Catapult Dance performed “Awkward”, a relevant contemporary dance performance in Merriwa, Muswellbrook, Singleton and Clarence Town. All performances activated spaces that had previously been lying dormant during and as a result of the pandemic. In some instances, audience participants were engaged for the first time in contemporary dance. The feedback from the communities where performances…
Scone Arts and Crafts has provided a cultural and creative hub for local and regional communities, groups and activities and encouraged the development of the creative arts for than 50 years, holding regular workshops, exhibitions and seminars as well as providing meeting and conference spaces. With support from the NSW Government’s Restart funding the group…
Submissions close: 19 September 2022 Cement a Friendship – Visit Kandos’ is what we have been saying since Cementa began a decade ago. In that time, we have delivered five exciting and memorable festivals that show how communities and art can come together and make magic. Conceived as a socially embedded regional festival, Cementa acknowledges…
The Museum of Rural Life at Lake Glenbawn in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is a strange phenomenon. Purpose built and opened in 1966, it closed 20 years later. Since then it has remained closed with the original collection inside. Over the years, many attempts have been made to rescue the collection but to no…
Four Shires, four venues, four Sundays in May and over 440 people enjoying the sounds of the Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music “Motown by the GrooveHunters” and the supporting acts in Singleton and Dungog. The Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music and Arts Upper Hunter joined forces to bring the music from the 60s and 70s.…
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 22 December 2021 to 4 January 2022. Our Muswellbrook Office re-opens 10 January.
NOTE: A FRESH START HAS BEEN CANCELLED The famed regional festival venue Dashville, has weathered the storm and is gearing up for the return of events, with a big few months ahead. The popular secluded bushland venue, located on Wonnarua country of the Hunter Valley, is stoked to be back in the hot…
This event has been postponed until further notice! There will be Folk on the verandah from 3pm, Jazz in the library room from about 4.30 and it could get Kooky in the main room until around 7pm, lots of performers. Free, bookings essential. This event is for Members and email Subscribers only – but…
Christmas is approaching and it’s been a heck of a year for many many people. For Arts Upper Hunter, 2021 was truly bittersweet. Let’s look back at this tumultuous year. In February Mark Reedman, a larger than life character in so many ways – that memorable voice, love of theatre, devotion to the communities he…
Create NSW is offering a series of webinars to provide artists and arts and cultural organisations information on applying for funding. Coming up are: Thursday 16 December 2021, 11am – Aboriginal Organisations, Artists & Groups Funding Information Session Wednesday 12 January 2022, 1pm – Festivals Organisations, Artists & Groups Funding Information Session. Wednesday 19 January…