Media Releases

Mosman Council voted on Tuesday 12 November to declare a “climate emergency”, stating that climate change poses a serious risk to the people of Mosman and Australia, and should be treated as a national emergency.

The Festival of Mosman 2019 has ended on a pawfect note with thousands flocking to Sunday’s final highlight Pet’s Day Out, bringing to a close a range of council and community events which were staged over the 10-day period.

James McGrath (NSW) has won the 2019 Mosman Art Prize Viewers’ Choice Award with Flora cloud #1, an oil on canvas on board painting inspired by Baroque painting and architectural traditions.

Mosman Square and Village Green will come alive to a range of exotic tastes and aromas from international food and artisan stalls set under magical fairy lights for Mosman’s OctoberFeast Night Market on Thursday 24 October from 4.30 to 9.00pm.

Mosman’s biggest biennial community celebration, Festival of Mosman, returns this year with a record number of more than 60 events, hosted by Mosman Council and local organisations.

Mastering the art of living and ageing well is the subject of a challenging new exhibition, The Art of Ageing, which features a selection of photographs from a touring exhibition hosted at Mosman Seniors Centre.

Paul Kelleher has joined a roll call of art luminaries as the winner of this year’s $50,000 Mosman Art Prize for his work, The party is over.

Mosman’s Access and Mobility Committee has secured funding for new accessible toilets at Mosman Junction.

Visitors to Barry O’Keefe Library will be encouraged to rediscover or introduce themselves to the benefits of reading by stopping what they’re doing for an hour and picking up a book on Thursday, 19 September.

Mosman Council has awarded grants totalling $70,000 to 25 community organisations through its 2019/20 Community Grants program.