Category Archives: CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

The creative industries are the parts of our economy where creative skills are at the fore: visual arts, design and architecture; film, TV and radio; advertising and marketing; music and performing arts; writing, publishing and print media; digital media; heritage and culture; community festivals and events.

Arts OutWest supports the creative industries through: Professional development opportunities; Networking events and symposiums; Advice and information; International opportunities (including an ongoing relationship with the community of Wirksworth in the UK); Promotion of events; Contributing to research and advocacy; and Co-managing the Kew Y Ahn Aboriginal Art Gallery.

Belonging book

Belonging book

Filed : Local and industry news, Supported Projects, UK exchange .

‘Belonging: Creative Arts Stories from Regional Australia is a new book profiling 35 inspirational arts projects from the regions, including Arts OutWest’s very own Prepare to Exchange project. The Regional Arts Australia publication was launched October 16 at the Arts & Edges Regional Arts Australia national conference in Kalgoolie, Western Australia. Also featured are interviews Read the Full article

Back to Wirksworth (kind of)

Back to Wirksworth (kind of)

Filed : Local and industry news, Our Projects:, Professional Development, UK exchange .

The collaborations and connections keep on keeping on from our 2013 Australian Pavilion project where we took a dozen Central West artists to the UK to participate in the Wirksworth Festival. Most of these relationships are being driven by the participants themselves (both the Australian and English ones) which is also a great outcome. Forbes-based Read the Full article

Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Art Gallery

Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Art Gallery

Filed : ABORIGINAL ARTS, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, Kew-y-Ahn Gallery, Our Projects: .

A gallery exhibiting work of Aboriginal artists of Central West NSW at Hartley Historic Site east of Lithgow. The Kew–Y–Ahn Aboriginal Gallery project is a partnership between Arts OutWest, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the NSW Department of Environment and Heritage. The new regional Aboriginal art gallery was opened by the NSW Governor Read the Full article

Supporting The Creative Industries

Supporting The Creative Industries

Filed : CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, Our Projects: .

Support to the creative industries is one of the four key focus areas of Arts OutWest. The creative industries are the parts of our economy where creative skills are at the fore: visual arts, design and architecture film, TV and radio advertising and marketing music and performing arts writing, publishing and print media digital media Read the Full article

Australian Pavilion

Australian Pavilion

Filed : CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, Our Projects:, Regional Arts Fund, UK exchange .

Arts OutWest presents The Australian Pavilion Project: Exchanging the art of Central West New South Wales with Derbyshire, UK. Part 1: Prepare to Exchange The first local part of this project is called ‘Prepare to Exchange‘ – and that’s exactly what it is: Preparing top level local arts practitioners for an international exchange and the kind Read the Full article

Upcoming Events

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Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Art Gallery

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