The $10,000 acquisitive Newcastle Foundation Art Prize is open to all artists living in the Hunter Valley. This year’s theme and dimensions of works for the prize have been announced. This year’s theme is Cornucopia: “When first settled by Europeans, Newcastle and the Hunter was recognised for its abundance of flora and fauna. Images of…
The Murrurundi and District Historical Society’s is proud to present this exhibition of models from regional taxidermists Kevin and Leanne Bowman, and Steve Miller. The exhibition features birds, animals and fish. Venue: God’s Waiting Room (next door to the Murrurundi Museum) Mayne St, Murrurundi. Open: Weekends 10am to 1pm, Other times by appointment. Exhibition closes:…
Scone Arts & Crafts will be holding their 23rd Annual Members Exhibition alongside the Annual Scone Horse Festival in May 2019. This will be a ‘Members’ Exhibition’ (joining fee $25.00 annually). open to anyone who is a current financial member. Entry is free and if your work is sold we take 20% of the sale…
She has been likened to Evelyn Waugh and Agatha Christie, and now award –winning author Sulari Gentill is heading to Singleton Public Library in March for a free author talk, and everyone is welcome. Sulari Gentill is the mastermind behind the critically-acclaimed Rowland Sinclair mysteries, with a list of impressive awards to her name including…
Create NSW has announced that a new round of Arts and Cultural Projects 2018/19 funding that opened on Monday 25 February, following the distribution of $1.7m for 39 projects including $500,000 for 13 across Western Sydney through earlier rounds. Open to individual artists, arts and cultural workers, partnerships and organisations, the Arts and Cultural Projects…
Arts Upper Hunter is hosting an exhibition by Jess Dugan, a local photographer, from the 11 March to the 18 April in our office foyer at 142 Bridge St, Muswellbrook. ‘Happiness is different for everyone. One thing that might make one person happy, another doesn’t give thought to. During some recent training I did…
Arts Upper Hunter has just announced the dates for the tour of Choo Choo Troupe’s hilarious family show “You’ll Never Guess Where I Hid the Cheese”. Dungog – 23 September Singleton – 24 September Muswellbrook – 25 September Merriwa – 26 September Scone – 27 September Murrurundi – 28 September This is a very funny…
Saturday 27th April 2019, 7.30pm Venue: St Mary-on-Allyn Church, 840 Allyn River Road, Allynbrook (near Gresford) Tickets: $150 including light supper and drinks afterwards. Bookings and information: Email Lisa johnandlisa@activ8.net.au John Lill is a famous British pianist. This will be his only Australian performance. John Lill is the kind of pianist you thought they…
Entries close: 15 March 2019 If you had a work published or released during 2018 you may be eligible to enter this year’s Awards. Prize money is awarded in each category with up to $80,000 for winners and $5,000 for shortlisted books. Awards are presented across six categories: •children’s literature •young adult literature •fiction •poetry…
Saturday 16th March at 7pm Venue: Sacred Spaces at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, 30 Queen Street, Singleton The Brandenburg’s principal baroque flautist Melissa Farrow has carefully curated a program to represent the distinctive styles of English and French music from the early and mid-eighteenth centuries. The concert will include works by Handel, Lully, Playford,…