‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ & ‘The Loaded Dog’ Classic stories accompanied by live music in the stunning Chapel at Sacred Spaces at the Sisters of Mercy Convent 30 Queen Street, Singleton on Saturday 10 August at 2pm. With conductor Ian Cook and narrators Carl Caulfield & Ghillian Sullivan. Music from popular family movies will…
The Odyssey exhibition featuring Upper Hunter artists Anne Bray, Janice Hanicar, Hope Hardy and Julia McNaught opens 6pm on Saturday 31 August 2019 at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre. ” Odyssey” was inspired by the result of an eventful, adventurous journey which focused on the experiences of drawing, collecting and painting en plein air. It…
Create NSW funding rounds open Monday 5 August 2019. Create NSW is encouraging anyone looking to apply for funding to attend a session. • Redfern | Tuesday 23 July, 2.00pm – 4.00pm • Bankstown | Thursday 25 July, 4.00pm – 6.00pm • Wollongong | Tuesday 30 July, 4.30pm – 6.30pm • Newcastle | Wednesday 31…
In July Arts Upper Hunter engaged Tantrum Youth Arts to run two whole day school drama workshops culminating in performances for other students. Many thanks to Melissa Whiteman at Denman Public School, Corralee Kerrigan at Aberdeen Public School, James Chapman and Alexandra Rose from Tantrum Youth Arts and Year 5 and 6 participants. Photo:…
Arts Upper Hunter (AUH) is one of fourteen not for profit Regional Arts Development Organisations funded by the NSW government. Servicing the LGAs of Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter, it also receives contributions from the councils in those LGAs. AUH’s volunteer board of management employs two permanent staff and artists/presenters contracted to run workshops…
A flag raising ceremony, traditional dancing, croc encounter show and petting zoo headlined Singleton’s biggest ever NAIDOC Week event on Wednesday, where over 500 people gathered on the Civic Lawn in celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Mayor of Singleton, Cr Sue Moore joined local indigenous community…
Applications for the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) opened on the 30 June 2019. The RAF is an Australian government supported grant that encourages sustainable cultural development in regional and remote Australia and meets the strategic priorities of supporting participation in, and access to, the arts and encouraging greater private sector support for the arts. It…
Box office hit screen director to tutor early career regional screen directors. Kriv Stenders (Danger Close, Red Dog), one of Australia’s most renowned and critically acclaimed Screen Directors will be a guest tutor at Screenworks Directing Intensive in Byron Bay on 24th and 25th August 2019. Along with a leading Australian Documentary Directory who is…
The Hunter Poetry Slam is expanding across the region in 2019 with six free workshops to be held in Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton, Newcastle, Maitland and Wallsend in mid July. Poets across the Hunter will have the opportunity to hone their poetry writing and performance skills with workshops at Muswellbrook Library, Scone Council Chambers, Singleton Public…
Join the Lower Clarence Valley Rising Stars in a concert of Opera Highlights in the stunning Chapel at Sacred Spaces at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, 30 Queen Street, Singleton on Saturday 13 July at 2pm. Join Rising Stars Troy Castle, Michelle Ryan, Emma Short, Connor Willmore and Madeleine Short for a divine afternoon of…