Welcome to our BIG 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.
This is a busy artistic region. There’s usually more than 2000 arts and heritage events happening in the region each year.
Looking for the ongoing or regularly open museums, galleries, artist studios, historic sites, Aboriginal experiences and sites, craft shops, handmade retail outlets or public art? They’re all covered at our Culture Maps Central NSW. Explore it here
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Orange Art Society Pop-Up Exhibition
ORANGE. Orange Art Society Pop-Up Exhibition open Wednesdays to Sundays
Find out more »Hearts & Minds: Wartime Propaganda
ORANGE REGIONAL MUSEUM, ORANGE. The Australian War Memorial holds a large collection of wartime posters from government–issued campaign posters to handmade posters protesting the war in Vietnam. Hearts and minds: wartime propaganda introduces this collection, featuring home-front propaganda from the First and Second World Wars.
Find out more »Member’s Mixed Media Exhibition
PLATYPUS GALLERY, FORBES. The Platypus Gallery’s latest exhibition features a vibrant collection of mixed media work by the Forbes Arts Society members
Find out more »Linda Chant: hold me, cover me
BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY, BATHURST. Linda's small, delicate sculptures – glasses, bottles, vases and lamps manipulated, shrouded and bound with fabric – offer moments of curiosity and wonder. Literally and figuratively, they hold a moment, a memory, a thought, an action. They also allude to notions of fragility and protection
Find out more »Jurgis Miksevcius: In the Light of the Sun and Shadow of the Moon
BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY, BATHURST. This exhibition Jurgis Miksevicius: In the light of the sun and shadow of the moon charts his development as a painter: his studies at art school in Germany, his early paintings and murals at the Bathurst Migrant Camp, and then focuses on later landscapes and philosophical ‘moon’ paintings as examples of the many genres he explored throughout his creative life.
Find out more »Adrienne Doig: It’s All About Me!
BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY, BATHURST. Using a variety of media, including embroidery, applique, sculpture and video, Doig playfully explores intimate aspects of her life, from having a cup of tea to performing mundane housework. Embedded within her practice are layered responses to universal themes that have social, environmental and political narratives
Find out more »The Collection in Focus 2020: New Acquisitions
COWRA REGIONAL ART GALLERY, COWRA. This exhibition of new acquisitions to the Cowra Regional Art Gallery collection showcases works of art received during the past 2½ years through the generosity of private donors; important acquisitions through the Calleen Art Award; purchases in association with the Friends of the Gallery; and donations by collectors received through the Commonwealth Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
Find out more »Yvonne Boag: Travelling, Leaving, Settling, Scotland, Korea, Australia: Paintings, Works on Paper & Artists Books
COWRA REGIONAL ART GALLERY, COWRA. The exhibition will focus on a selection of Yvonne Boag’s works that connect and emphasise the relationship between the painted surface of her paintings and the intimacy of her prints, drawings and artist’s books
Find out more »Consecration Of Colours
COWRA JAPANESE GARDENS & CULTURAL CENTRE, COWRA. An Exhibition of Oil Paintings and other artworks by Usha Singh Bachhil.
Find out more »Summer Saturday Art Mornings
BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY, BATHURST. For ages 8 - 12 years. Taking inspiration from the ADRIENNE DOIG: It's All About Me! exhibition, participants will explore new materials and methods for making artworks including performance, paper based materials and weaving.
Find out more »Summer
GANG GANG GALLERY, LITHGOW. This fun, colourful collective of happy paintings through the eyes of four female artists
Find out more »The Art of Lockdown
GRENFELL ART GALLERY, GRENFELL. Grenfell Artists Inc. will be having their annual Art Exhibition from 15th January until 3rd March. This year the theme is very appropriately called "The Art of Lockdown"
Find out more »Ted Lewis
PEISLEY ST GALLERY, ORANGE. Ted is one of Australia’s most skilled outback and landscape artists and has received multiple awards for his work. The Peisley St Gallery is thrilled to hold the second solo exhibition of Ted Lewis paintings in 2021.
Find out more »Bubbles & Brushes – Australia Day Art Class – Orange
Join us at Bubbles & Brushes in Orange and celebrate Australia Day in style! You choose between our native pieces; Abstract Waratah, Pink Gum or Midnight Protea! Have a couple of drinks, bring a couple of friends and take home an amazing piece of artwork. You will have a stencil for the detail (or we can show you how to freehand draw it!). These pieces is all about layering so no need to worry if this is your first time!
Find out more »‘scape – Pop-up Art Exhibition
BATHURST. An exhibition of works by Stephen 'sven' Rogers. A revitalisation of vacant commercial space in the Bathurst CBD.
Find out more »State of the Sector Address/Picnic 2020-21
MACHATTIE PARK, OUTSIDE BMEC. Theatre Network NSW usually present the STATE OF THE SECTOR as a formal address, speaking to the critical challenges and opportunities facing our sector – but we’ve been ‘in a state’ for too long this last year!!
Find out more »The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West. These events 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.
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