Arts Infrastructure Strategy

Located on the Traditional Lands of the Wiradjuri People, the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital Project is being delivered by Health Infrastructure in partnership with Albury Wodonga Health to provide modern health facilities that meet the needs of the community now and into the future.

Arts in health experiences are an integral part of NSW Health capital projects. They help reflect the character of each region’s community while creating welcoming and supportive environments for patients, families and staff.

As part of the redevelopment, the hospital is seeking artworks for a range of clinical and non-clinical areas, both inside and outside the new hospital. This strategy has been developed with input from the project Arts Working Group and the Albury Wodonga Health Arts Committee. Two key commissions are proposed for the Northeast Building.

Through engagement with stakeholders and the community, we heard a strong desire for the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital Project to reflect the identity of the region, including its landscape, sense of place and connection to Country. These insights have informed the approach to the Northeast Building art commission.

Health Infrastructure is delighted to be working in partnership with Curatorium members, Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) and Murray Arts Inc. to plan and deliver the arts commissions for this project. By collaborating with locally trusted arts organisations, this approach ensures the commissions are deeply informed by local knowledge, cultural expertise and community connections, supporting meaningful creative outcomes that reflect and celebrate place, people and stories.

Northeast Building Arts Commission - Opportunities

Health Infrastructure is inviting artists and creative teams with a connection to the Albury Wodonga region to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for two artwork opportunities as part of the Northeast Building Art Commission for the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital Project.

Opportunity 1: Landscape (arrival experience)

Scope
  • Embed strong artwork feature in arrival gardens, either:

- on the wall as a relief sculpture or mural

- as a free-standing sculpture

- or both.

Objective
  • Transform the entry into an ambient space that supports workforce wellbeing, offering staff and visitors a moment of calm, pride and connection before entering or leaving the building.
  • Assist wayfinding
  • Soften the clinical environment through cultural and creative expression.
Content & Concepts
  • Proposals should provide a sense of joy, wonder and uplift for health service consumers, visitors and staff.
  • Priority will be given to original artworks that demonstrate relevance to the hospital context and surrounding environment.
Scale & Materiality
  • Artwork must be durable and able to withstand outdoor environmental conditions.
  • Works should be scalable to the context and preferred location (e.g. vertical wall relief, mural, sculptural garden element, or a combination).

Opportunity 2: Internal window glazing (waiting area)

Scope
  • Create an original artwork for digitisation and scaled for reproduction as a large-scale graphic on the window of the waiting room.
Objective
  • Create a moment of joy and calm respite in the reception and waiting area that enhances the experience of care between periods of treatment.
  • Assist in the provision of privacy while allowing access to natural light.
Content & Concepts
  • Proposals should provide a sense of joy, wonder and uplift for health service consumers, visitors and staff.
  • Priority will be given to original artworks that demonstrate relevance to the hospital context and surrounding environment.
Scale & Materiality
  • Glazing decal patterning design or silhouette to be applied to floor-to-ceiling glazed panels in the clinical waiting area.
  • Three glazed panels approximately 2.5 m (H) × 1.4 m (W) each.

Outside of new hospital building with placeholder art in garden
Outside of new hospital building with placeholder art on wall
Artist impression of waiting hospital waiting room with placeholder glazing decal art

Artist selection process

There are three phases for artists to be selected for this commission.

What - Artist submit EOIs assessed by Panel and recommended to Project Governance for endorsement

When - EOIs close 5 May 2026, Assessment May-June 2026

Who - EOIs will be reviewed by a Selection Panel comprising representatives from Health Infrastructure, Albury Wodonga Health and local arts leaders, with final endorsement through project governance.

What - Shortlisted artists will be invited to develop concept designs based on a site specific brief for Governance review

When - Winter 2026

Selected artists will be contracted to the project to develop detailed artworks for Governance endorsement & implementation.

Winter-Spring 2026

How to apply

To be considered, applicants must submit their Expression of Interest using one of the following methods:

Option 1 – Online form (recommended)
Complete the EOI Creative Response Online Submission Form in full via this Have Your Say portal, including uploading a one-page CV and up to 10 pages of previous work (see form at the bottom of this page).

Or

Option 2 – Email submission
Submit an EOI Creative Response as a single PDF file (limit of 20MB), including up to 10 pages of previous work and a one-page CV, and email all documents to: HI-Arts@health.nsw.gov.au

Submissions must be received by the deadline of 11.59pm, Tuesday 5 May 2026.

Late and incomplete submissions will unfortunately not be accepted.

Eligibility criteria

Artists/creative teams will be selected to progress to the next stage based on the below criteria:

1. Completing the Application Form IN FULL by 11.59pm, Tuesday 5 May 2026

2. Relationship to Albury region

3. Creative practice: Artists must have a portfolio of work that demonstrated their ability to create high-quality artwork with a sensitivity to the healthcare context, and whose practice has capacity to work with the architectural, and exterior landscape design intent of the new service, and

4. Experience demonstrated experience in creating artwork for public spaces, healthcare environments, or institutional settings.

Terms and Conditions:

1. By submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI), artists and creative teams accept the Terms & Conditions associated with the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital Project commissions.

2. This EOI form must be completed in full to be eligible, including submitting via email the Creative Response.

3. Artists/creative teams must be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status.

4. Artists/creative teams must be aged 18 or older.

5. The selected artist/creative team gives non-exclusive rights to Health Infrastructure and Albury Wodonga Health to publish the selected concepts on social, print and other media as appropriate.

6. Selected concepts will be attributed to the artist/creative teams.

7. All examples of previous works submitted for the EOI must be original works created by the artist/creative team who is submitting the EOI.

8. The decision of the Selection Panel regarding the selected artist/creative team will be final. In the event of any other dispute, the ruling of the Redevelopment Manager shall be final.

9. Artists/creative teams will not be paid for EOI submissions.

10. Artists/creative teams own the copyright of their work.

11. Selected artists/creative teams will grant Health Infrastructure and Albury Wodonga Health permission to reproduce, publish, or display the image of the selected concepts online (including media) or in publications and for printing to display.

12. All necessary attribution will be made, including storie/s of cultural significance relevant to installed artwork/s.

13. Certificates of currency will be required for artwork/s created by First Nations artists - including the artist's name, language group, community and cultural interpretation of the artwork/s, as a key indicator of genuine Aboriginal art and ethical sourcing.

14. Use of the concept by the artist/creative team shall attribute Health Infrastructure and Albury Hospital's Northeast Building, subject to a separate agreement.

15. Health Infrastructure reserves the right not to proceed with the Albury Hospital Northeast Building Arts commissions without prior consultation.