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Regional Arts Development Central West NSW

ARTS outwest 

We promote, educate, facilitate and advocate for arts and cultural development across the NSW Central West.

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Helping Hands

Tuesday 24 October, 1-3pm, Forbes. A free workshop to help arts, heritage and creative groups find and keep volunteers.

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Talking about your website

Tuesday 24 October, 9.30am-1.30am, Molong. A free workshop with CreativePlusBusiness for anyone in the creative sector who knows they need to make their website better.

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BackRoads Touring

Two of the four Arts On Tour Backroads tour funding recipients are from the NSW Central West: Congratulations Sam Paine (Mudgee) and Jude Bowler (Gulgong).

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For Our Elders NAIDOC Art Exhibition

9 – 20 September at The Oberon Library & Community Centre. Celebrate the Aboriginal Artists from around our region, with work curated by Arts OutWest Aboriginal Arts Development Officer Aleshia Lonsdale.

project highlights

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Virtual Art Snacks
Virtual Art Snacks

arts experiences in aged care

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Yaganda Bulabul

arts project to create healing environments

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Something Happened Here

Schools based history and storytelling

Submit your arts, heritage and cultural event listings to the online What’s On

REGIONAL NEWS

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Nerida Cuddy’s UK tour

Canowindra Folk singer/songwriter, Nerida Cuddy, has just returned from her first UK tour, starting in Scotland and finishing in Southampton, southern England, at the end of August.

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Oz Premiere of While the Men are Away

Sunday 24 September. To celebrate the upcoming release of Orange-set WW2 drama series While The Men Are Away, See Saw Wines, Orange Open Air and Arcadia are bringing the Australian premiere of the series home to Orange for a night…

ARTS opportunities

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Boundless Indigenous Mentorship

Closes 26 November 2023. Presented by Writing NSW and Text Publishing.  The prize was established in 2019 to discover and nurture a powerful new Indigenous voice in Australian literature.

Creating a community pottery group

Saturday 21 October 2023, 11am. Orange. Calling all potters and ceramic artists in the Central West NSW. Do you want to be part of a community pottery group? Here is your chance!

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Regional Songwriting Contest

Workshops 16 September. Entries close 2 October. Show 11 November. The Regional Songwriting Contest returns for another year and BMEC are looking to unearth new and exciting talent from the Central West of NSW.

NAVA: $10,000 Carstairs Grant

Closes 22 October 2023. The Carstairs Grant aims to support socially-engaged art projects that embrace participatory and collaborative experiences and bring participants into active dialogue with the artist/s in order to involve audiences beyond the art community.

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Homeground

Closes 20 October 2023. A dedicated exhibition space within the WPCC Gallery, enabling emerging regional artists living and/or practicing in the Central West Region of NSW to focus and expand their skills under the guidance of a professional gallery

Volunteer Grants Program (Calare electorate)

Closes 22 September, 2023. The latest round of the Volunteer Grants Program is open for eligible not-for-profit community organisations, with $66,225 being allocated to the Calare electorate for the region’s wonderful volunteers!

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Hidden Treasures

For October 13-14. CALLING FOR DONATIONS! Hidden Treasures is an art sale fundraising event for Friends of the Orange Regional Gallery (FORG) where anyone can donate artworks – professional, amateur, novice and emerging artists.

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Explore culture in our region

As the regional arts development organisation we work across the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Weddin.
Image credits on the front page: Helen Carpenter; Peter Gumpert.

Arts OutWest acknowledges the traditional owners of the country on which we work, the Wiradjuri / Wiradyuri people, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their custodians past, present and emerging.

working hours

Monday – Friday: 9:00 – 5:00 Hrs
Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

we are here

Phone: 02 6338 4657
Email: artsoutwest@csu.edu.au

Building 1454,Research Station Drive (off Browning St), Charles Sturt University Bathurst Campus