A SILENT auction of Wimmera artwork will help ensure residents with a disability have access to art programs.
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The Art Matters – Collective Swab exhibition was the first in a series of projects designed to offer people with disabilities a chance to show their artistic skills.
The exhibition ran as part of Horsham’s Art is… festival this month.
A silent auction was part of the project, with residents able to buy the artworks in the exhibition.
The money raised is invested back into the project.
Horsham Rural City Council’s cultural development officer Jillian Pearce said the auction closed on Friday, and raised $2245.
She said successful bidders would be directly notified by Thursday and could collect their artwork by the end of June.
Ms Pearce worked on Art Matters with visual artist Anthony Pelchen, dance instructor Amy Anselmi, and video-graphic artist David Bowe, and groups of students.
A regular group of 15 artists met each Monday in Horsham to create the nine swabs in the exhibition.
People from Cooinda at Nhill, Woodbine at Warracknabeal and Grahams Bridge Road in Horsham were also involved.
The Horsham Rural City Council project received funding through the Regional Arts Fund; a federal government initiative that Regional Arts Victoria runs.