We are looking for someone to help develop creative programs for Aboriginal artists and communities in our region. The Aboriginal Arts Officer (AAO) position is an exciting opportunity for someone with connections to community, an interest in the arts and a desire to help make a difference. The right candidate will become a member of…
Arts Upper Hunter and AGL is proud to welcome 16 artists into the Liddell WORKS project, a unique partnership inviting artists to creatively respond to the process of the closure, decommissioning and demolition of the iconic Liddell Power Station in April 2023. The selected artists work across the fields of sound installation, pottery, 3D video…
The Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter Art Prize announces the Singleton Art Prize is on again and it is their 40th year this year! They are hoping for bumper entries, and have advised it will be a a great year with hopefully some new categories and exciting happenings on the Friday opening night. Entry…
They’re back! For a long time CASP has been a mainstay of regional arts and communities. CASP provides grants to arts and cultural groups, not-for profit-organisations and local councils for short term, locally initiated projects. Schools can’t apply but school P&C’s can. The grants must primarily be used to employ professional artists or cultural workers,…
Last year Scone-based artist Janno McLaughlin set herself the task of sewing & assembling a quilt as big as a house to deliver to the Ukrainian embassy in London then on to Ukraine to be wrapped Christo-like around significant landmarks. More than 9,000 patches have been received from all around the world: an outstanding show…
Arts Upper Hunter (AUH) is one of fifteen not for profit Regional Arts Development Organisations funded by the NSW Government. Servicing the LGAs of Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter, AUH also receives contributions from these councils. The board meets four to six times a year in various locations or via Zoom. While the position…
At last the Here Now & Always Online Festival & Art Market is becoming a reality. It all happens in late May, and Arts Upper Hunter is looking for artists who would like to sell work. We want to hear from you! You need to live in the area and be creating work for sale.…
Dungog Arts Society presents this workshop to enable participants to develop creative ideas using the simple techniques of knotting using the double half hitch. Day 1: 2-dimensional work, Day 2: 3-dimensional work. Saturday 18th and 25th March 2023, 10am to 2.30pm with two breaks. The Old Punthouse Art Studio, 9 Martins Creek Road Paterson. All equipment, materials and meals…
Upper Hunter Youth Services, located in Muswellbrook, is an organisation that provides counselling, casework, support and after school youth programs, is after an Art Teacher/Person to lead or facilitate a small workshop for our young people during April 2023 School Holidays, which is also Youth Week 2023. The Workshop will consist of 10-25 young people,…
Thanks to a grant from Regional NSW’s Stronger Country Communities Fund, the Liddell WORKS Creative Residencies program now has more happening! The iconic Liddell Power Station is retiring in April 2023 and, in collaboration with AGL, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and others, we have been developing a program to mark the transformation. Now with our…