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MARY POPPINS TO GET A 100th BIRTHDAY GIFT IN THE PLACE SHE FIRST TOOK FLIGHT Australian town releases plans to build her the tribute statue that New York was meant to, but never did. Bowral NSW Australia: 18 July 2010 An Australian country town where the events took place around 100 years ago that sparked the creation of the famous fictional nanny Mary Poppins has announced plans to celebrate the centenary of the character’s “birth” by building a life-size bronze statue that was first proposed for New York almost 50 years ago. The Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), based in the town of Bowral NSW, has released the three shortlisted designs, chosen from 11 submissions. SHYAC is inviting Mary Poppins fans in Australia and all over the world to help select the final design and support the campaign to build a statue in Bowral and perhaps another for New York, the location where it was originally proposed by the author PL Travers herself. A blind selection process is being used whereby the artists are not identified during the assessment stage. The public are invited to complete a short survey indicating their design preferences and offering comments that will be taken into account by the independent assessment panel making recommendations to SHYAC. The design brief for the sculpture commission requested that artists use for inspiration some rough sketches by distinguished British sculptor Sean Crampton that were done in 1966 at the request of PL Travers for a statue in New York’s Central Park. For more background go to www.mary-poppins-birthplace.net
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