Creative Valleys is Arts Upper Hunter’s dedicated website celebrating the region through events, trails and local stories. It is a great way for locals and visitors alike to discover the creative experiences that make the Upper Hunter unique. Discover arts, cultural and community events happening across the Upper Hunter. Explore curated trails featuring public art,…
In response to an idea driven by Muswellbrook’s multicultural community, Muswellbrook Shire Council and AGL are funding a recipe book including stories of family, home and migration to the town. Arts Upper Hunter project officer, Marina Lee-Warner will be collating the histories and stories behind the recipes with the support of Muswellbrook’s MultiConnect community and…
This gorgonzola of a school holiday workshop is on 15-17 July 2026. It is FREE and bookings are essential. Make Your Mark on the Screen Three days of digital mayhem where teens aged 12–18 collaborate to create a short animated music video — guided by one of Australia’s most experienced live visual artists. Your character,…
Arts Upper Hunter connects people, places and possibilities through the arts across Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter LGAs. With your support, we can back young people, strengthen First Nations programs, and keep vital creative opportunities within reach for our communities. Every donation makes a difference: • $50 buys art supplies for a school workshop…
Stop looking everyone! We’ve FOUND a piano (or two). Thanks so much for everyone who contacted us. Here’s what we were asking for … Do you have a piano that you need to get off your hands? Preferably one that hasn’t been tuned in years or is a bit “ruined”. Please contact Haylee Knight, Project…
Arts Upper Hunter’s regional touring program will begin in July. Meanwhile you may well get a call from Jenny-Lee Scharnboeck, our Project Officer, to check on your venue’s details, matchmaking for the right venue and the right play over the next year or so. Cathy Schneider of Clarence Town developed our way cool logo. More…
30 deadly and excited youth from across the Upper Hunter set their alarms early to take part in the inaugural Dare 2B Deadly Cultural Youth Day at the Minimbah Learning Centre last week. Organised by a great big team of First Nations people and overseen by Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council and Arts Upper Hunter,…
Our first activity, Death Cycle of a Found Piano begins— Friday (tomorrow) will see the deconstruction, revealing the beautiful inner workings, followed on Saturday and Sunday by participatory creative making. If you are heading to Gum Ball this weekend pop by and say hi. The Gum Ball Art & Music Festival Friday 24 to Sunday…
Become part of an innovative arts and culture project exploring the intersection of art and sound. This April, photographer Caleb Arcifa brings his Sonant Autograph practice to the Hunter Regional Conservatorium, as part of a collaborative initiative led by Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre in partnership with Arts Upper Hunter. Sessions: Wednesday 15 to Saturday 18…
Powered by a Regional Arts Fund grant, Visuaural is a mash-up of the sound and visual. It’s a public program designed in conjunction with Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre’s new Listen To Art residencies, and will happen across our region. Details of the program are still being finalised. You may be taking part yourself, either through…