements of the Bayside Coastal Trail