With COVID restrictions currently allowing dancing,the organisers are looking forward to holding the Baerami Dance again in 2021. However, final arrangements will be dependent on the restrictions in place at the time – please keep in touch. They may need to alter the usual format and type of dances to ensure COVID protocols are followed.…
If you operate a live music venue that has suffered financial hardship as a result of COVID-19, you may be eligible for funding from the NSW Government’s Live Music Support package. This funding helps live music venues stay open and create employment opportunities for musicians, promoters and technicians. Eligible businesses can apply for funding to…
The board of Arts Upper Hunter has appointment Carolyn O’Brien as the Acting Executive Director and Anna Rankmore as the Restart Project Officer. Carolyn (left) has been a ‘local’ in the Upper Hunter area for a while, with qualifications in Business Management and Administration, with experience in marketing, event management, audience development, risk management, career…
The impulse to create and collect is innately human and can make life richer, fuller and deeper. And if you have a body of creative work or an interesting collection and are looking for an inclusive space to display your work or collection, the Muswellbrook Library is offering their spacious foyer to you. The Muswellbrook…
Is This Jazz? features Paul McNamara and Sally Corbett who are Another World Duo with Special guest Craig Scott. The PAD @ The Royal is a new music and performance venue. Sunday 18 April, 4pm Royal Hotel, Dungog. Tickets available now https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=721505& BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL This event is supported by: .
Vivaldi & Friends in the Hunter Valley – a concert for string quartet & classical guitar at All Saints Anglican Church, High St, Singleton this Saturday 20th March 2021 at 4pm. **The continuing rain forecast has meant that the concert has been moved indoors, and won’t be held on their forested mountainside at Callicoma Hill…
Applications close: 17 December 2021, or when fund is fully committed. To support the social and economic recovery of our regions, the NSW Government’s $20 million Regional Events Acceleration Fund helps organisations to attract new major international and domestic events to regional areas and supports existing regional events to grow even bigger and better. The…
The sky is the limit for the future of Singleton in a new activation set to kick off in Bourke’s Arcade, the latest laneway to be targeted as a creative canvas under a $500,000 NSW Government Streets as Shared Spaces grant — and everyone is encouraged to participate. Launching on Tuesday 9 March 2021,…
Off the back of a wildly successful inaugural 2020 event, the organisers are excited to invite local artists of the Hunter Region to exhibit at the Hunter Valley Art Fair. A unique one-of-a-kind indoor/ outdoor event to showcase artists, makers and creatives. An event created by artists, for artists! The Hunter Valley Art Fair is…
Scone Arts & Crafts is pleased to host this long proposed Portrait Photography Workshop with David Oliver and John Wallace. David Oliver is a master of photography with the AIPP, and John Wallace brings a masterful touch with studio lighting. John will be bringing a stack of studio equipment for participants to use and David…
CHANGE OF VENUE, DETAILS TO BE UPDATED SOON Callicoma Hill Eco-cabins, Hunter Valley, presents this outdoor, acoustic concert on the mountainside accompanied by the sounds of the forest and sunset. Andrew Blanch is one of Australia’s most sought after guitarists and the Gully Line String Quartet comprises three of Newcastle’s rising string stars.…
It is with great sadness that the board of Arts Upper Hunter brings you the news that our Regional Arts Development Officer & Executive Director Mark Reedman, passed away unexpectedly from a suspected heart attack in early February. Arts Upper Hunter has been advised by Mark’s family that there was a private cremation and Mark’s…
It is with great sadness that the board of Arts Upper Hunter brings you the news that our Regional Arts Development Officer & Executive Director, Mark Reedman, passed away unexpectedly on 2nd February 2021. Our deepest condolences to his family, colleagues and friends. He will be profoundly missed by all in the Upper Hunter arts…
Scone Arts and Crafts presents a two day “The Streets of Italy” workshop. The workshop will include exciting scenes of Italy’s narrow streets and laneways, Greek island walkways and colourful cafe scenes, with tightly clustered buildings and groups of people. You will be shown how to draw a streetscape in true perspective, judge eye levels,…
NSW Government has announced that regional and rural arts organisations from around NSW are to benefit from $267,116 in small-grant funding. The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) will fund 83 organisations to support community arts and cultural development. Successful recipients in the Upper Hunter region are: Upper Hunter Community Services Inc Warriors Hip Hop Workshop…
The board and staff of Arts Upper Hunter wish you a happy, safe and creative festive season. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you in the new year. Our office will be closed Thursday 24 December 2020 to Sunday 10 January 2021.
Tantrum Youth Arts has two exciting opportunities for artists. Tantrum Residency 2021 Tantrum Residency (previously Trajectory Residency) is their revamped annual program for local early-career artists or groups, providing them with space, mentoring, and the opportunity to forge professional connections around the creative development of their own new performance work. Selected artists will be…
Richard Gill School is excited to announce that scholarships are available to a small handful of families that wish to attend our wonderful school but may not have the means to do so. Scholarships will cover a child’s full primary school education fees. , it The scholarships will be available to families with children starting…
Singleton artist Sally Hinchcliffe and St Catherine’s Catholic College year 12 graduate Altheya Agena traced the outlines for a 15m mural to active this important laneway off John Street earlier this week and Sally has commenced the painting. The mural is the first of five laneway activations in Singleton to reconnect our community to local…
he Scone Literary Festival announced this week that former Governor General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) will deliver the next Patrick White Oration to be held on March 13 2021. The PWO is the second, stand-alone event to be staged by the Scone Literary Festival. The first was…
This is an opportunity for a local artist to deliver a mural based on a design concept. While the artwork may seem to be already designed in the scope, there is flexibility for the artist to add their own ideas. Work to be completed by Christmas. Please contact Christopher Saunders, Singleton Council ASAP on 0418…
Saturday 21 November 2020 Sale of Arts, Crafts and Ceramics. Scone Arts & Crafts Centre. 63 Kingdon St, Scone. 10am to 4pm. For more information call Roger on 0407 002 777 . Photo: Taken at a past Scone Arts & Crafts Members Exhibition, taken by and courtesy of, Roger Skinner.
Come and explore the local makers at the Little Artisan Market. Pick up some hand crafted Christmas Pressie or something creative for yourself. Held in the local Dungog CWA hall next to the Grower’s market. Saturday 28th November. 8:30am to 2:00pm Dungog CWA Hall 195 Dowling Street, Dungog. NSW For more details contact the organiser. …
In major step towards recovery, the arts and culture sector will soon receive $30.1 million through the second stage of the NSW Government’s Rescue and Restart package. Minister for the Arts, Don Harwin said with the decline in the COVID-19 community transmission rate and the easing of restrictions, the focus of the NSW Government was…
The late Max Watters OAM (1936-2020) donated his extensive collection of artworks to the Muswellbrook Shire in 2004, a collection which showcases some of the most influential names in contemporary Australian art, is conservatively valued at more than $5 million and forms the nucleus of the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre anthology. And now Muswellbrook Shire…
On Tuesday 3 November the NSW Government confirmed its commitment to supporting arts and cultural outcomes delivered through the Regional Arts Development Organisations across NSW, by increasing core funding for the organisations from 2021. The Minister for the Arts, Don Harwin said the outcomes of the Regional Arts Network Review mean that regional NSW will…
Arts Upper Hunter “In Conversation with …”, interviews with Upper Hunter artists and arts organisations. Pearl Red Moon is a multi-media artist/designer/sewist. Visit our Podcast page to listen to this interview.
Arts Upper Hunter “In Conversation with …”, interviews with Upper Hunter artists and arts organisations. Andrew French-Northam is the Director at Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music Visit our Podcast page to listen to this interview.
Ever wanted to turn your creative dream into a business reality? Have you already set out and want to know if you’re on the right track? A free webinar is being presented by Arts Upper Hunter in partnership with Creative Plus Business to answer all your questions. This fast, friendly and information-packed workshop covers all the…
Sunday 1 November, 5pm. Digital Première Pass: $25 Join the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for the special digital premiere of Ayres & Graceson the orchestra’s digital stage, Brandenburg One. Celebrating chamber music from the English and French Baroque, Ayres & Gracesblends stunning imagery curated by Australian designer Silvana Azzi Heras with a period music program that spans both…
In one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia finalists of the 48th Muswellbrook Art Prize in 2021 will vie for a total of $71,000 in prize money across four prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive) and People’s Choice ($1,000 non-acquisitive) “Last year’s exhibition almost didn’t…
Frequency, a new $240,000 podcast program from Create NSW and Screen NSW in partnership with Audible, the world’s largest producer and provider of original spokenword entertainment and audiobooks, will support the development of up to eight new Australian stories from NSW storytellers across various genres. Recipients will be supported with up to $30,000 each to…
Small Forest Winery at Denman is pleased to bring you an exhibition of photographs from Warren Herrick. Warren has recently moved to the Upper Hunter. A few words from Warren. “Photography is my passion. I have been involved in photography for over 35 years. During my photographic career I have been engaged in various forms…
The Committee of Sculpture on the Farm are inviting their friends and supporters of SOF to ‘REVISIT’. “At this time last year we the Committee of the SOF, we were busily running our second Sculpture on the Farm exhibition…. all in the middle of one of the worst recorded droughts… but little did we know…
Richard Gill School has been out in the community in a big way over recent weeks having launched a Complimentary Early Childhood Music (ECM) Education Program across the Upper Hunter Region’s Early Learning Centres at the end of August. Parents, children and Centres alike have shown a hugely positive response from the program and Richard…
THIS CONCERT HAS SOLD OUT Callicoma Hill Eco-cabins, Hunter Valley, presents this outdoor, acoustic concert on the mountainside at accompanied by the sounds of the forest and sunset. Andrew Blanch is one of Australia’s most sought after guitarists and the Gully Line String Quartet comprises three of Newcastle’s rising string stars. Be immersed in the…
Screen NSW is calling for applications from emerging NSW filmmakers with disability to produce shorts for consideration to premiere at the 68th Sydney Film Festival in 2021. The Screenability Film Fund, which is now in its fourth year of applications, offers up to three teams $30,000 each in production finance, to be overseen by an…
With funding opportunities for creative industries being more available than ever, RANSW wants to ensure that all applicants are equipped with the opportunity to learn grant writing skills that will help them to prepare and deliver a successful application. About the Funding Fundamentals Webinars Funding and grants are often held up as the holy grail…
With the final design complete and tenders for construction slated to be called this month, Singleton Council is encouraging their community to get creative about the potential exhibitions and activities they’d like to see for the new Arts and Culture Centre. Funded in partnership between Singleton Council and a $2.787million Create NSW grant, the $4.08…
Interviews with Upper Hunter artists and writers. Visit our Podcast page for interviews with: Jenny Hicks – Film Editor/Director/Author Morrigan Raine – Composer/Singer /Audio Engineer /Producer David Darcy – Visual Artist Simone Bailey – Author Roger Skinner – Photographer
Create NSW has announced applications for the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) 2021 are now open for regional NSW not for profit organisations and local collectives. Funding is available to support regional NSW community arts and cultural development through grants of up to either $3,000 or $5,000, for projects including arts activities as part of…
Chairman of Arts Upper Hunter Robert Booth has announced 21 artists and arts organisations around the Upper Hunter who will benefit from $20,785 in small-grant funding. The AUH board increased its Micro Grants allocation in order to fund all twenty-one applicants. The grants of up to $1,000 are designed to help artists, arts organisations and…
Stall Holder Bookings close on 20 September 2020 unless filled before hand. The Hunter Valley Art Fair is being held on on the long weekend in October in Pokolbin. Artists and creatives are being invited to be part of this fabulous new event. Indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces are available. Entry is open to all…
The NSW Government is today calling for applications from NSW individual artists, arts and cultural workers, practitioners and organisations for Round 1 of Create NSW’s 2020/2021 Arts and Cultural Funding Program. Minister for the Arts Don Harwin said the NSW Government is committed to further assisting the heavily impacted arts and cultural sector to boost…
Online connectivity has been more important than ever during the current global health crisis. It has meant that many businesses have been able to continue to operate from outside of the office, loved ones have been able to stay in touch, and much-needed information has been readily available. However, for rural, regional and isolated communities,…
The NSW Government has announced the recipients of a $10 million multi-year arts funding boost to support 58 small to medium independent arts organisations for up to four years. Minister for the Arts Don Harwin said the industry has struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020/2021 Independent Arts and Cultural Organisations (Multi-Year Funding) provides…
Small Forest Wines proudly presents this exhibition of works by local resident Snezana Bellotti and her daughters Jasmine and Amelia. Snezana is a garden designer, who draws plans with artistic flare, arranges flowers, makes quilts and turns her hand to many artistic ventures. Her decoupage head, “Rosie”, is one of the art works on show.…
Arts Upper Hunter “In Conversation with …”, interviews with Upper Hunter artists and arts organisations. Jenny Hicks is a Film Editor/Director/Author. Visit our Podcast page to listen to this interview. Image: Jenny Hicks, photographer Sally Flegg, courtesy of Jenny Hicks
Singleton residents and businesses are being called on to help the historians of the future understand the COVID-19 response and the impact on the local community by contributing to a virtual time capsule. The Local History team at Singleton Public Library is collating the history of the COVID-19 experience in the Singleton local government area…
With the recent opening of applications for the 2020-2021 Regional Arts Fund and the additional RAF Boost program, RANSW wants to ensure that all applicants are equipped with the opportunity to learn grant writing skills that will help them to prepare and deliver a successful application. With the support of Business Connect and Creative Plus…
Arts Upper Hunter “In Conversation With …”, interviews with Upper Hunter artists and arts organisations. Morrigan Raine is a Composer/Singer /Audio Engineer /Producer. Visit our Podcast page to listen to this interview. Image courtesy of Morrigan Raine.
Arts Upper Hunter “In Conversation with …”, interviews with Upper Hunter artists and arts organisations. David Darcy is a visual artist from Murrurundi. Visit our Podcast page to listen to this fascinating interview. . Photos: Left – David in front of “Tjuparntarri – women’s business” , Right – David in front of “Charlotte” and are…
Regional Arts NSW is excited to begin the delivery of this year’s Regional Arts Fund (RAF) program, and recently announced that the guidelines for 2020 – 2021 are now available. The Regional Arts Fund aims to meet the strategic priorities of: support participation in, and access to arts and culture in regional and remote Australia.…
Arts Upper Hunter Quick Response Micro Grants Applications close: Wednesday 8 July 2020 In the context of the COVID-19 recovery process, Arts Upper Hunter (AUH) is offering Quick Response Micro Grants of up to $1,000 for artists or organisations including museums and historical societies working across all art forms in the Upper Hunter. The grants…
The Country Arts Support Program—CASP—is an annual small grants program administered by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) on behalf of Create NSW. The Project Highlights from CASP 2019 E-Book highlights some successful projects from each of the Regional Arts Development Organisations around NSW. Photo: Ceramic Tile Project – by Anne Fisher
Arts Upper Hunter “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. Photos left- Roger Skinner, courtesy of Roger, Right – Simone Bailey, courtesy of Simone.
Regional Arts NSW works to support 14 Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs) across NSW, including Arts Upper Hunter. This is a network of unique, innovative and passionate people who champion the arts and culture in their regions by providing support, programs and projects to those who live, work and play across regional NSW. We are…
After a much longed-for upgrade, the Singleton Museum will be open tomorrow to unveil a new look including a new exposed steel truss roof to help preserve its historical collection – which includes a marble bust of first Mayor Alexander Munro – for generations to come. Singleton Council worked with local building firm Perram and…
Female artists from across NSW are invited to submit works, in any medium, that respond toMeroogal, an 1880s house museum located in Nowra. Selected artworks will be displayed and photographed throughout the property, throwing new light on the personal stories of the people who once lived there. This year, SLM is waiving the artist entry…
The NSW Government has announced a $50 million Rescue and Restart package for NSW arts and cultural organisations to ensure the sector continues to make an important contribution to the NSW economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Gladys Berejiklian today said this funding was the largest dedicated arts and cultural support package of…
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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 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.
The following art events and festivals in the Upper Hunter have been postponed or cancelled in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Many of the annual events have been cancelled for 2020 with plans to be held in 2021. Dungog Shire Irish Night being held by Bandon Grove School of Arts – postponed Read more….…
Please note that due to the CONVID-19 pandemic this forum has been postponed. Recognising how valuable the arts can be in improving health outcomes as well as promoting health and wellbeing in the wider community, the forum will look at the benefits of integrating the arts into the design and delivery of health and community…
The Singleton Art Prize has been cancelled for 2020. Presented by the Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter, the 2020 Yancoal Singleton Art Prize is a painting and drawing show. There is a wide range of categories and a total prize pool over $18,000. Entries close 26 June 2020. For all the details including…
Playwright Ang Collins, theatremaker Frieda Lee and theatre directors Justice Jones and Claudia Osborne are the four emerging practitioners who will complete three-month theatre residencies ahead of one being selected as the first recipient of the Create NSW and Griffin Theatre Company Incubator Fellowship. The four will receive professional mentorship from the theatre company as…
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Bandon Grove School of Arts invites you to join them on Friday 27 March at their hall on Chichester Dam Rd for dinner (2 courses) and dancing to “Outback”. Date: Friday 27 March 2020 Venue: Bandon Grove School of Arts, Chichester Dam Rd, Bandon Grove. Time: Dinner 6-7pm, “Outback”…
Gallery on Dowling opened its doors on Saturday 15th February to a large crowd of over 100 locals and visitors to Dungog Shire. Jeanne Harrison and I were overwhelmed by everyone’s support. The gallery has a wide selection of original prints made with various techniques including monotypes, drypoint, lino, collagraph and etching. Visitors are invited…
Oil, water colour, and pen…. Maude’s positive challenge, imagination and thoughts are here on the wall in this exhibition of 25 paintings. This is Maude’s third exhibition at Small Forest. The exhibition will close on Sunday 29 March. Venue: Small Forest, 5052 Jerrys Plains Road (Golden Highway ), Denman Open: Saturday & Sunday from 10am…
Have You Got the Moves to Take Home a Prize? Dance crazes have been around for years and now it’s the Upper Hunter’s chance to have a go at inventing one. Arts Upper Hunter’s Dance Craze Video Comp is for young people aged 8 to 15 living the Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter local…
Singleton Library may not be the most obvious venue to spend a romantic afternoon, but that’s all about to change with the Singleton community invited to rekindle their library love affair this Valentine’s Day. From a blind date with a book, a special love-themed Storytime, to a pop-up Library and Storytime at Singleton Square, there…
Minister for the Arts Don Harwin has announced that regional and rural arts organisations from around NSW are to benefit from $250,000 in small-grant funding. The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) will fund 86 organisations to support community arts and cultural development. Successful recipients in the Upper Hunter region are: Singleton Council: Stories from Singleton…
The Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre is hosting pottery classes for children. Dates: Wednesday – 12, 19 and 26 February and 4 March 2020. Time: 4pm to 5pm. Venue: Scone Pothouse at rear of Scone Arts & Crafts Centre, 63 Kingdom St, Scone. Cost: $100 or use your Creative Kids Voucher from Service NSW. Bookings essential:…