Hope for the future
Artist Guido van Helton took 200 spray cans plus normal paint and 6 weeks, to create these 30 metre high artworks.
Like many small towns in reginal Australa, Coonalpyn was adversely affected by the millennium drought and the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. Many services withdrew from the town and businesses closed their doors. The main street along the Dukes Highway, once a hive of activity lay, dormant except for a few remaining businesses. The community of Coonalpyn, supported by Coorong District Council embarked on a daring arts led regional recovery plan thus Creating Coonalpyn was born. Creating Coonalpyn is a model of regional renewal. Designed to activate spaces and reinvigorate the small rural community of Coonalpyn.
Hope for the future
Artist Guido van Helton took 200 spray cans plus normal paint and 6 weeks, to create these 30 metre high artworks.
Like many small towns in reginal Australa, Coonalpyn was adversely affected by the millennium drought and the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. Many services withdrew from the town and businesses closed their doors. The main street along the Dukes Highway, once a hive of activity lay, dormant except for a few remaining businesses. The community of Coonalpyn, supported by Coorong District Council embarked on a daring arts led regional recovery plan thus Creating Coonalpyn was born. Creating Coonalpyn is a model of regional renewal. Designed to activate spaces and reinvigorate the small rural community of Coonalpyn.