ARTS outwest
We promote, educate, facilitate and advocate for arts and cultural development across the NSW Central West.
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Closes 28 April 2023. Arts OutWest is seeking new board members. Board positions are voluntary for a two-year term.
March 23-25. Think Schitts Creek, Upper Middle Bogan and The Castle all rolled into one! Fast Cars by Kate Smith is a rip-roaring comedy about wannabe winners, family feuds and dirty deals staged at the base of Wahluu /Mt Panormana.
Opens 11am 8 March 2023 at Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery. In celebration of International Women’s Day an exhibition called Guyulgang Yinaagirbang (Strong women)
March 23 Lithgow. March 24 & 25, Bathurst. Monica Davidson from Creative+Business will be in the region to deliver three fun, informative workshops: Networking tips for creatives, Pricing for creatives, Diversify your creative income.
On Sunday 19 February a full day of poetry, prose, music and song was held at the Banjo Paterson Museum at Yeoval.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Barrinang has received $99,907 towards their Soothing the Soul – Bundadhaany Girbang (Many Artists) project through the NSW Government’s inaugural Community and Place funding program Paul Toole MP has announced.
Central NSW Joint Organisation have secured $647K for their member Councils in Central NSW for the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund.
We are pleased to announce that the Orange Regional Conservatorium has been successful in achieving $195,000 under the NSW Government’s Creative Capital Minor Works and Equipment Round 2, for ‘Equipping the Future: Percussion and Pianos for Orange’s New Conservatorium’.
Bathurst & District Artisans Incorporated are going to call Perthville home. This group of artisans will be based at the Perthville Community Hall.
ARTS opportunities
Closes 27 April 2023. Grants of up to $15,000 will support emerging artists working across the spectrum of the arts to undertake professional development opportunities.
Closes Friday 21 April 2023. Bathurst Regional Council invites community organsations to apply for funding from the 2023 ClubGRANTS Scheme.
Closes midnight, 29 May 2023. Gulgong Arts Council is thrilled to announce the return of our annual art competition on the June long weekend of 2023.
Entries close: Friday 7 April 2023. Non-acquisitive and open to artists living within 100 km from Cowra including Young, Boorowa, Grenfell, Parkes, Forbes, Bathurst, Orange and Canowindra.
General applications close Monday 8 May 2023. Through cash grants of up to $20,000, this wonderful program supports non-profit community organisations to preserve and manage Australian cultural heritage collections.
Closes Friday, 26 May 2023 for July exhibition. Open to all artists who currently live or work in the Arts OutWest area*
For Easter 2023 exhibition. Millthorpe Creative Arts is calling for artists from Millthorpe and surrounds. Contact janroberts16@hotmail.com 0400 140 973
Entries Close: June 11 at midnight 2023. The Corner Store Gallery Orange.
Gallery 55 at 55 Gaskill Street, Canowindra, are looking for artists for an exhibition in April.
Closes 5 April 2023. If you’re a community group, school, sporting club, Indigenous group or cultural organisation, you can apply for a grant of up to $1000 to help boost and support your project.
EOIs closing on Sunday 9 April, 2023. The fellowship is worth $4000 and is to support an individual or group to make and present a new artwork.
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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.