Creative project continues with colourful procession and exhibition

What: Longford the horse to lead procession to ARTscape exhibition

When: Sunday, 10 July

Times: 12.30pm for 12.45pm departure (Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Corner Denham Street and Flinders Mall)
1pm arrival: (Studio2, 486-488 Flinders Street)
2pm: art exhibition launched (Studio2)

Don your best cowboy hat and boot scoot along to the Longford procession this Sunday (10 July)!

Longford (pictured) was created by Spinal Injuries Association member Tom Greer and local artist and Studio2 gallery resident sculptor Sue Tilley for the organisation’s inaugural ARTscape event in May.

Since the event the horse has been resting at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, where he added extra horsepower to the launch of the V8s racing event!

On Sunday he will be led by a team of Association members and supporters to Studio2 where he will again pull up stumps for the next month. Studio2 will also house other pieces of art from the ARTscape event.

This procession and art exhibition are free community events, with guests encouraged to wear cowboy boots and jeans as a nod to the namesake of Longford – the property where Tom lived and worked as a stockman prior to sustaining quadriplegia in a road accident several years ago.

Spinal Injuries Association North Queensland Manager Cathy Lengyel said the procession was sure to be a lot of fun and encouraged locals to join the event and see for themselves the impressive size and structure of the sculpture.

“It is also an opportunity to view many of the other collaborative works by local artists and people with a spinal injury involved in the ARTscape event. Their creativity is inspiring to all,” she said.

Studio2 is open from 9am-4.30pm Monday to Friday, and 9am-12pm Saturday and Sunday.

Issued 6 July.