In our 2025 – 2028 strategic plan we aim to:
- Support Aboriginal artists and organisations to develop their practice and achieve their plans, provide opportunities to showcase and develop work and professional development.
- Build profile of Aboriginal Arts across the region.
- Led by Aboriginal Arts Development Officer (Staff) in consultation with Aboriginal Advisory Group (established 2025/26)
Led by Aboriginal Arts Development Officer (Staff), funded by the Australian Government through Aboriginal Visual Arts Industry Support, in consultation with Aboriginal Advisory Group.
Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery
In partnership with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service we run the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery. The gallery exhibits work of Aboriginal artists of Central West NSW, located at Hartley Historic Site east of Lithgow. Read more in the project page below.
CONNECT TO OUR ABORIGINAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Aboriginal visual artists of all genres, living in the NSW Central West, are invited to exhibit and sell work at the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at Hartley. Contact Aleshia (details below).
Follow the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery on Facebook or on Instagram
Aboriginal artists in our region, in all artforms, are invited to join an active Facebook group (again, contact Aleshia).
Partners
The Aboriginal Arts Development program and officer position are funded by the Australian Government through IVAIS (Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support).
The Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery is a partnership with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
We source additional funding or philanthropic support for other Aboriginal arts projects. Details of these partners are listed with each project overview or past project case study (below).
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updates
We took Aboriginal art from the NSW Central West to the world – selling over $25,000 of art on behalf of Aboriginal artists from the region
July 3-5 at The Cutaway at Barangaroo, Sydney.
Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery joins more than 50 stallholders where visitors can purchase art, handmade jewellery, homewares, food and more, with all proceeds going directly back to the artists and First Nations communities.
Arts OutWest and Kew Y Ahn Gallery will be at Lewers: Penrith Regional Gallery this Saturday 13 June 2026, 10am-2pm.
Closes Friday 5 June 2026.
Arts OutWest and South East Arts are calling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artists to apply for a cross‑regional artist residency program, Tidal Exchange.
past projects
A selection of Aboriginal arts development projects and activities from recent years. Many of these projects have ongoing threads that connect to our current work.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that these pages may contain the images, names and words of people who are now deceased.
2022: Exhibition of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal arts practice
2023: Mentoring Aboriginal writers
2022: Lake Cargelligo MPS mural
Supported 2021-22: Condobolin’s SkyFest
2012-14: Aboriginal health
2011 and 2012: Showcasing Aboriginal arts
2017: Celebrating the music and legacy of Jimmy Little
New Aboriginal cultural experiences
2014: Artform skills for Aboriginal artists
Hospitals adopt Aboriginal language signage
(Monday-Friday)
Aleshia works remotely from around the region