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Exhibition at The Gallery is crowned 2024 Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award Winner
12/03/2024
A Fringe exhibition now on at the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters’ dedicated arts and culture space, The Gallery, has been named a 2024 Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award Winner.
The exhibition, If fabrics could speak, was created by artist Catherine Fitz-Gerald and is inspired by the community's memories of fabrics.
Through digital storytelling and a series of still-life images, 30 voices aged six to 91, share how the fabric pieces evoke memories of special moments in time.
The Adelaide Fringe awards are given to acknowledge outstanding events presented within the Adelaide Fringe program, judged by a panel of arts industry leaders and arts lovers.
The exhibition has also been highlighted for its accessibility, with Ms Fitz-Gerald and the Adelaide Fringe Fund working together to show how The Gallery, at St Peters Hall - which is a State Heritage Listed building - could be transform into an accessible space without excessive cost.
The exhibition features the following accessibility provisions:
• daytime shows;
• audio descriptions;
• Auslan interpreter (at the opening night and one exhibition);
• relaxed artist talks (every Saturday during Fringe);
• guided tactile tours;
• suitable for audiences who have English as a second language; and
• room to manoeuvre roller and wheelchairs.
Mayor Robert Bria said he hoped providing greater accessibility would encourage more visitors to The Gallery.
“Congratulations to Catherine Fitz-Gerald on this fantastic achievement. The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a City that loves art, culture and entertainment and we are once again home to a variety of performances during the Fringe Festival,” he said.
“Make sure you keep an eye on the Fringe Guide and the Council’s website, so you don’t miss out on seeing the Fringe in Adelaide’s East.”
To find out more, visit: Adelaide Fringe in NPSP
Have your Say on traffic management devices to be installed in Marden and Royston Park
16/02/2024
Following community consultation in relation to traffic and safety concerns, the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is proposing to install traffic management devices in Marden and Royston Park.
The devices were requested by the community following an extensive consultation process in which the Council received more than 400 responses.
A majority of the respondents were in support of traffic management devices in order to address safety concerns.
Mayor Robert Bria said the feedback identified that road closures were not supported by the majority of the respondents, instead, slow points and landscaped islands were supported.
“It is important to understand that traffic management devices strategically work together in a network which means each device relies on each other to have effect,” Mayor Bria said.
“These traffic management devices aim to reduce traffic speed, discourage non-local through traffic, improve walking and cycling amenity and increase landscaping opportunities.”
The Council is now at the stage of installing these devices and the community is invited to review the proposed traffic management designs in Marden and Royston Park (between Lower Portrush Road and Battams Road) and provide comments by Friday, 15 March 2024.
To see detailed concept plans of each traffic management devices in Marden & Royston Park, please visit the Council’s website and/or come along to the Community Drop-in Session.
Location: Payneham Community Centre, 374 Payneham Road, Payneham
Date: Wednesday, 6 March, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Or complete an online survey and provide your comments by Friday, 15 March 2024.
To find out more visit our website: Community Consultation
Get ready to nominate your favourite business in Adelaide’s East!
13/02/2024
The Eastside Business Awards are back for 2024 and this year the Council is introducing a Legends Category!
To find out more about how your business can be raised to legendary status, how to nominate and what the Awards are all about, click here: Eastside Business Awards
Read more: Media Release
NPSP considers Local Government reforms – including changing timing of elections
06/02/2024
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters has considered a range of Local Government reforms as part of its submission to the Local Government Participation and Elections Review.
At its meeting last night, the Council discussed the timing of Council elections. Local Government elections are held every four years, in November, and in the same year as State Government elections. Mayor Robert Bria, who has previously called for a change to the timing of Local Government elections, said the change was an easy one to make and would end the chances of South Australians having Federal, State and Local Government elections in the same year, as was the case in 2010 and 2022.
To read about the rest of the reforms that were discussed visit: Media Release
City of NPSP endorses Art & Culture Plan in its first meeting of 2024
23/01/2024
The Council’s inaugural Arts & Culture Plan, which will guide the Council’s arts and culture initiatives and service delivery, aims to spark new collaborations to create distinct experiences that can be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters.
To find out more, including the key actions and strategies in the Plan: Arts & Culture Plan 2024-2027
Or see: Media Release