MOOOVEEE over, a new member of Greater Shepparton City Council’s Mooving Art Herd has landed at the front of the Department of Rural Health at 49 Graham Street, Shepparton.
Created by local artist Eric Brown in collaboration with GSSC and The University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health, UniMoo is the first new inclusion to the herd in 2024, with several new designs in the works for the coming year.
UniMoo was there to greet students from Friday, January 26, ahead of the academic year. Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor, Cr Shane Sali, is thrilled to have another cow in the herd.
“We are very excited to have received UniMoo this week and look forward to showing it off to the University of Melbourne community,” Cr Sali said.
“It was fantastic to have Eric creating this one with the help of some university students. It is great for them to understand the process, Eric has done some fantastic pieces in the past and UniMoo was no different. The Council are very grateful for the time and effort he puts in.”
This is not the first time Eric Brown has created artwork for The University of Melbourne. A walk through the foyer at the Department of Rural Health reveals just how many other artworks by Eric exist among artists’ work.
UniMoo is painted in the University colours, with the design representing the four main campuses of the University, with Shepparton at the centre. The campuses are connected by groups within the community which the University are involved in. The final touch to the design is the healing hands of the students.
There are over 90 cows and calves in the Moooving Art herd located across Shepparton and the Goulburn Valley. They are constantly on the mooove, with a list of their locations available on the Shepparton & Goulburn Valley website: https://sheppandgv.com.au/see-and-do/moooving-art/meet-the-herd.
