A bus trip to a remote church to hear music, a hall filled with art, a small community showing their creative side. Join them this October.
Arts OutWest news
Residents at Blayney Multi-Purpose Service’s aged care unit are making new artworks for their home. Residents have been exploring colour, pattern, memory and place through a unique artist residency led by Blayney based paper-cut artist Laura Baker.
Starts August 25. Critical Writing in the Arts Professional Development Program. BlakView responds to a critical gap in regional arts practice – the lack of diverse voices in critical writing and cultural commentary. FREE.
Opens 4pm Friday 14 August 2026. Exhibition marks 202-year anniversary of Martial Law in Bathurst area.
With the Victoria Pass detour continuing we’ve changed opening days at Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery.
Now open Thursday-Sunday, 10am-4pm in the NPWS visitor centre at 51 Old Great Western Highway, Hartley.
August 2026. HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS of arts and cultural moments, actions, wins and stories are happening all the time across the NSW Central West. Here’s our now quarterly dip into some of those stories.
On Tuesday 11 August make sure your arts jobs are counted in the Census.
You may have seen a lot of chat about Payday Super and new requirements for musicians and other gig artists to be paid super (and what that means for, say, festivals and music venues).
Weekly programs are already running in Bathurst and Orange, we’re looking to expand to other areas including BLAYNEY and LITHGOW.
We caught up with Dianne Franks from Grenfell Artists Inc on how they’ve used their Arts OutWest Cultural Fund Microgrant and what the group is up to.

