Jan Ireland of Bermagui is a recipient of the Bega Valley Shire Community Service Medallions for 2015.
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Ms Ireland is the founder and event manager of Sculpture on the Edge, a not for profit event run by volunteers on a small budget in Bermagui.
This is a free, accessible and inclusive annual competition and exhibition that, as well as the sculpture, also includes a symposium, community picnic and Fire Festival, U3A tours and workshops for school.
In 2014, some 8600 visitors enjoyed the Sculpture on the Edge exhibitions – on the headland, at Horseshoe Bay and in the community hall - and Bega Valley Shire Council acknowledged the importance of the event to the shire with a three-year acquisition prize.
Ms Ireland has called on her many talents and professional experience as a librarian, archivist, researcher, historian and advisor for architects and interior designs to benefit Bermagui over the past 12 years.
She was a member of the Bermagui Seaside Fair for five years, organising arts and crafts exhibitions, pet pageant, Blessing of the Fleet, a sandcastle competition and a sculpture competition.
She also served on the Bermagui Area Committee and was a member of council’s Social and Cultural Planning Committee.
Her other services to council include the Bermagui Heritage Study, the Bermagui Historical Society the Bermagui Public Fair and the Bermagui Youth Week Living Artists Committee.
She curated the South East Regional Conservation Alliance photography exhibition promoting local artists at the Bermagui Fishermen’s Wharf for three months in 2013, has been a judge at the Kings Cross Photographic Prize and the Festival of the Face in Bega in 2014.