Tucked away in the Dungog Museum is a beautifully ornate National Cash Register, a relic of a bygone era when pounds, shillings, and pence were the currency of the day. Once a centerpiece in Skillen’s grocery shop, this historic register served the community until 1966, when Australia transitioned to decimal currency. The shop, formerly located…
Next//Studio is a digital skills workshop program created in collaboration with Arts Upper Hunter, the Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre and local creative industry professionals. In July 2024 we commenced the pilot version of the program during the school holidays to provide creative industry-based digital skills to youth 14 – 20 years over two days.…
Nearly $7,000 in grants have been announced for Upper Hunter region artists and groups. Executive Director of Arts Upper Hunter, John O’Brien, said that the assessors found their work difficult, as there was a record number of entries. “It was a bit like comparing apples and oranges, too, with organisations up against individuals and businesses.…
Arts Upper Hunter has been successful in our application for funding from the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support fund from Creative Australia. The IVAIS fund’s goal is to build capacity, sales, skills, and employment for Aboriginal people, with an emphasis on visual arts. Our own main goal is for the program to be driven by…
Grants of up to $1,000 are available for artists or organisations including museums and historical societies working across all artforms in the Upper Hunter region. The grants are aimed at helping artists and arts organisations to take a small but crucial step forward in their creative pursuits. Note that there is a limited pool of…
In a unique initiative, HORIZONS: Creative Industries Career Launchpad is a 12-month project supporting career pathways for young creatives across regional New South Wales. With a cohort of 75 regional-based young creatives, HORIZONS seeks to demonstrate that a fulfilling creative career is not only attainable but sustainable in a regional context. Selected through an application…
Change Generators: Closure and Hope As We Move into a Post-Carbon Future will feature on Big Ideas on 3 July. On Thursday 27 June Natasha Mitchell from ABC Radio National hosted this excellent panel inspired by the LiddellWORKS exhibition, at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, before an audience of 55 interested locals. The nation-wide broadcast of the…
Arts Upper Hunter, in partnership with Tocal Homestead, Scone Museum, and Dungog Museum, is delighted to announce the successful applicants for the This Here Then Now (THTN) Museum Activation Residency Program. Funded by the Regional Arts Fund, this residency initiative aims to revitalize small local museums by creatively engaging artists with their collections, spaces, characters,…
Change Generators: Closure and Hope As We Move into a Post-Carbon Future Be in the audience for this keenly anticipated panel. ABC Radio National’s Natasha Mitchell leads a session to debate the future for our region and the world. As Liddell changes from coal-generation to renewables and storage (even nuclear?!?), what other generators of change are…
The Upper Hunter’s retired coal-fired Liddell Power Station helped to keep the lights on across NSW and sustained businesses for more than half a century until closure in April last year. The LiddellWORKS project – an innovative partnership between Arts Upper Hunter (AUH) and AGL – invited artists to mark the occasion. A highly competitive…