Canberrans are encouraged to get out and see Ginninderry’s innovative GX Art Trail before it packs up on 12 December after more than two years of delighting visitors and residents.
Since September 2019, the marvellously integrated arts installation program has seen 50 locally made Canberra artworks decorate 15 display homes throughout Ginninderry’s GX display village.
Dubbed ‘the gallery that’s not a gallery’, the concept behind the program is to lead viewers on a journey between display homes as they tour the village, simultaneously taking in Ginninderry’s public art and natural spaces.
Ginninderry Arts Advisor, Tom Gray, said the GX Art Trail both showcases local artists while highlighting the relationship between the development and Canberra’s arts community more broadly.
“We have the opportunity to bring together these artists and show them together in a different way,” he said.
“We also want to demonstrate that the home can be a place for interesting, original, contemporary art.”
Ginninderry’s strong ties to Canberra’s arts community exists through their many public art initiatives and their longstanding involvement with neighbouring Strathnairn Arts Association.
“It aligns with Ginninderry’s vision as a community that has depth and that engagement with the arts,” Mr Gray said.
The artworks on display include paintings, digital prints, photography ceramics, and sculpture from local artists such as Jenny Blake, Valentyna Crane, Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello, and Paul Summerfield.
A key objective of the GX Art Trail has been to make the experience as valuable as possible for the artists. This has been accomplished through the sale of over $19,000 worth of art during the two years of the program.
QR codes and labels clearly identifying the artists at each turn help prospective buyers pick out their favourite works.
“We think that’s a key priority because these artists really need that aspect of exhibiting, to bring sales through and to showcase their works as well,” Mr Gray said.
“They’ve contributed so much in terms of providing their artworks in these houses.”
The GX Art Trail features works at a range of price points – from modestly priced artworks at $200 through to larger pieces priced at $3,600.
“This is an opportunity for people who might not necessarily put it on their itinerary to go to an art gallery,” Mr Gray said.
While you’re at Ginninderry, art lovers can also pop into The Link Art Space where the Trailhead exhibition features other works by many of the artists involved in the GX Arts Trail.
The exhibition celebrates both the idea of the GX Arts Trail and the newly minted walking trail from The Link to Shepherds Lookout, also accessible via Stockdill Drive.
The GX Art Trail at Ginninderry is on show every Friday to Sunday until 12 December; visit ginninderry.com for more information.
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