Everyone has a secret space. Whether it’s your room, the quiet spot in the park or that spot on the street where something important happened. Perhaps your secret space isn’t a place at all? Hunter Writers Centre’s Youth Writing Prize calls for people aged 16-35 living in the Hunter to write a piece on the…
Applications for the 2019 round of the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) are now open. CASP provides grants to arts and cultural groups, not for profit organisations and local councils in regional NSW for short term, locally initiated projects. Schools can’t apply but school Parents and Citizens’ Associations can. The grants of up to $3,000…
In collaboration with Bandon Grove School of Arts Hall Committee and Arts Upper Hunter, Karen Crofts, director of the Hunter Writers Centre, a creative writing workshop was held at the Bandon Grove School of Arts on Sunday 15th of July from 11 am to 3 pm. The workshop was suitable for beginners or experienced writers. …
The Blue Heeler Film Festival is back – and 2018 is shaping up to be a watershed year for local short film producers with a new patron, substantial cash prizes to be won and the Gold Bluey Award up for grabs. Inspired by star of the big and small screen, Sigrid Thornton, who has graciously…
Arts Upper Hunter hosted the first of two drama workshops at Vacy Public School run by Tantrum Youth Arts’ Amy Morris. Students created three short plays which they performed for the rest of the school. Photo: Photo: Amy Morris (back left) and students from Vacy Public School.