DEFINE Stage - Community Co-design Survey
As we move into the DEFINE Stage of the Esperance Sculpture Trail, we will be working alongside the Esperance community to co-design a Public Art Strategy for the project as well as inform the projects Artist Briefs.
In August 2025, the Esperance community was invited to attend a series of community workshops to inform the next stages of this exciting project. This survey is for those who could not make it to the sessions in person. Feedback from these facilitated sessions and this survey will inform the Public Art Strategy, Artistic Brief(s), and artworks themselves through a co-designed approach.
These 2 hour facilitated workshops explored community aspirations for the Esperance Sculpture Trail project further in the following ways – notably in the following 3 areas:
- Scale – what is the community’s aspiration as to the scale and prestige of this project? Is the intention for this project to deliver globally significant public art outcomes, or would the community prefer something lower-key and more regionally focused?
- Locations – does the community have any specific ideas regarding locations for the trail artworks? How big should the trail be? If large, is it intended the trail is travelled by vehicle?
- Artists – who should have the opportunity to be part of this project? Should the artists be local/national/international? Should the artists be Wudjari people exclusively, or should there be a quota for Wudjari artists as part of the project? If artists are not from the local area, what is the role of local artists in the project?