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Regional Arts Development Central West NSW
KEW-Y-AHN ABORIGINAL GALLERY
At Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery

Calling for Aboriginal artists, artisans and craft-makers

Are you Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?
Do you live in the NSW Central West?
Do you make small art, craft or handmade items to sell?

Arts OutWest are currently expanding the range of products sold at our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at the Hartley Historic Site. We’re particularly looking for unique, contemporary items set at affordable prices.

Do you create…

  • Textiles: bags, kids clothes, beanies, scarfs, headbands and hairclips, hand screened tea towels, knitted items, handmade textiles.
  • Natural fibre work: weaving, bowls or platters, bags, woven animals;
  • Artwork, prints, art photography or greeting cards;
  • Jewellery: ear rings, beading, bracelets, brooches;
  • Ceramics, pottery, buttons and badges, handmade toy animals, carved wood items, candles, giftware…

Pricing: Whilst we also hold stand-alone exhibitions and sell larger artworks at the gallery, the most popular items with visitors are smaller items priced from $5 to $100.

About the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery
• The gallery is a partnership between Arts OutWest and National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Exclusively showcasing art of Aboriginal artists from the NSW Central West
• Located in the visitors centre at heart of the Hartley Historic Site
• Traditional through to contemporary works exhibited – all styles welcome
• Three rooms of gallery space including secure display cabinets for small pieces
• Set your own prices, get paid for your work. Items are sold on commission
• 14,000+ visitors a year. At the junction between the Blue Mountains and the Central West
• Open 10am-4.20pm Thursday to Sunday (closed 1pm-2pm)

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Express your interest in being a Kew-Y-Ahn artist

SUBMIT an Expression of Interest to exhibit

Contact Aleshia Lonsdale, Aboriginal Arts Development Officer, Arts OutWest
Phone: 0411 451 776
Email: alonsdale@csu.edu.au

Arts OutWest is supported by Create NSW, Charles Sturt University and our 12 member councils.

The Central West Aboriginal Arts Development program is funded through the federal government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS).

The Kew-Y-Ahn Gallery is a partnership with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the NSW Department of Environment and Heritage.

Pictured above, 1st image: visitors at the gallery, John Spencer/DCCEEW

Pictured above, 2nd image (available as at December 2025):

Woven Baskets, Warranha Ngumbaay $60-$70
Brooch, Jess Leffley $38
Necklace, Jess Leffley $38
Peg Dolly, Warranha Ngumbaay $5
Gumnut Earrings, Kayleigh Rushworth $25
Necklace, Warranha Ngumbaay $35

Photo: NPWS

SUBMIT an Expression of Interest to exhibit

Location: NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow)

When: since 2013

Arts OutWest curation of the gallery funded via the Australia Government’s IVAIS (Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support)

Partnering with: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the NSW Department of Environment and Heritage.

Curator: Aleshia Lonsdale

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Aleshia Lonsdale
Aboriginal Arts Development Officer