A series of new environmentally-inspired arts events, including short films, concerts, exhibitions and workshops will be held around Phillip Island and Bass Coast.

The event program, called For Our Future, will be launched on November 5 at the Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Bass Coast Shire Mayor Michael Whelan.

Phillip Island Conservation Society (PICS) president Jeff Nottle said the eco arts program was supported by a $50,000 grant from the shire as well as PICS funding.

“For Our Future is designed to inspire environmental stewardship in community, deepening a sense of connection with each other and the living world,” Jeff said.

He said artists, musicians, conservationists and First Nation cultural educators would create performances, workshops, concerts, exhibitions, an international print exchange and conservation walks and talks.

The program will be around four projects: Country is Listening, Living Water Ways, Ocean Messages and an Eco Arts Community Celebration at the new Cowes Cultural and Community Centre.

“Four short films will be produced, documenting each of the projects,” Jeff said.

For Our Future has been developed by PICS arts working group including Laura Brearley, Anne Davie, Jeff Nottle and Michelle Maes and builds on other similar projects in Bass Coast in the last decade, including the Shearwater Festival, the intercultural arts program in the Island Whale Festival and the Coastal Connections project.

Details: Laura Brearley, Eco Art Culture Hub (TEACH): laura.brearley@tlc21.com.au