There is absolutely nothing better than finding an INCREDIBLE new artist! Is it you? Is it your friend?
Five distinct residency opportunities at five unique venues across the Southern Highlands & Tablelands of regional NSW.
Orange Regional Gallery’s Extension Project reached major milestones recently with the pouring of the 1070m2 slab, blockwork starting on the collection store, and community donations for the project reaching $415,000.
April 23. “Close your eyes, and you can feel the heat and smell the dust of Mississippi”… Here’s your chance to get a dose of the Delta Blues by the banks of the Belubula.
Composer Peter Kennard and Portland-based visual Artist Sue Daley have recently completed a project entitled ‘Love Letter’ funded by a Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust, Quick Response Grant.
The ‘Bird in Hand’ sculpture is the latest installation to be unveiled along Forbes’ Sculpture Down the Lachlan trail.
Applications for Arts OutWest’s Arts Restart Micro Grants have now closed and the response from across the region was huge: 87 eligible applications! That. Is. A. Lot.
‘LET THE RIVER GO’ is the new LP by O’Connell based band The Safety of Life at Sea.
‘Kangaroo’ is a new play by Miranda Gott produced by Local Stages, Q Theatre and Lingua Franca. This is a casting call for three professional actors for the premiere and tour mid 2021.
NOW CLOSED. Closes 30 March. Applicants must live or have a strong connection to Orange, Blayney and Cabonne.
As Orange Regional Gallery’s Extension Project moves into full gear, one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists, John Olsen AO has made a remarkable gesture to mark the occasion.
Orange City Council is on the lookout for members of the community to share untold stories of previous generations and events in Orange’s history.
Congratulations to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Director Sarah Gurich on being elected President of the NSW Public and Regional Galleries Association.
Arts OutWest’s executive director Tracey Callinan has been honoured alongside 11 other Bathurst women, including artist Karen Golland and Panorama Chorus’ Beth Pratley.
Enjoy outstanding musical talents in stunning settings around the beautiful Orange Region, April 8-11.
Tickets are now on sale for the opening of Textures of One Annual Art Exhibition at the new Platform Arts Hub at Blayney Railway Station on 9 April 2021.
Our colleagues at Southern Tablelands Arts invite us all to stop and thank artists for their vital role these last 12 months. #thankanartist
NOW CLOSED. Closes 22 March 2021. Arts OutWest is offering grants of up to $1000 for individuals and groups and up to $2000 for community activities to ‘restart’ arts practice and activity in the region.
“Who locally would be a great tutor for my art workshop?” is something we are always asked. Get yourself listed. It’s free.
Condobolin’s third SkyFest: Miima Warrabinya will be held at the Wiradjuri Study Centre on the 3- 5 September. Supported by Arts Restart, CASP and IVAIS.
The first live music concert of the Inland Sea of Sound in 2021 will feature three great bands for the ridiculously low price of $20 for Adults and $15 for Students and Concessions (Pensioners & Unemployed).
The Orange Regional Conservatorium and Cowra Civic Centre will welcome the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows to town for performances and master classes in the last week of February.
NOW CLOSED. Entries due 19 March for April exhibition. TEXTURES of ONE-One motif Many mediums. 2021 theme: Steam. This will be the inaugural exhibition at Platform Arts Hub Blayney.
The state government has injected $130K into each regional arts development area to super charge regional arts economies in the first few months of 2021.
The Inland Sea of Sound festival is back 24-28 February, 2021 in Bathurst with a series of fantastic concerts in town, both indoors and outdoors.
An invite to Central West NSW makers to list (for free) on a new BUY LOCAL ONLINE page on our new website (right here).
Our Feb Artspeak enews has just landed and do we have some news to share! New funding, new projects and lots of regional arts opportunities.
Country Arts Support Program: Eight local groups will share $23,812 in funding for small arts projects in 2021
Heather Ferguson has started work as the manager of the new Platform Arts Hub at Blayney Railway Station.
This beautiful new artwork is located along the Mid-Western Highway in the small, rural village of Caragabal in Central West NSW. Completed in 2020, it aims to celebrate the unique local bird life at Caragabal and raise awareness of local threatened species.
The Hill End based artist and writer’s biography ‘Kate Kelly; the true story of Ned Kelly’s little sister’ is published by Allen and Unwin – release date 16 February 2021.
Seven organisations – including Kando’s CEMENTA – have been announced as successful recipients of the Australia Government’s Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Recovery Grants in NSW
Arts OutWest is curating and supporting a photography exhibition at T.arts Gallery in Bathurst. Opening Saturday 6 February at 2pm, the exhibition will run from 1-14 February 2021.
A mini bus of kids ages 7-14 years, a list of Central West destinations and plenty of public art and cultural experiences. Orange – Eugowra – Grenfell – Carcoar.
Residents of Parkes celebrated the opening of a new learning and cultural facility last month at The Parkes Library.
This Funding will assist The CORRIDOR project 2021 Arts and Cultural program aiming to ignite innovative, contemporary, collaborations between artists, community, and tourists.
Watch all the presentations online.
For Central West musicians, music promoters and music industry people.
Closes 18 Dec 2020. Blayney. An arts manager to curate a cross-media program of arts activities.
Sculpting in the Pyrocene: A Disappearing Act was one of 7 films selected for The Picture Show at the End of the World, international short film screening event.
The owner of Tremain’s Mill, Stephen Birrell invited artists to hold an end of year group exhibition
We adapted our work in aged care to bring interactive, remote arts experiences to residents at Oberon and Grenfell MPS.
The Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund will provide $408,395 to support 18 new projects in regional NSW in 2021.
Aboriginal artists in Forbes participated in screen printing workshops teaching the skills to put their designs onto textiles.
The geolocative storytelling app won the Oral History NSW Award and was shortlisted for the National Trust Heritage Awards.
Our arts and aged care project is one of seven to share in over $668,000 Renewal funding in NSW.
T.Arts Gallery in Bathurst have welcomed two new artists to the fold via an assistance grant from Arts OutWest.
Oberon Arts Council has be awarded for their excellent work on the arts and health project at Oberon MPS.
Lucy Kirk runs performing arts activities for kids. Her Arts OutWest Micro Grant allowed her to build an online poetry and drama writing competition for regional kids.
A school and community project using weaving to brighten a town.
The restoration and revitalization of the waiting rooms at Blayney Railway Station is underway, preparing for it to become the region’s newest community arts space.
Cowra Vocal Ensemble used an Arts OutWest Micro Grant to take their weekly choir practices online, continuing to sing together even when they can’t be together.
A simple plan really: the Carcoar-based visual artist used a Micro Grant to purchase materials to get started on her next exhibition. She got a bit more.
‘Visual artist Penny Banks found that a small bit of seed funding and good advice can go a long way.
Small things, big impact. Being a young dancer is tough when Covid cancels your classes. Parkes School of Dance used a Micro Grant to keep students engaged.
Lithgow group Out On A Limb saw Micro Grants as an opportunity to create vibrant new community art during Covid-19 restrictions.
Cowra musician and music teacher Mary-ann Wright was another artist in the region who made use of a Micro Grant to update equipment and move her practice online.
Orange-based natural fibre weaver Lanny MacKenzie got her hands on some new tech to help document her art practice when other plans had to change.
Craig Lawler’s Micro Grant allowed him to purchase equipment to create podcasts and continue telling the great stories at Blind Freddy’s Bushranger Tours.
With a small grant Bathurst Seymour Centre brought in photographer Bill Deeley to share share skills with their clients remotely during Covid-19.
Young people in Lake Cargelligo got their hands on ceramic making materials with an Arts OutWest Micro Grant.
Viviana Hamilton develops programs to engage people living with dementia (in the community) in a safe, enjoyable social environment at the regional gallery.
We sent photographer Carolyn Hide on a road trip to capture a few images of local culture – but she found so much more. Carolyn is one of our team of talented Media Associates Arts OutWest has been sending out…
Writer and literacy consultant Paul Stafford tapped into Micro Grants to further develop the materials for the excellent History Here schools program.
Local Lithgow Aboriginal group Barrinang received a Micro Grant to work with Ngumpie Weaving to deliver an online session to participants and to mail out materials.
Canowindra singer/ songwriter Nerida Cuddy has spent the last few months sharing new songs online, with the support of a Micro Grant.
Celtic harpist Martyn Cook used an Arts OutWest Micro Grant to buy equipment to move teaching online and to create a site featuring soothing harp music.
Internationally acclaimed, Central West visual artist Mandy Martin put her Micro Grant towards materials and freight for her 2021 Freemantle Biennale project.
An Arts OutWest Micro Grant has contributed to the development of a gallery space as part of a wellness business in Grenfell.
Regional Arts NSW works to support 14 Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs) across NSW. Arts OutWest is proud to be one of them.
Announced: the recipients of $21,000 in micro-grants to assist individuals and organisations in our local arts community during the Covid-19 crisis.
Who teaches ceramics? Who has kilns? What groups are there?
The Lithgow Outstanding Event of the Year Award was presented to TryBal Productions for The Garden of the Mind, an installation and performance that aimed to raise awareness of mental health and promote social inclusion and wellness within the community.
Country Arts Support Program 2020: Seven Central West NSW groups will share $18,911 in funding for small arts projects.
Bringing not just great music but a wonderful sense of community and support, eight choirs from the region performed at our 2nd choral event in BLAYNEY on September 22, 2019.
Arts OutWest works in partnership with Bathurst Seymour Centre to create regular singing sessions with people, including older people who use the centre, carers and staff. The choir also links with other events in Bathurst’s choral calendar and community events….
Arts OutWest Arts and Health Coordinator, Christine McMillan, and Oberon Arts Council and current Chair of Arts OutWest Board, Fran Charge, have designed an arts program at Oberon.
Arts and culture in regional NSW will continue to shine with an outstanding line-up of creative projects fast approaching thanks to over $259,000 in funding from NSW Government.