Singleton Library presents Cats and Dogs: All at Sea

The Singleton Library is thrilled to present this touring exhibition from the Australian National Maritime Museum featuring the work of photographer Samuel Hood, who boarded hundreds of ships docked in Sydney Harbour to capture the pictures of thousands of crewmen including many with their beloved cats, dogs, birds and even monkeys. The exhibition will run…

Singleton Library Author Talks in August 2025

The Singleton Library is thrilled to present 2 FREE author talks in August. Australian Bush Poetry with Cariol Heuchan Carol has had a huge impact on the Australian poetry scene, amassing award after award for performing, writing and recorded works. Carol’s writing runs the gamut of hilarious, quirky, contemporary, political, reflective, impacting, historical and moving…

RALLY: Rural Arts-led Regeneration

RALLY is a collaborative initiative by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) and Alex Wisser (co-founder of Cementa Festival), designed to fuel Rural Arts-Led Regeneration by championing creativity, collaboration, and community leadership. The arts play a crucial role in enlivening communities. This is especially true in rural towns, where artists are embedded into the fabric of the…

Scone Art Prize 2025

Wide range of categories. Total prize pool $9,500. Art for sale. Opening Night: Friday 5 September 2025,6.00pm. $20. Scone Arts & Crafts, 63 Kingdon St, Scone. Exhibition open: Saturday 6 – Saturday 13 September: 10:00am – 4:00pm, and Sunday 14 September: 10:00am – 12:00pm Daily Entry: $2 Visit website   Image: from past Scone Art Prize,…

Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 2025

Conceptual focus photography at the core of interdisciplinary art. Exhibition Launch: Saturday 23 August, 4-6pm. Exhibition dates: 21 August to 11 October 2025. Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre 1-3 Bridge Street, Muswellbrook Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm Visit Australian Photographic Society website

Blak Arts Collective at the Singleton NAIDOC 2025

The Blak Arts banner had its first public outing.  Pictured are Kemer Edwards and Vanessa Kelman who are delivering the program through AUHs partnership with Wanaruah LALC. Picture is alsoJohn O’Brien who had a crazy good time. The Blak Arts Collective project is supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program. Photos…

Applications for Scene Shift 2025 are now open.

The Cad Factory (Narrandera) and Brand X (Sydney) are committed to a rural and urban flow of artistic exchange and learning. The Scene Shift residency program gives a regional artist studio space in the Sydney CBD and gives a Sydney artist studio space in rural NSW, creating a meaningful dialogue between the art ecologies of…

Gresford Community Gallery August 2025 Exhibition

Gresford Community Gallery has a new selection of beautiful ceramics by Sandra Lee Brown and wearable textiles and jewellery by Giselle Penn and landscape paintings by Kristen Lethem. Please drop by to view a stunning showcase of Hunter Valley artists. The exhibition includes a great variety of quality art and craft, featuring painting, drawing, sculptures,…