News

15-02-2024

TM ARTS PRECINCT LAUNCH DRAWS GREAT INTEREST

A hundred-plus guests attended the public launch and presentation of the Tamborine Mountain Arts Precinct on Sunday, 11 Feb 2024 at Mason Wines, Tamborine Mountain.

The event was open to the public but bookings filled quickly.
People were keen to hear Glen Pittock, co-founder and industrial designer, who has completed projects for Scenic Rim Regional Council, and Ashley Tardy, chairperson and Senior Concept Artist, present their concept of a new project for a Creative Arts Precinct on Gallery Walk.
The intention is to raise public funds to purchase the Tamborine Mountain Vineyards & Winery, presently owned by SRRC Council, "to build a cultural haven".
Public donations will be 100% tax deductible.
The Winery was to be auctioned on 8 December 2023. Council voted unanimously to postpone the auction to allow the TMAP to form and register as a Not-For-Profit Association, and become a viable bidder.
The Association hopes to raise the funds needed to purchase the property before it returns to auction in May 2024.
They can then apply for government grants needed to develop the project.
Glen and Ashley talked of how they would like to see a walk-through precinct, from the proposed new council car park, which would provide the visitor with a range of artistic mediums on display and include a kitchen to provide refreshments.
Ashley would like to pay tribute to her late mother, Kate Tardy, who spent 17 years involved in arts and theatre on Tamborine Mountain prior to her passing in 2023.
Kate was a prolific painter, sang in the choir and was Vice President of the local Zamia Theatre where she produced five plays that she had written herself. Kate also enjoyed being a seamstress and designed and hand-stitched costumes for her performers.
Ashley says her mother's greatest satisfaction was the opportunity to change lives, working with children who saw theatre as an escape from personal problems.
Some of those same students were in attendance at ‘Mumma Kate's’ funeral and spoke of how their lives had been changed through theatre.
Ashley would like to establish an annual award, through the establishment of the Arts Precinct, as a final gift to honour the creativity of her mother.
Julie Wilkinson