The board and staff of Arts Upper Hunter wish you a happy, safe and creative festive season. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you in the new year. Arts Upper Hunter will be closed Thursday 19 December 2024 and opens on Monday 20 January 2025.
Create NSW has announced the recipients of Annual Funding for Organisations, with 51 NSW arts and cultural organisations sharing in $7.4 million to deliver diverse arts and cultural programming in the coming year. Communities and audiences across the state will enjoy the exceptional calibre of homegrown creative talent with 51 NSW organisations funded to deliver…
Join the Muswellbrook Shire Libraries this summer for “Curiosity Quest: Summer Reading Adventure!” Log your reading, complete the quest and be rewarded! From Monday, 2nd December – Friday, 24th January 2025 Muswellbrook Shire Libraries is participating in ‘Curiosity Quest’, a FREE Summer reading challenge in partnership with the Muswellbrook Shire Aquatic Centres! We challenge our…
Artist Todd Fuller is currently developing a distinctive body of work, featuring drawings and animations that explore the fascinating history of the Blackett Barn at Tocal Homestead. Through his animations, Todd brings the story of this historic structure to life. The completed work will be showcased at Tocal Museum in early 2025 This work is…
Six community organisations will be receiving the funding from across the Upper Hunter region. The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) has been a bulwark of the arts in the regions for decades. “This was a very competitive pool of applicants,” says Arts Upper Hunter Executive Director John O’Brien, “and I think that speaks to how…
Dungog by Design is pleased to present Turrin Designs for the month of December 2024. Joseph Turrin is a ceramic artist and curator working on Awabakal and Wonnurua country. His work is highly influenced by nature and the idea of the vessel as a site for provoking thoughts and emotion through materiality. The form and…
Over the past year, Dungog-based artist Helene Leane has been thoughtfully crafting a unique body of work for the This Here Then Now project, a museum activation initiative funded by the Regional Arts Fund. This project, created by Arts Upper Hunter in collaboration with the Dungog Museum, Scone Museum, and Tocal Homestead, invites artists to…
Textile artist Sophie Cox spoke at the launch of her exhibition Desks of Fabric at the Scone Museum, part of the This Here Then Now project—a museum activation program developed by Arts Upper Hunter with support from the Regional Arts Fund and the NSW Government. Sophie’s residency inspired a series of textile works created in…