Photo by: Brendan Cusick

Cowra Water Tank Art - New South Wales

Artist: Brightsiders, The Zookeeper & DRAPL

Location: Evans Street Cowra NSW

Video by: The Zookeeper Art

Photos by: Brendan Cusick

The Water Tanks in Cowra New South Whales were completed in Febuary 2023 by Artists Brightsiders, The Zookepper and DRAPL.

Following their amazing work on the Cowra Civic Centre and Lachlan Laneway, artists have now started work on the on the water reservoirs overlooking Evans Street in the Cowra Peace Precinct.

The talented artists responsible for painting the murals were The Zookeeper, Drapl and Steven Falco and Jordan Bruce from Brightsiders.

They were selected by Council following an expression of interest process last year.

They completed the huge murals on the sides of the Cowra Civic Centre and Silly Sollys (formerly Target) last year.

Following several meetings of Cowra’s Public Art Panel to consider designs, it was decided in consultation with the local Indigenous community that an Indigenous theme would feature for one tank, with the artists meeting and photographing a number of local Indigenous youth to inform their work.

The second tank is theme associated with the POW camp showing the history of the town. The POW Camp was constructed between 1941 and 1944 and is located within the Peace Precinct. It has also been discovered that 1 family from Cowra sacrificed four men in this conflict, the biggest cohort of loss for any Cowra family. The Coe's family are a First Nations Family and sill reside in Cowra

 The murals and water tank art are funded under the state government’s Public Spaces Legacy Program, which will enhance public spaces across the shire.

Article Credit The Cowra Phoenix