The Uplift Griffith winged art installation has already received more than 200 submissions from families and individuals in Griffith and beyond, with some submissions coming from as far as Melbourne and Canberra.

Griffith artist Isis Ronan, the creative mind behind the Uplift Griffith project set out to inspire family connection through art to help bring messages of positivity and encouragement to Griffith after a difficult year for most.

"I've received submissions from people who no longer live in Griffith but still have family here," Mrs Ronan said.

"It's been a really good opportunity for people to talk about how their family came to be in Griffith, and that's ultimately what I wanted to achieve, for people to have those kinds of conversations."

The diversity of cultural heritage in submissions tells fascinating stories of how unique Griffith is as a regional centre, and Mrs Ronan looks forward to how this project with contribute to the telling of those stories.

"You can really see the diverse amount of people in Griffith who were not born here like people from India, Samoa, New Zealand and even from Burundi in east Africa," Mrs Ronan said.

Contributions will continue to be received until 14 December with the anticipation that the installation will share more than 1000 submissions if the positive momentum continues. Mrs Ronan hopes to display the wings in a public area over the Christmas period for people to interact and take photos however is still finalising a space to install it.

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