Tuesday 24 November, 10am-1pm at Millthorpe Creative Arts. Networking for visual artists.
The last for the year!
Creative Communities
Applications close 5pm Friday 20 November 2026.
The inaugural Tracy Sorensen Writing Residency has launched in Bathurst to support emerging Australian writers.
Sunday 8 Nov, 10:30am – 12pm and 1.30pm-3pm at Kew-y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at Hartley Historic Site.
The new Union Theatre Gallery in Lithgow is hosting the Lithgow Arts Trail artist hub over the next 3 weeks (30 Oct – 15 Nov).
Central West theatre company Lingua Franca has received Create NSW Projects funding to develop and adapt Tracy Sorensen’s second novel The Vitals into a full-length stage play.
Draw Portland returned in 2026 on Saturday 24 October. With it came new visitors along with artists returning to this event at The Foundations, Portland to draw and explore onsite. “Incredible! The whole property is such a great subject to draw – it’s the perfect place for this kind of event!” wrote one artist, experiencing Draw Portland and The Foundations for the first time.
Four of this years SBTS Bondi artists made their works at The Foundations Portland including Harrie Fasher winner of the major $70,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award and Barkindji and Malyangappa artist David Doyle recipient of the inaugural NRMA Insurance Indigenous Artist Program.
Our living history project with Chifley Home & Education Centre in Bathurst has picked up a nomination. It will also screen 17 Oct at New England Regional Film Festival.
Sat 24 October. The creative precinct will be open to the public to explore and draw its extraordinary natural and industrial settings.
Kids – join artist Alice Martin in a 1.5hr drawing workshop.
With a Squatter’s Residency at The Foundations Portland on the agenda for Jessica Ann Leffley, a Central West based Wiradjuri artist, the opportunity arose to lead two workshops at St Josephs Catholic Primary School in Portland this August 2026. With generosity and no doubt much flapping behind the scenes, she turned up prepped with materials and Bird Girl Creations cut-out-bird-template-pieces to start the students soaring from the get-go.