As a councillor, one of the committees I chair is the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Advisory Committee.
RADF is delivered as a partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and council, and promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions.
A very exciting project called the Keys of Mackay was launched recently. It was created and delivered by Whitsunday Anglican School student Clancy Morgan and her inspiration grew out of a simple trip to the Incredable Tip Shop where Clancy noticed a piano that had seen better days. It made her think about how lovely it would be to have a piano located somewhere in Mackay for the community to enjoy.
From there, Clancy’s vision to have a community-owned piano started and she received a small grant from RADF, which paid for a disused piano from the MECC to be professionally tuned, painted by a local artist, and she was able to purchase a trolley to assist with transporting it safely.
I had the honour of meeting Clancy at the official launch, and it was very evident that this amazing young lady loves and cares about her community, hence the desire to create a piece of art that reflects our community and can be transported anywhere in our region.
The piano is presently located in Wood Street with The Coffee Club and Coco Cubano kindly agreeing to bring it out onto the street each morning and put it away at night.
If you would like to have the piano come to your part of the world, please get in touch with council’s Arts Development officer, Lara Russell.
There is also another very exciting reason to visit the City Centre over the next few months.
Following the success of the City Heart Fridays events, council is organising a special City Heart Christmas event on Friday, December 2, from 4pm to 7pm in Fifth Lane. City Centre businesses will be open for late night shopping and there will be art exhibitions, roving performers and a special visit from Santa.
Cr Fran Mann
Mackay Regional Council
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