CASP has been running for decades and is a vital support for regional arts, enabling community groups to hold small bespoke workshops, or create artworks, or have performances or exhibitions, that fit their local people and create further opportunities for artists. “The applicants ranged across many artforms, across the whole of this region,” according to…
The board and staff of Arts Upper Hunter thanked Ivan Skaines, our outgoing Chair and Board Member, at the March meeting. Ivan joined the Board in 2018, was appointed as Deputy Chair in 2020 and Chair in 2021. Ivan has had a long association with AUH. He was even Acting Executive Director for 3 months in…
Would you love to use your communication skills to develop lively content for creative programs in our region? We are seeking a Communications Officer to help develop an active online presence for Arts Upper Hunter’s current programs and changing website. Arts Upper Hunter is the peak body for the arts across the Local Councils of…
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.…