All weekend this Noosa Hinterland village will be buzzing with a creative, colourful and welcoming vibe that is the annual Tall Trees Art Exhibition on 21 and 22 September.
A total of 12 venues will showcase a great variety of artworks from Sunshine Coast and Noosa Hinterland artists, starting at the Lazy Fox cafe at the southern end of King Street to the Common Space just past the Brewery.
The transformation of the historic Cooran Hall into a well curated gallery is always something to behold.
There will be something for everyone besides the great artwork, from kids art workshops, to live music along the street, a mini art market in Pioneer Park, guided heritage town walk, and a poetry slam at the Cooran Brewery.
The event will officially open at 10am on Saturday morning with a Welcome to Country in the Cooran Hall. Venues will be open from 10am until 3pm – some may stay open later, with the Cooran Hall open through to 8pm on the Saturday night.
The Saturday evening get together inside the hall will start at 5pm with some great food for sale, a licensed bar with tables and seating outside at the rear of the hall. There will be live entertainment in the hall with art and light projection and kids activities in nearby Pioneer Park.
Sunday will see venues again open at 10am and close at 3pm when there will be a closing event at the Hall, where a number of prizes and awards will be announced to some lucky artists including the People’s Choice award which has a cash prize this year of $250 and the public will be able to enter their photos of the event in the Bendigo Community Bank Cooroy Photographic Competition, via Instagram, for some great cash prizes.
Tall Trees Art spokesperson Wendy Birrell, who bring this event to the community, said, “We have some fabulous supporters this year including our major sponsors the Bendigo Bank, Noosa Council and the Cooroy RSL through their very generous community grant programs.”
“The return of our much loved event in 2023 was a triumph and this year’s event is shaping up to be just as successful with the artist entries rolling in and our program almost finalised, the event is shaping up well, with a few new additions to the program and more cash prizes and awards to encourage artists to enter.”
Entries are now open for artists to enter up to three artworks and will close on Monday 2 September and is open to all artists living in the Noosa and Sunshine Coast area. For further details visit talltreesart.com
