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Silo Art Trail Visitor Map Silo Town Patchewollock — Federation Street 10km N Attraction Petrol Station To Mildura Kernot St Yenolom St Federation St Patchewollock Lake Patchewollock-Sea Lake Rd Patchewollock Tyrrell Sunraysia Hwy Trail Lascelles — Silo Road Sunraysia Hwy Hopetoun-Walpeup Rd Snowdrift Mallee St Sand Dunes Lascelles Kaff-eine & Friends Lascelles Silo Rd Birchip-Sea Lake Rd Boree St Animal Mural Silo Lascelles Hopetoun-Sea Lake Rd The Stockman’s Hut Gallery Wyperfeld Hopetoun Bowling Club Henty Hwy National Park Woomelang Rosebery — Henty Highway Hopetoun Hopetoun-Sea Sirum (vs Venom) Mural Lake Rd Henty Hwy Sunraysia Hwy Yaapteet Hopetoun-Rainbow Rd Rosebery E Rd Rosebery Rosebery Birchip-Rainbow Rd Art Kaff-eine Horse Mural Beulah Henty Hwy About To South Australia To Bendigo Brim — Henty Highway The Silo Art Trail is Australia’s largest outdoor gallery. Brim The trail stretches over 200 kilometres, linking Brim, Swann St Henty Hwy Lascelles, Patchewollock, Rosebery, Rupanyup and Sheep Hills. King St Warracknabeal-Birchip Rd Providing an insight into the true spirit of the Wimmera Mallee, the trail recognises and celebrates the region’s people through a series of large-scale Paine St mural portraits painted onto grain silos, many of Brim which date back to the 1930s. Warracknabeal Borung Hwy Lake The project saw a team of renowned artists from Stawell-Warracknabeal Rd Buloke Australia and across the world visit the region, meet the locals and transform each grain silo into an epic work of art; each one telling a unique story about the host town. Sheep Hills Sheep Hills — Sheep Hills-Minyip Road Donald-Murtoa Rd The Silo Art Trail was conceived in 2016 after the Borung Hwy Sheep Hills - success of the first silo artwork in Brim. What started as a small community project by the Brim Active Community Group, GrainCorp, Juddy Roller and artist, Warracknabeal Rd Guido van Helten resulted in widespread international Stawell-Warracknabeal Rd Sheep Hills-Minyip Rd media attention and an influx of visitors to the region Minyip Sheep Hills and the idea for a trail was born. The Silo Art Trail was created as a partnership Horsham-Minyip Rd between Yarriambiack Shire Council, international street art agency Juddy Roller, Victorian Government, Commercial Hotel Australian Government and GrainCorp, who donated Henty Hwy Rupanyup the silos as canvases for the artists’ work. Details — Murtoa Rupanyup www.siloarttrail.com Rupanyup — Gibson Street [email protected] Georgia Goodie Artworks Warracknabeal Rd Warracknabeal Stawell- Follow — Facebook: @siloarttrail Instagram: @siloarttrail Horsham Gibson St Western Hwy Rupanyup Curated by Juddy Roller Supported by Yarriambiack Shire Council Cromie St Hwy/ Wimmera Stewart St Brought to you by To Melbourne Rupanyup Sheep Hills Brim Rosebery Lascelles Patchewollock To Grampians & Ballarat 35km 36.5km 27.9km 39.9km 50.6km 8244_Silo_ArtTrail_Brochure_FA_270218.indd 1 27/2/18 4:04 pm Patchewollock, Fintan Magee Lascelles, Rone Rosebery, Kaffeine Bringing the Trail to Life Patchewollock Lascelles To prepare for his Patchewollock mural, Brisbane In order to capture the true essence of Lascelles, Before commencing work in Rosebery, Melbourne artist, Fintan Magee booked a room at the local Melbourne-based artist, Rone knew that he had artist, Kaff-eine spent time in the Mallee assisting pub to immerse himself in the community and get to learn about the town from those who were fellow artist Rone on his Lascelles silo project. to know its people. When he met local sheep and deeply connected to it. Here, he depicts local During this time, Kaff-eine travelled to neighbouring grain farmer, Nick “Noodle” Hulland, Magee knew farming couple Geoff and Merrilyn Horman, part towns, discovering the natural environment and he had found his muse. of a family that has lived and farmed in the area acquainting herself with local business owners, for four generations. families, farmers and children — all with the view Why Hulland? According to Magee, the rugged, to developing a concept for these GrainCorp silos lanky local exemplified the no-nonsense, Rone says that he wanted the mural to portray which date back to 1939. hardworking spirit of the region. Perhaps more his subjects as wise and knowing, nurturing the importantly though, Noodle had just the right town’s future with their vast farming experience Completed in late 2017, Kaff-eine’s artwork depicts height and leanness to neatly fit onto the narrow, and longstanding connection to the area. themes that she says embody the region’s past, 35-metre-high canvas of the twin 1939-built present and future. GrainCorp silos. In mid 2017 Rone worked for two weeks to transform the two 1939-built GrainCorp silos. He went to great The silo on the left captures the grit, tenacity and Completed in late 2016, the artist’s depiction of lengths to paint in the silo’s existing raw concrete character of the region’s young female farmers, Rosebery Brim the famously reserved Hulland portrays an image tones to produce a work that would integrate who regularly face drought, fires and other hardships of the archetypal Aussie farmer — faded blue sensitively into its environment. Utilising this muted living and working in the Mallee. In her work shirt, “flanny” (flannelette shirt) and all. Hulland’s solemn monochrome palette, he added water to his paint jeans and turned-down cowboy boots, the strong expression, sun-bleached hair and squinting gaze as a blending tool to produce a ghostly, transparent young female sheep farmer symbolises the future. speak to the harshness of the environment and the effect — a signature of his distinctive painting style. challenges of life in the Wimmera Mallee. The silo on the right portrays a quiet moment between dear friends. The contemporary horseman appears in Akubra hat, Bogs boots and oilskin vest — common attire for Mallee farmers. Both man and horse are relaxed and facing downward, indicating their mutual trust, love and genuine connection. Artist Info — Artist Info — Artist Info — Instagram: @fintan_magee Instagram: @r_o_n_e Instagram: @kaffeinepaints www.fintanmagee.com www.r-o-n-e.com www.kaff-eine.com Sheep Hills Rupanyup Brim, Guido van Helten Sheep Hills, Adnate Rupanyup, Julia Volchkova Other Attractions Georgia Goodie Artworks As a side project of the Silo Art Trail, Melbourne street artist Georgia Goodie painted two murals in Rupanyup, each one depicting fire fighters. The first mural is at a house in Dyer Street that was damaged by fire in September 2016, while the other adorns the town’s old shire office building. Old shire office building, 59 Cromie St, Rupanyup Damaged house, 85 Cromie St, Rupanyup See more Goodie artwork at: Hopetoun Bowling Club Commercial Hotel Rupanyup Guido van Helten’s iconic Brim mural was the first Throughout his career, Melbourne-based artist, Rupanyup’s silo art is the work of Russian mural silo artwork to appear in Victoria, and soon infused Adnate has used his work to tell the stories of artist, Julia Volchkova, who turned her attention Kaff-eine & Friends Animal Mural the town’s community with newfound energy and Indigenous people and their native lands, to the town’s youth and their great love of team Created by Melbourne artist, Kaff-eine and a willing optimism. After gaining widespread local and particularly the stories of Aboriginal Australians. sport. The work vividly captures the spirit of group of local kids and adults, the 45-metre-long international attention, Brim’s silo art success shone In 2016, Adnate developed a friendship with the community and provides an accurate insight mural at Wagon Inn Cabins in Lascelles features a a spotlight on the Wimmera Mallee region and Barengi Gadjin Land Council in north-west Victoria into rural youth culture. colourful selection of farmyard, native and imaginary inspired the establishment of the Silo Art Trail. and found his inspiration for this mural. animals. The colour-by-numbers creation was The featured faces are those of Rupanyup residents designed by Kaff-eine, with approximately 100 Completed in early 2016, with limited financial GrainCorp’s Sheep Hills silos were built in 1938. and local sporting team members, Ebony Baker Wimmera Mallee locals helping to bring the piece resources, van Helten’s mural depicts an Adnate’s depiction of Wergaia Elder, Uncle Ron and Jordan Weidemann. Fresh-faced and dressed to life. anonymous, multi-generational quartet of female Marks, and Wotjobaluk Elder, Aunty Regina Hood, in their sports attire (netball and Australian Rules and male farmers. Rendered across these four alongside two young children, Savannah Marks football, respectively), Baker and Weidemann Wagon Inn Cabins, 10 Wychunga St, Lascelles 1939-built GrainCorp silos, van Helten’s subjects and Curtly McDonald celebrates the richness of embody a youthful spirit of strength, hope and bear expressions that exemplify the strength the area’s Indigenous culture. camaraderie. Kaff-eine Horse Mural and resilience of the local farming community. Kaff-eine’s mural features two Arabian horses taking The night sky represents elements of local Rendered onto a squat pair of conjoined Australian flight. A common theme in her work, horses play By rendering the figures as both central and dreaming and the overall image signifies the Grain Export steel grain silos, the delicately nuanced an important role in Mallee farm life. Inspired by peripheral, present and absent, the work important exchange of wisdom, knowledge and monochromatic work is typical of Volchkova’s realist Bedouin desert legend, the mural also honours explores shifting notions of community identity customs from Elders to the next generation. portraiture style. the Afghan cameleers who worked in the Mallee at a time when rural populations face both from the 1920s. immense economic pressure and the tangible Adnate spent four weeks with the community in Accomplished over several weeks and unveiled in consequences of climate change.

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