Artists selected for the $105 million Moree Hospital Redevelopment
Multiple artists with connections to the Moree region have been selected to commission key artworks that will feature in the Moree Hospital Redevelopment, to create welcoming, culturally inclusive and supportive spaces throughout the new health facility.
As part of the NSW Government $105 million investment in the Moree Hospital Redevelopment, the new acute services building will feature four major artworks to complement the enhanced health facilities, providing comfort and support to patients, visitors and staff.
The new acute services building will house the emergency department, ambulance bay, birthing and inpatient unit, operating theatres, medical imaging, pathology, kiosk, back of house, and main entrance.
Arts in health experiences are an integral part of all NSW Health capital projects to reflect each region’s dynamic community and create a welcoming and supportive environment for patients, families and staff.
Moree local and proud Gomeroi woman, Kelly Girard Faiers has been commissioned to create an artwork which will feature on the façade of the hospital’s new main entry. Kelly continues to live and work in community as a NSW Ambulance Paramedic, while caring for her family and developing her artistic practice. Her creative journey has taken her across the globe, showcasing her work to diverse audiences and fostering meaningful collaborations, including with the cancer charity Love Your Sister.
Inside the new building, local Gomeroi artist, mum and grandmother, Mona Munro will work with local schools and the Bank Art Museum Moree (BAMM) and to create woven lanterns that will be displayed in the lobby area.
Landscape paintings by Moree-born artist Ray Firth, will be reproduced into large-scale wall graphics which will be installed throughout clinical areas, giving the hospital a distinct local identity.
Gomeroi Elder, Paula Duncan, and Dr Moj Habibi will collaborate with members of the Moree Arts Community Centre to create ceramic artworks that will be housed in a display in the reception area.
Aunty Paula has more than forty years of artistic practice, and her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her mentorship, cultural knowledge, and longstanding contribution to community will be reflected in the collaborative piece in a key public area of the new acute services building.
The project will also acquire an artwork by Aunty May Hinch from the Euraba Paper Company, an Indigenous artist group founded by nine senior Gomeroi women of the Toomelah and Boggabilla communities in NSW.
In addition to visual artworks, Desert Pea Media have worked with local Elders to record aural histories, ensuring the histories and voices of the Moree community are shared in the new space.
Over the coming months, the successful artists will create their artwork for inclusion in the new acute services hospital building which is due to be completed in 2027.
The selected artists were chosen through a culturally informed tender process, in consultation with staff,
the Moree Aboriginal Design Working Group and key stakeholders. The art commissions for the redevelopment form part of the hospital’s arts and culture strategy.
The Health and the Arts Framework 2024-2032 highlights the role of the arts in providing patients, staff
and communities with positive experiences within healthcare settings. The Framework recognises and
provides guidance for integrating the arts into our facilities and healthcare.
For more information about the Moree Hospital Redevelopment, please visit the project page.