The Regional Arts Network (RAN) consists of 15 Regional Arts Development Organisations including Arts Upper Hunter is hosting the Horizons Creative Industries Career Launchpad project. Horizons is a creative industry mentoring and career development program for NSW regional youth 16-25 years. The project will run over 18 months and will support a total of 75…
Newcastle Writers Festival and major partner University of Newcastle is offering this new course. The four-week course begins in mid-April and will be led by University of Newcastle creative writing academic and poet Dr Keri Glastonbury. The course also includes guest authors Amy Lovat, Kim Mahood and Charlotte Wood, who will participate in a series…
Life Drawing with a Comedian is a show that combines the traditional art of life drawing with some very funny live performance. Arts Upper Hunter is presenting this show in these three fine townships with the participation of three brilliant venues (TBC). Tuesday 26 March – Murrurundi Wednesday 27 March – Muswellbrook Thursday 28 March…
The Friends of the James Theatre is looking to rethink, renew and revitalise their film program offerings in 2024. They have never been more challenged – with stretched household budgets, in-home streaming, and lingering covid anxieties, but they believe the James remains a much loved community centre enhancing the social fabric of the town. If…
Dungog by Design is proud to present “More than Coal” Exhibition and Book Launch by author and artist Bronwyn Greive. Please join them at the opening on Friday 2 February, 6pm. Please join them at the opening on Friday 2 February, 6pm. Artist Statement. ‘Stories we tell, make a difference to how we view places,…
Five young creative people from the region have been offered places in this exciting statewide program. They will receive mentoring, ideas for career pathways and training, skill-building, networking and at the end of the year a showcase of their new work. The talents are: Visual artist Kasey Tudor from Stanhope, who uses new techniques to…
Singleton Theatrical Society (SATS) is performing a jam-packed cabaret that reels back the years and reviews our last 23 years of productions, and rolls into the future, to present some new and exciting songs from musicals we may not get to perform! Presenting some of our newer and younger talent, these performances will have you…
This workshop is being presented by Scone Arts & Crafts on Sunday 11 February. Dig out your old holiday travel photos full of land, sky, & seascapes! In this fun one-day workshop, local artist Victoria Kitanov, will guide you in this exceptional medium with tips & tricks to give your ‘scape the wow factor. Suitable…
Would you like to do something artistic in the context of a local museum? Thanks to a grant from the Regional Arts Fund, AUH will soon be looking for creative people to work with one of three museums in our region to bring to life an object, space, character, story, collection. The result could be…
The Singleton Public Library is proud to present this photographic exhibition by Roger Skinner. Roger’s artist statement “When I work in a landscape, I take on Garry Foye’s tip of searching for a motif, and when I find it I restrict myself to working on finding recurrences of that motif in the landscape. I sought…