Congratulations to all the NSW Central West nominees in these highly competitive awards including Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Regional Museum, Museums Bathurst and Eugowra Historical Museum and Bushranger Centre.
The IMAGinE Awards highlight the resilience, innovation and creativity of museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural spaces and recognise the people who work in them.
IMAGinE celebrates all institutions and pays homage to those organisations run by volunteers, with limited budgets and minimal resources. These Awards offer a unique opportunity for museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural spaces in NSW to advocate, promote their achievements and raise their profile within the sector and the broader community.
The IMAGinE Awards ceremony will take place at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, on 29 November 2023.
Nominees from the Arts OutWest region include:
| Organisation | Exhibition/ project | Category |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Liam Benson: Virtue Without Stain | EXHIBITION PROJECTS Galleries – Small and Volunteer – 5 or less paid staff |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Catherine O’Donnell : Beyond the Shadow | EXHIBITION PROJECTS Galleries- Medium – 6 or more paid staff |
| Orange Regional Museum | Mulaa Giilang: Wiradjuri stories of the night sky | EXHIBITION PROJECTS Museums & Heritage – Small Organisations – 1-4 paid staff |
| Orange Regional Museum | Sharing music of the ‘Dunera’ boys, Orange* | ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS Small and Volunteer Organisations – 4 or less paid staff |
| Orange Regional Gallery | ‘I Am Me’ 2023 SPARKE Project | ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM Medium Organisations – 5 – 10 paid staff |
| Eugowra Historical Museum and Bushranger Centre | Eugowra Disaster Response Team & Project | INNOVATION & RESILLIENCE Projects with a budget of between $10,001 and $100,000 |
| Bathurst Regional Council, Museums Bathurst | Central Tablelands Collections Facility | INNOVATION & RESILLIENCE Projects with a budget of $100,00 or greater |
| Ray Agustin, Eugowra Historical Museum and Bushranger Centre | Eugowra Disaster Response Team & Project | Volunteer Achievement Award
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*Orange Regional Museum’s Sharing music of the ‘Dunera’ boys, Orange was supported by a NSW Government Country Arts Support Program grant from Arts OutWest.
Also our congratulation to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre who have been nominated for the Regional Futures exhibition ‘Artists in Volatile Landscapes’, which was a project of the NW Regional Arts Network and featured Central West artists.