An innovative animation installation is set to breathe new life into one of Tocal Homestead’s historic treasures this May, offering visitors a unique window into the region’s rich architectural heritage. Award-winning artist Todd Fuller’s They Call Me Blacket will transform the Stone Barn Stables at Tocal Homestead into an immersive storytelling experience during the popular…
Are you an Aboriginal creative person from this region, with skills in painting or drawing or craftwork or design? Here are two great options. We’d love you to register your interest. Both are currently in planning stage… Working with youth – the YarnSmart program from Upper Hunter Community Services runs on Wednesday evenings in Muswellbrook. The…
… plus a lunchtime networking opportunity. Creative Plus Business in partnership with Arts Upper Hunter presents these two FREE workshops for creatives in the Upper Hunter. 10:00am ‘The freelance five’ workshop with Creative Plus Business Cick to Book 12:00pm Enjoy sandwiches for lunch and networking with fellow creatives 1:00pm ‘Creative’s guide to social media’ workshop…
The Horizons program for young people across regional NSW has wound up – and Arts Upper Hunter held a special celebration. Three of our four young artists joined eight creative professionals at the Singleton Arts & Cultural Centre for cake, conversation, critique and closure. (The fourth, Emily Smallmon, couldn’t make it on the day.) Joining…
Blak Arts Collective, Arts Upper Hunter’s new program for First Nations creatives in our region, starts to roll out this month. Funded by the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support scheme, we are thrilled to be working in collaboration with the Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council to deliver the program. Market stalls, a schools…
Over the past year, Dungog artist Helene Leane has created an interesting body of work inspired by a beautifully ornate National Cash Register housed in the Dungog Museum. This register once took pride of place in Skillen’s grocery store, located where the Dungog Medical Centre now stands. The community can now experience her creations in…
Artist Todd Fuller is currently developing a distinctive body of work, featuring drawings and animations that explore the fascinating history of the Blackett Barn at Tocal Homestead. Through his animations, Todd brings the story of this historic structure to life. The completed work will be showcased at Tocal Museum in early 2025 This work is…
Six community organisations will be receiving the funding from across the Upper Hunter region. The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) has been a bulwark of the arts in the regions for decades. “This was a very competitive pool of applicants,” says Arts Upper Hunter Executive Director John O’Brien, “and I think that speaks to how…
Over the past year, Dungog-based artist Helene Leane has been thoughtfully crafting a unique body of work for the This Here Then Now project, a museum activation initiative funded by the Regional Arts Fund. This project, created by Arts Upper Hunter in collaboration with the Dungog Museum, Scone Museum, and Tocal Homestead, invites artists to…
Textile artist Sophie Cox spoke at the launch of her exhibition Desks of Fabric at the Scone Museum, part of the This Here Then Now project—a museum activation program developed by Arts Upper Hunter with support from the Regional Arts Fund and the NSW Government. Sophie’s residency inspired a series of textile works created in…