Welcome to our list of arts and cultural events happening in the NSW Central West gathered from artists, event producers, great local venues and groups across the region. Use the contact or ticketing details listed with each event.
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Intro to Linocut
Sun 18 June at 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Marilyn Hickey will take us through the basics of Linocut Printmaking.
A starter kit is available at The Little Art Nook, you will need to call Nicky to order yours. The kit is $30, and an extra piece of Lino is around $10
Derivan Block ink Lino Printing Kit contains Block Ink, One Black ink colour in a 50ml jar, Rubber Roller, One 4″ (10cm) hard rubber roller, Carving Tool Set, Six-piece carving tool set. Lino Mat, One 15x11cm double-sided vinyl lino tile, Palette Knife and a Plastic mixing palette knife
If you have the items in the kit already you won’t need to buy it.
Also bring what you have of the following:
Metal spoon (desert spoon) or ‘baren’
Non lint cloths
Tracing paper/carbon paper
2B sharp pencil
Cartridge paper or thick watercolour paper for printing on
Apron and a towl or drop cloth for your tabletop
Long ruler, knife and cutting mat (don’t buy one, we will have some available if you dont have one_
Fine permanent marker
Baby wipes and rags for cleanup
Disposable gloves if you wish
Related Events
The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.
Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.
The best way to include your event is to use our SUBMIT HERE form (under the What’s On menu at the top of each page). These listings will be manually approved by the Arts OutWest team before publication. Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
‘Featured events‘ are those submitted directly online by presenters.
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