Ms Duffy’s artwork will be included in the foyer, and will be unveiled at Town Hall opening celebrations in December this year.
After successfully obtaining a Regional NSW Community Grant from the Deputy Premier Paul Toole for the art project, council and the Deniliquin Town Hall Advisory Committee commenced an expression of interest process last month.
Mayor Peta Betts said selectors had a tough task ahead of them.
“We received so many strong applications and each artist offered something unique and different,” Cr Betts said.
“In the end, Josephine’s application best met the selection criteria, and we’re thrilled to commission her for the work.”
Born and raised in the farming and bushland environs of Deniliquin, Ms Duffy has practised as an artist for more than four decades.
She has exhibited her work locally, regionally and internationally.
She maintains her connection to rural and remote communities by creating art about the Southern Riverina, through vital local community projects that foster the skills and knowledge of rural people, seeking to promote indigenous knowledge holders and build cultural networks.
“I am incredibly honoured to be selected from the very strong field of regional artists to create a feature artwork,” Ms Duffy said.
“I’m really looking forward to this special commission, which will express the making of our place along the river,.
“Given the historic nature of the Town Hall and its central placement amongst other significant civic buildings in the heritage zone, my proposed artwork intends to narrate four aspects of Deniliquin's placemaking story.”
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