Singleton businesses and not-for-profits encouraged to get innovative for community funding

Not-for-profit organisations, entrepreneurs and businesses with a project to boost economic growth or promote health and wellbeing for the Singleton community are encouraged to apply for Round Five of the Singleton Community and Economic Development Fund. The groundbreaking fund, established in a partnership between Singleton Council, The Bloomfield Group and Glencore to best use VPA…

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Dungog

Dungog’s Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has hit an impressive milestone. Over 100 babies and toddlers in the Dungog Shire are now receiving a free book each month thanks to the dedicated volunteers and the generous sponsors of Dungog Early Literacy Inc and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL). Anne Higgins, Chairperson of the Dungog Early Literacy…

MusicNSW Tour 1 features Upper Hunter artist Saralyn

MusicNSW recent announced the first (of five) tour, the Songbird Sessions, featuring the talented Saralyn from Paterson, Upper Hunter. Saralyn is a rising country star. Her music blends heartfelt storytelling with the sonic influences of Stevie Nicks, Lainey Wilson and Dolly Parton. In 2024, she won the Gympie Music Muster Mothertone Talent Search open category,…

2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship Winner: Shan Turner-Carroll 

Regional Arts NSW and The Windmill Trust are pleased to announce that the 2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship for regional NSW artists has been awarded to Shan Turner-Carroll, currently based in his hometown Lovedale, on the lands of the Wonnarua people. Read more…. Photo: Shan Turner-Carroll “Bodies On A Rock”, 2020, installation, sculpture, video, performance. Photo: MRAG,…

AUH Launches Custom Curated Itineraries

Arts Upper Hunter is launching our latest innovation on the Creative Valley website. These custom curated itineraries incorporating events and places to visit provide visitors and locals alike, the opportunity to embrace the creative valleys of the Upper Hunter. Initially, AUH has put together 4 itineraries focusing on Dungog Shire to coincide with Sculptures on…

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…

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…

Coming soon! Workshops to “help visitors find you”

Share your story, grow your audience. Are you running events, experiences, or creative offerings in the Upper Hunter? Do you want more visitors to discover what you do? Creative Valleys and Arts Upper Hunter are teaming up with local councils across the region to offer practical workshops, helping you make the most of the Australian…