Eastern Riverina Arts enriches, inspires and connects our region by fostering arts, culture, creative industry and community.

Eastern Riverina Arts (ERA) is a small organisation providing big opportunities to artists and creative people in our region.
Eastern Riverina Arts supports creative practitioners, stimulates creative activity and enterprise, and increases participation in the arts. We work in collaboration with the eight Councils of Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Lockhart, Junee, Snowy Valleys, Temora and Wagga Wagga.

We believe that arts and culture contribute to the vibrancy, prosperity and wellbeing of communities across our region.

Eastern Riverina Arts is part of a network of 15 Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs) in NSW, in close partnership with our parent body Regional Arts NSW. Individually and collectively, the RADO network works with creative organisations, councils, governments and the philanthropic sector to maximise the opportunities available to practitioners and creative groups in the Riverina region.

Eastern Riverina Arts manages Creative Riverina, connecting you with creative people, products and experiences in the Riverina Region. You can browse this extensive directory of local creative activity, and create your own FREE listing.

Eastern Riverina Arts receives its core funding from the NSW Government through Create NSW. We also administer the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) on behalf of the NSW Government. CASP is an annual grants program supporting local artists and creative projects.

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive information about CASP and to hear about the latest grants, workshops and opportunities available.

Strategic Projects

On top of the core services we develop and lead strategic projects in partnership with Councils and arts organisations across our region and the state, using creative practice to deliver real-world benefits to our community. You can read about our active and past projects in the Projects tab.

Eastern Riverina Arts is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and is a member of Regional Arts New South Wales. We gratefully acknowledge the financial and in-kind contributions from our eight member councils.

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Testimonials

“Renew Wagga is giving artists like me a start. Today I am open for business, my art is on the walls and I have already made several sales. I actually have accounting software and thanks to Eastern Riverina Arts and the Business Enterprise Centre realise that a business plan involves more than “paint the pictures, sell the pictures, buy more paint”! This is literally a dream come true.”
Maggie Deal
Little Yellow House Gallery
“Through the help of Eastern Riverina Arts I have been able to gain a national profile as a comedian while continuing to live in the Riverina with my friends and family. During the pandemic they helped me to navigate funding opportunities to help me stay afloat during a really tough time, and over the years they have helped me grow as an artist in knowledge and experience in lots of different ways.”
Dane Simpson
Comedian
“The Australia Council hosted several key events and leadership programs in Wagga Wagga in 2021. This would not have been possible without the local knowledge, commitment, and guidance of Eastern Riverina Arts. Tim and the team were a dream to work with and we thank them for their critical work advocating for the arts and the Eastern Riverina region.”
Kevin du Preez
Previously Director Capacity Building, Australia Council for the Arts
“Eastern Riverina Arts provided me with a wealth of support and direction during a recent project of mine. The expertise, knowledge and community links were immensely valuable for me as an Aboriginal artist - supporting fair and equitable access to resources and guiding best practice in the arts.”
Amanda Hinkelmann
Because of my Four
The support provided to my business by Eastern Riverina Arts over the past 5 years has been pivotal in our resilience, success and growth. The organisation is full of outstanding creative professionals, each with their own experience and skills, but all eager to share advice and contacts to help the sector grow together.”
Adam Bannister
Pyrus Event Services
“Managing an art project was not something that I had ever done before. Thankfully, Eastern Riverina Arts was there to help me negotiate everything from what type of contract to use through to when to step back and allow the artist to exercise their poetic licence in the design. What resulted was an amazing collaborative project.”
Tony Wennerbom
Wing Commander, Royal Australian Air Force