ARTS outwest
We promote, educate, facilitate and advocate for arts and cultural development across the NSW Central West.
July school holidays are MASSIVE in the Central West when it comes to arts, heritage and creative activities. We’ve been busy loading all the activities to our online WHAT’S ON.
Aboriginal artists from the NSW Central West will show work for the first time at the prestigious National Indigenous Art Fair in Sydney over the weekend July 2-3.
Opening event Friday 1 July at 6pm. In Conversation Saturday 2 July at 2pm. Join us in Mudgee for the While the World Waits opening, an afternoon in conversation and bookable meetings with our executive director.
Sneak in an end of financial year donation which can make a big impact on regional artists and communities: donate to the Arts OutWest Cultural Fund.
Do you love to sit by the fire and knit or crochet? Do you love a cuppa and a catch up? Community performance project FAST CARS & DIRTY BEATS is calling all crafters to join in to create set and…
Sunday 26 June 4pm at The Bling Pig Sound Lounge and Cocktail Bar Orange. Presented by Arts OutWest. Nerida is a songwriter whose songs have been connecting with people from all walks of life for over 25 years.
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REGIONAL NEWS
It’s NAIDOC Week July 3-10! The theme for NAIDOC Week 2022 is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! At What’s On see a run down of what’s on where across the NSW Central West.
Regional communities will be able to experience two major Art Gallery of NSW exhibitions thanks to funding provided through the NSW Government’s $40 million Blockbuster initiative.
Beneath the gum trees, alongside a tranquil river – the scene is set for an epic long lunch embedded in nature. Celebrating its fourth year in 2022, Grazing Down the Lachlan returns to the banks of the Lachlan River in Forbes…
Closes 24 June 2022. Create NSW is surveying the museum and heritage sector to obtain your unique perspectives and insights in relation to the challenges facing the sector.
ARTS opportunities
Closes 6 September. Considering international professional development? Grants support emerging artists of any medium to undertake travel and develop their practice.
Closes Thursday, 7 July 2022.The competition is open to persons aged 12-25, who live, work and/or study in the Mid-Western Regional Council area.
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If you think you’d make a good fit for The Journey Person collective and handmade popup shop, then they would love to hear from you! You MUST live in Regional NSW.
NOW CLOSED. Closes 24 June. Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) are offering a training and capacity-building program to promote equity, cultural safety and inclusion in the regional arts & cultural sector.
Closes 26 June. Parkes Shire Council are recruiting for two high-profile role:. A Sponsorship and Marketing Officer for the Parkes Elvis Festival and a Manager for the Trundle Abba Festival.
Open 27 June. Closes 26 August 2022. Scholarship students are able to get financial assistance towards the cost of their lessons and performance opportunities within MitCon and beyond.
Closes 25 July 2022. Cowra Regional Art Gallery. Entries are now open to the prestigious Calleen Art Award for original paintings in any style or subject (there is no theme) using traditional paint mediums.
Entries open 1 August for exhibition October 22-24 at Olde Bridge Gallery, Newbridge. Prize money. Still life + open art (any media) + photography sections.
Do you love to sit by the fire and knit or crochet? Do you love a cuppa and a catch up? Community performance project FAST CARS & DIRTY BEATS is calling all crafters to join in to create set and…
Do you have a DIY film or artwork you’d like to show during the festival? We want to hear from you!
For September 2022 exhibition. Seeking entries for the annual Art and Sculpture competitions run in conjunction with the Daffodil Festival Weekends.
Closes 10am 28 June 2022. Bathurst Regional Council are seeking an Expression of Interest from suitably qualified Artist to produce, design and install Public Art in the Bathurst Town Square precinct as part of the Bathurst Streets As Shared Spaces…
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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.