In Conversations with…..
Interviews with Upper Hunter artists and writers. Visit our Podcast page. First cabs off the rank are Roger Skinner, photographer and Simone Bailey, author.
Arts Upper Hunter Seeks Your Responses
Arts Upper Hunter is seeking original written and visual responses to the pandemic from writers and visual artists in the Upper Hunter for its website. Written responses can be poetry, prose, lyrics or script with a five hundred word limit and a maximum of two works per writer. Visual responses can be in any form…
Create NSW and Artspace fast-forward the call for Emerging Visual Artists
As part of its response to COVID-19 impacts, Create NSW has brought forward its call for entries for the 2020 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), which supports NSW-based visual artists at the start of their careers, in partnership with Sydney’s Artspace. Up to 12 artists will be selected to receive curatorial support and mentorship from…
Baerami Bush Dance at Home
Martin & Jan Fallding, organisers of the annual Baerami Bush Dance, invite to join their the Baerami Bush Dance at Home. RSVPs are essential. The annual Baerami Bush Dance and Campout in the Upper Hunter Valley would have been this Saturday evening 2nd May 2020. This was to have been the 29th dance held. With…
COVID-19 support for NSW small-medium arts and screen sector
Create NSW has announced new funding initiatives and the repurposing of existing funding totalling $6.34 million to support independent artists and small to medium arts, screen and cultural organisations impacted by COVID-19. Executive Director Chris Keely said that the sector has been an unavoidable casualty of restrictions aimed at ensuring the safety of the community,…
Dance Craze Winners
Winners of the Arts Upper Hunter Dance Craze Video Comp are Grace Booth, 12, Lula Peebles, 10, Annabelle Hunt, 10 and Rihanna Hunt , 9. Their team Crazy Glaze will share in the $500 prize. They all live in Merriwa and attend St Joseph’s Primary School in Merriwa. They share a love of dance and…
Focus on younger readers in 2020 Affirm Press Mentorship Award at Varuna, the National Writers’ House
Now in its sixth year, the Affirm Press Mentorship Award will focus exclusively on Young Adult and middle-grade fiction (ages 9+) with sci-fi and fantasy themes for entries to the 2020 award. The three winning submissions will receive a week’s residency and manuscript development at Varuna, the National Writers’ House. The Affirm Press kids editorial…
NSW Artists sought for Sydney Metro Art
Artists across the State are being called upon to submit expressions of interest to design new public artworks that will greet passengers when the 10 stations on the T3 Bankstown Line from Marrickville to Bankstown are upgraded to metro standards as part of Sydney Metro City & Southwest. Create NSW in partnership with Sydney Metro…
The Basil Sellers Art Prize 2020
The Basil Sellers Exhibitions Centre (the Bas) proudly presents the Basil Sellers Art Prize 2020. Eurobodalla’s beloved biennial art prize returns in 2020. The Basil Sellers Art Prize provides a platform for visual artists living in NSW and the ACT. This prestigious prize has supported artistic excellence and creative practice for almost 20 years. Major…
Arts Upper Hunter is still operating
Arts Upper Hunter is continuing to support local artists and cultural organisations. Staff are now working remotely. Mark and Sandra can be contacted via email and social media, or you can call Mark on 0409 382 509.