Book your seats for Choo Choo Troupe’s hilarious family show “You’ll Never Guess Where I Hid the Cheese” being presented by Arts Upper Hunter. Tickets are $5 online ( plus booking fee). See booking links below. All shows start at 6pm. James Theatre, Dungog – Monday 23 September – click here Singleton Youth Venue, Singleton…
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:…
Following the success of the Upper Hunter Festival Forum in 2018, Arts Upper Hunter is holding the Upper Hunter Library Forum on Wednesday June 19 at Muswellbrook Library from 10am to 1pm. Keynote speaker is Cameron Morley, Manager of Public Library Services at the State Library of NSW. Cameron, Upper Hunter Shire Library Coordinator Elizabeth…
Are you new to writing and wondering how to get your words down on paper? Or are you already writing and looking to go to the next level? Want to make your fiction soar? Writing Gymnastics will look at ways to make your stories leap into life. Facilitator Megan Buxton taught secondary English for thirty…
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…
Arts Upper Hunter hosted two contemporary dance workshops run by Catapult Dance’s Toni Ambrogetti. Toni worked with performers from Showstoppers Performing Arts Company for People with Abilities at Scone and participants from integratedLiving Australia at Muswellbrook. Many thanks to Jill Hamling from Showstoppers Performing Arts Company for People with Abilities, and Chic Taylor from integratedLiving…
Arts Upper Hunter hosted a one day drama workshop at St James’ Primary School Muswellbrook run by Tantrum Youth Arts’ Chris Dunstan (front right). Chris worked with year 5 & 6 students. At the end of the day the plays were performed for the whole school. Many thanks to Acting Principal Ashley Borg.
In collaboration with Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Arts Upper Hunter hosted the fourth in this series of popular professional development events on Wednesday 14 November at the art centre. Fourteen artists each spent seven minutes one on one with each of five gallery professionals: Sandra McMahon (Director Weswal Gallery, Tamworth), Ahn Wells (Director Gallery 139,…
The Upper Hunter Festival Forum was held on Tuesday 18th September at Singleton. Many thanks to everyone who attended Arts Upper Hunter’s Festival Forum and especially speakers Professor John Connell, Jan Fallding, Nancy Knudsen and Deidre Peebles. Festivals and major events are great for community and economic development but behind the scenes it’s not…