Splashing Back

Chelle McIntyre, Anderson's Carpets (detail)
PROJECT OVERVIEW

Splashing Back is a community arts project that responded to the 2011 flash flooding which occurred in Toowoomba’s CBD.

Ten local Artists produced individualised, prefabricated mosaic panels to be attached to the exterior of buildings which were inundated in Toowoomba’s floods.

Splashing Back: Memories in the Mosaic, project documentation video
MICROSITE

splashingback.info

AWARDS

National Street Art Awards 2020
Finalist – Best Art Trail
Finalist – Best Monument or Memorial

PROJECT DATE

2013

MOSAICS
Chelle McIntyre, Anderson’s Carpets.
Christine Brassington, Schofield Street.
Des Verden, Non-Stop Coffee
Helen La Rosa, Treg Smith Auto
Jennifer Wright, HTRS
Kim Besley Scott, Picnic Point
Maria Richardson, Lifeline
Mary-Kate Thomson, The Spotted Cow
Christian Low, McNabs
Naomi Hatt, TAFE
Finished mosaics in situ.
OUR ROLE
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Partnerships
  • Capacity Building
  • Project Management
  • Public Art
Interview with Derek Tuffield | Lifeline Emporium, project process video
WORKSHOP

The world tends towards chaos. The mosaics are putting together pieces that were torn apart so drastically on that day.

Jennifer Wright Summers
Splashing Back artist
LISTEN: ABC Radio | Artist Jennifer Wright Summers talks about Splashing Back
  • Des helps with the install.
  • Kim with Picnic Point Toowoomba Managers
  • Mary Kate with Spotted Cow Hotel owner
  • Helen with Mentor Denise Chard
  • Maria with Life Line Managers
  • Jennifer with the owners of DRTV
  • Christian Low at McNab Constructions
  • Christine with Jocelyn Mercer
  • Chelle keeps dry on installation day
  • Naomi Hatt at TAFE with her mosaic

The mosaic art work has attracted tourists and visitors to our shop and remains a constant reminder of the major flooding that occurred.

Derek Tuffield, CEO | Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland
MAP
Splashing Back Map
Locations of mosaic panels
MEDIA

The Chronicle | Arts Council’s post floods art trail nationally recognised

The Chronicle | Toowoomba CBD mosaic art trail returns ahead of 10th anniversary of Queensland Floods

ABC Local | Toowoomba artists splash back after flood

The Chronicle (insert)

Media Release | Toowoomba Visitor Centre welcomes Splashing Back

Media Release November 2012 | Artists to Fabricate

Media Release 8 January 2013 |   Two years on, Arts Council Toowoomba remembers 2011 floods

FURTHER READING