|  |  | Work in Progress with Katrina Roe & Elaine Camlin
Join us for a drink after work tomorrow night and be inspired by a behind the scenes look at works in development by local creatives!
Katrina Roe will be presenting her work ‘The Stolen Child’ - a middle grade manuscript for children aged 9 -12 which recently won first place at the CYA competition in the published author category.
Elaine Camlin will be presenting her recent printmaking explorations created during her recent artist residency at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
🗓 18 January 5:30-7:30 PM The Station Creative Workspace Please RSVP below. | |
|  | Hand: Held: Hold Exhibition
See works in progress developed by local artist Elaine Camlin. Working across cyanotypes, monoprint, drawing and watercolour the works explore a shift in scale, with an experimental and responsive approach to materials and subject.
The exhibition provides an opportunity for visitors to be witness and respond to an artist's process, with works being further developed over the duration of the exhibition.
Exhibition DatesSaturdays & Sundays
January 13th-28th | 10am-2pm Closing EventSunday 28 January 2024
11.30am - 1.30pm
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|  | Country Arts Support Program (CASP) - applications now open!
Are you an artist looking to level up your creative practice in 2024? Are you a group, collective or company with a bold creative project in the works?
There are two streams available through the Eastern Riverina Arts Country Arts Support Program to support proposals for 2024: For Individuals, max $750 – for professional development or the realisation/presentation of an ambitious artistic outcome, or For Projects, max $3000 – for original creative projects and collaborations that meet the eligibility criteria.
In 2024 Eastern Riverina Arts is also offering one-off Eastern Riverina Festival Audience Boost grants, max $2500 – for festivals to undertake marketing, promotion and audience engagement activities in 2024.
Applications are open now. Applications close: Sunday 4th February 2024, 11.59pm | |  |  | 66th Annual Tumut Art Show EntriesThe Tumut Art Society is proud to present the 66th Annual Art Show, with over $15,000 in prize money! All entries are welcome in the following categories: - Open - Local Scene - identifiable by title - Oils - Watercolours / Ink & wash - Acrylics - Pastels - Works on Paper - Textile Art - Small Painting
Entries close Friday, 8 March 2024 Find out more & enter > |
|  | CreateNSW Arts and Cultural Funding Program
Funding is available for all artforms in 4 categories:
Creative Koori - for individuals/groups and organisations - up to $60,000 Project funding for individuals and groups - up to $60,000 Project funding for organisations - up to $60,000 Annual funding for organisations - up to $200,000
Applications close 19th February Find out more & apply > |
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|  | We Weave Together | WEAVING GATHERING
Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance have expressions of interest open for their We Weave Together weaving gathering. It’s a weaving journey that intertwines culture, skill and community. Be part of this cultural exchange, where threads of raffia meet the product of modern connectivity, creating a fabric of unity that stretches across the vast landscapes of regional and remote New South Wales.
Read the info pack and express your interest >
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|  | Eastern Riverina Festival Audience Boost Funding Round Open
Eastern Riverina Arts is offering one-off grants designed boost audiences for volunteer festivals in 2024 and beyond.
Grants of up to $2500 will be available for festivals to undertake marketing, promotion and audience engagement activities in 2024.
Find out more & apply > |
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|  | Three Public Art Opportunities open for Expressions of InterestWagga Wagga City Council is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from artists to design and install public art projects in our community. There are three opportunities currently available and open to applications for: Closing: Monday 22 January Learn more > |
|  | Resources & Support
The beginning of a new year is a great time to set new goals for your creative practice.
From planning your first tour, to figuring out the nuts and bolts of creative business - we’ve gathered our favourite resources from across the web to help you out.
Learn more > |
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| | Wider opportunities | HotHouse Theatre and AlburyCity, in association with Murray Arts invites applications for GreenHouse: National Artist Residency, an immersive, residential creative development program for live performance-makers. Closing Monday 29 January | More info & submit >
Entries to the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize are now open. Closing 7th February | More info & enter >
Entries for the 7th Rutherglen Tastes of Art Prize are open for painting, works on paper, photography, 3D and youth. Closing 11th February | More info & enter >
Australia's highest value art award for women - the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize - entries close 14 February 2024 | More info & enter >
Entries are now open for $10,000 Harden Art Prize for landscape paintings. Closing 16th February | More info & enter >
|  |  | Murun-dhu (I Live, I Breathe) First Nations ConcertWagga Wagga’s Riverside precinct will host the city’s first 2024 Australia Day community event, ‘Murun-dhu’ – I Live, I Breathe organised by Mawang Gaway with support from First Nations individuals and organisations, and in partnership with the Australia Day 2024 Community Committee and supported by Wagga Wagga City Council.
The event will open with a smoking ceremony, followed by family-friendly activities and a concert featuring First Nations musicians and artists including rapper Ridzyray with Dookie and Lollipop Lawrence.
Riverside Stage 🗓 Thursday 25 January from 6pm More info > |
|  | Community Foundation for Tumut Region presents Geraldine Doogue In Conversation Dinner
Hear a talk from one of Australia’s finest award-winning journalists and broadcasters Geraldine Doogue in conversation with renowned English author Dr. Sue Stuart Smith. Australian visual artist Julie Vulcan will present an after-dinner audio visual performance.
🗓 27th February 2024 -6.30pm Laurel Hill Forest Lodge (near Tumbarumba)
Contact Tumut Foundation to register or enquire > |
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|  | Writers at the Woolshed: A two day festival for writers and readers
Writers at the Woolshed is a two-day festival for readers and writers held in support of Dolly's Dream. On Saturday 20 April, Writers in Conversation with Margaret Hickey brings Chris Hammer, Patti Miller, Karen Viggers, Inga Simpson, Hayley Scrivenor and Alison Pouliot to the CSU Playhouse Theatre.
That evening, a Paddock to Plate Dinner at Cottontail Winery features entertainment by two times Archibald finalist and winner of the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, David Thomas who will paint a portrait in an hour.
On Sunday 21 April, their writers will lead a series writing workshops while David Thomas will lead a workshop on plein air landscape painting.
Find out more & early bird tickets > |
|  | Wagga Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre February Fundays!
Taking place on Sundays in February, this year February Fundays features two great plays performed back-to-back.
First, School of Arts theatrical veteran Dennis Blackett directs Andy Moseley’s drama and pathos filled paean to love, loss, and the King of rock and roll in ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’.
Next, Craig Dixon brings to life the electric farcical comedy in ‘Three Chairs by Roger Gimblett’.
The performances will take place on the second, third, and fourth Sundays in February.
Find out more & book tickets > |
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|  | What’s on at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery?
Sarah Goffman - Precious A series of new works responsive to select artworks from the National Art Glass Collection.
Staying with the Trouble Large scale experimental drawings resulting from a year of discussions and critiques between four established artists, Linda Dening, Kim Mahood, Sally Simpson, and Wendy Teakel.
Louise Zhang and Jessica Bradford: See You in Hell A collection of playful and subversive works by artists Louise Zhang and Jess Bradford exploring Chinese concepts of the Afterlife.
🦸 Dennis Golding: POWER - The Future is Here Exploring superhero symbolism with the display of 60 superhero capes created by artist Dennis Golding and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Alexandria Park Community School
Find out more > |
|  | What's on at Museum of the Riverina?
🤠 Tom Castro: The man who never was Man, myth, would-be baronet, peep show oddity and pauper, who was Tom Castro, and did he ever really exist? Lazy Days in Wagga Wagga Experience everyday Aussies enjoying picnics, games, dancing and larking around, with each photo brought to life through the addition of colour. 🖼 2023 Bald Archy Prize Showcasing the best satirical portraiture from across Australia, the 2023 tour is a delight that encourages it's audience to have a laugh. Poking fun at Australia's biggest figures from sportsmen to politicians, it encapsulates the irreverent, larrikin Australian spirit in a way that appeals to people from all walks of life, it is internationally known and has been exhibited across Australia. This is the final stop for the 2023 Bald Archy tour, so get in before they're gone!
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|  | | | | Need help getting the word out?
If you are an individual or organisation from our Eastern Riverina region and you want help promoting your arts or cultural event, workshop, exhibition, gig or opportunity, in our e-news or social media we may be able to help. | |
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