TarraWarra Museum of Art

TarraWarra Museum of Art announces the launch of

The Locals

New Free Entry Program

Jane Scott, Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, (TWMA), is pleased to announce the launch of

The Locals, a free, new Friends of TWMA group in the Yarra Valley.

Members of the local community are invited to join The Locals, which provides free admission to TWMA, a free subscription to the bi-monthly TWMA newsletter and invitations to special events held at the museum throughout the year. Membership is for 12 months and is open to all locals in the surrounding area.

TarraWarra Museum of Art, opened in 2003, is Australia’s first significant publicly owned, privately funded art museum and a gift to the people of Australia from founders Eva Besen AO and Marc

Besen AO. TWMA is run as a not-for-profit trust with a charter to collect and display modern Australian art from the 1950s to the present day and into the future. The museum’s award winning building houses masterworks by iconic Australian artists, displayed in themed exhibitions which change with each season. TWMA leads the way as an outstanding example of Australian cultural philanthropy and the creation of The Locals group will further enhance the opportunity for those who live in the district to enjoy all it has to offer.

The Locals membership is offered to all residents from the towns in the area surrounding TarraWarra Museum of Art defined by the following postcodes:

3777 Healesville, Badger Creek, Chum Creek, Toolangi, TarraWarra

3775 Yarra Glen, Dixons Creek, Steels Creek Christmas Hills

3139 Wandin North, Seville, Launching Place, Woori Yallock

3770 Coldstream, Gruyere

3797 Yarra Junction, Don Valley

3799 Wesburn, Millgrove, Warburton Warburton East

3778 Narbethong

3779 Marysville

3763 Kinglake

3757 Kinglake West

Application for an individual or family membership can be made by visiting TarraWarra Museum of Art, completing a simple form and providing any form of official documentary proof of local residence.

“Connecting with the local community is very important for TWMA” says Jane Scott, newly appointed director of TWMA. Jane comes to TWMA following a long career in the museum and gallery sector, most recently as cultural attaché at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC. “Art can provide new ways of seeing the world, it’s a pleasure everyone should have a chance to experience. TWMA is one of the key cultural destinations of the Yarra Valley and we look forward to the local community enjoying the museum as much as the tourists do.”

For further information please contact Eliza Ordinans, TWMA Public Relations

Phone: (03) 5957 3100

Email: projects@twma.com.au