Happy November from Eastern Riverina Arts!
So much has been happening over the last month here at ERA!
We celebrated the launch of our latest Renew Wagga participant Unique State Art Space! The team also went to Sydney to meet with the other regional arts NSW network organisations and had a great time in person connecting and talking about how we can better advocate for the arts in our region.
What's coming up?
On Thursday November 24th the ERA team will be in Gundagai providing an opportunity for local creatives and creative groups to up-skill their marketing skills as well as catch up face-to-face to chat about funding, projects and creative plans. And, after so much interest in the world of NFT's at our last ArtWork, we are also bringing Australian Artist Yianni Johns back in December for ArtWork topic #2 - NFT's for Creatives.
Read on for more details and discover the latest opportunities, events and news from our region and beyond.
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Face to face in Gundagai
Thursday November 24th
Marketing for Creatives Workshop
Join us in the morning for our marketing workshop for creatives where we will share tips and techinques for spreading the word about your work or creative group, including:
Strategically developing an audience
Creating a great online and social media presence
Building and sending e-newsletters and more!
Register Now >
Face to Face Meetings
Want to chat with us face to face? We would love to meet with you and provide some support. Let's talk!
Introductions - keen to make contact and flesh out a better relationship with us and others? We'd love to meet you!
Funding Advice - grant opportunities or funding options
Project discussion - future projects, programs or collaborations and more!
Book your meeting >
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ArtWork: NFT's for Creatives
This session is for any artist who feels ready to list an artwork for sale as a Non Fungible Token (NFT), is prepared to create a digital wallet, ready to learn how to get best results from selling in the crypto market and start their NFT journey. This is a working session so some understanding of NFT’s is beneficial, but not mandatory. The session will be broken into two parts, an informational session, and then a working session.
We will:
Discuss the risks and involved in NFT’s and Crypto
Discuss the pushback from conventional audiences
Learn from local artist Yianni Johns who has experienced success in this market
Explore how marketing of NFT’s is different to traditional art marketing
Explore the different selling platforms and pro’s/con’s of each
By the end of the session you will have listed an NFT for sale
Registration through Eventbrite is essential. Note you will need to establish a Crypto wallet to begin selling an NFT and this may require the purchase of a small amount of a cryptocurrency. ERA does not endorse the usage of Cryptocurrencies.
Register Now >
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Live Music Kit
Wagga Wagga City Council has created a Live Music Kit by investing in essential audio and lighting equipment for staging small concerts.
The Live Music Kit will be free to use for a limited number of applicants in the 2022/23 financial year through an open EOI process. The use of the equipment will also be supported by an experienced technician who will set up and operate the system, ensuring a professional polish for your performance.
Applications are now open and will remain open on an ongoing basis with applications being assessed as they are received.
Apply now >
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Public Art Expression of Interest for Wiradjuri Artists
Are you a Wiradjuri artist? Wagga Wagga City Council would love to hear from you.
Wiradjuri artists are encouraged to express their interest in creating commissioned public work/s, which will be installed in the Riverside precinct of Wagga Wagga.
Applications close at midnight AEST, Monday 21 November 2022.
Read the expression of interest guidelines for instructions on how to apply.
Apply now >
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Regional Scribes
Regional Scribes is an online development program for regional-based young writers aged between 18-24 years, in any stage of their writing and storytelling journeys. Successful Regional Scribes participants will get to:
Take part in regular monthly online meet-ups over 4 months
Connect with peers in meaningful ways via phone and the internet
Hear from guest speakers active in their storytelling/writing journey
Receive $500 towards your own professional development
Access materials to support their creative practice
Expressions of interest close at midnight (wherever you are) on 19 December 2022.
More information and apply >
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Create Hub Riverina
Multicultural Performing Arts Camp
Wagga’s Multicultural Performing Arts Camp is a week-long creative engagement program of playwriting, theatre making, sharing culture, and skills building for young people aged 14-18 from a refugee, migrant and first nations background. This program is perfect for upper high school students who have an interest in drama and performing arts. Please only apply if you are available for the full 6-day program. Only 20 spaces are available.
Monday January 9th – Saturday January 15th, 2023, Monday- Friday 10am-4pm. Saturday, ALL DAY, Performance day!
Applications close end of November - apply now >
Image – Jackie Cooper, Sharing Stories, Sharing Place, a collaboration between STARTTS, Create Hub Riverina and The Civic Theatre, 2021
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Regional Stakeholder Forum 2022
This free annual event is an opportunity for staff and volunteers from museums across Western Sydney and regional New South Wales to network, share stories and be inspired by presentations on topics relevant to the regional collecting sector.
Friday 25 November 2022
9.00am – 3.30pm
Free | Register for the zoom link >
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NAVA - 'Recognise Artists as Workers'
Sign the open letter to Recognise Artists as Workers, as part of the new National Cultural Policy. NAVA is calling on the Federal Government to establish a legislated Award for visual arts, craft and design and introduce or trial a basic income scheme for artists and arts workers.
Please sign it and share it far and wide! >
Nadia Hernández (@nando_nandez), 2022.
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Here Now and Always
‘Here Now & Always’ is an initiative of the Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance. It celebrates and showcases, Aboriginal Arts and Culture from New South Wales to a global audience through an annual program of activities and an online festival program and art market.
Are you interested in delivering an activity, film or presentation as part of the online festival program? This is a paid opportunity >
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Voices of Women Adventure Storytelling Call Out
Submissions for the fifth short story competition are OPEN. Embellishment explores the layers we live. What binds us together? What tears us apart? What lies hidden? What is beautifully revealed? Your story could be podcast, become part of live shows, films or web series.
Artwork: Nioka Lowe-Brennan Nioka Rain
Submissions close February 2023 >
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EOI Regional Futures Project Coordinator
The Regional Arts Network NSW is in the second year of delivering a two-year Strategic Project (Regional Futures) and is seeking expressions of interest for a Project Coordinator based in regional NSW to work with the Creative Director to deliver the second stage of the project.
A fixed fee of $10,000 is available for this contract. EOI’s are being accepted until 5pm Wednesday 23rd November >
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Cover Art Competition
The Mona Magazine Cover art competition is now open! Would you like your art to be the new face of Mona Magazine Issue 03? Mona are seeking female identifying artists based in, or hailing from country Australia to design their next cover. There is no theme - but they want to see art that shares WHO YOU YOU ARE. It could tell a story about you, your history, your ancestry or share something of personal significance to you. Find out more >
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Young Archie Competition
Budding artists between the ages of 5 and 18 are invited to submit a portrait for the Young Archie competition. Finalists work will be exhibited at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery as part of their family-focused activities for the Archibald Prize 2022 regional tour during February and March 2023.
Entries must be received by Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 4pm
Find out more and apply >
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Creative Riverina
Creative Riverina is a community and an arts directory, connecting you to artists and artistic organisations throughout the entire Riverina region of NSW.
Looking to get your name out there? Artists and performers of all kinds are listed on Creative Riverina, the go-to online directory for creatives in our region! Make sure people can find you - create your FREE listing today! You can also join the Creative Riverina Facebook group, a place to share ideas, events and simply connect! Join the Creative Riverina group now!
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Want to see your arts or cultural event, workshop, exhibition, gig or opportunity on our social media & in this newsletter? We now have a promotion request form on our website so we can help you get the word out! |
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See Me, Hear Me Theatre Presents: The Planet Man
JOIN US FOR A NIGHT WHICH IS TOTALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD!  
 Friday 18th November, 7pm
 Tumut Montreal Community Theatre
 Tickets: $10 at the door
See Me, Hear Me is a theatrical production group focusing on inclusive live theatre.
Any enquiries please contact: seemehearmetheatre@gmail.com
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Unique State Art Space December Workshops
Kids Workshop - Lego Block Prints
Saturday 10 December 2022
Adult Workshop - That's a Wrap!
Friday 16 December
Adult Workshop - What a Cracker!
Saturday 17 December 2022
Kids Holiday Workshop - What a Cracker!
Thursday 22 December 2022
Find out more & book your spot >
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The Country Air - Working on Country
Living and working on Country is at the core of what we do and who we are. How do First Nations protocols guide and shape creative practice and help us to ensure we work collaboratively and respectfully on Country?
Today Wednesday 16th November, join Sally Blackwood and a panel of First Nations arts leaders as they discuss living and working on Country, during the next session of The Country Air by Regional Arts NSW.
You'll hear from:
Tasha James - Regional Arts NSW
Patricia Adjei - Australia Council
Aleshia Lonsdale - Arts Out West
FREE: Register and join via Zoom >
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Cabaret Schmabaret
Cabaret Schmabaret is a show set to rock and shock this weekend in Wagga Wagga as part of Fringe Festival. A collaborative cabaret put together by a collective of Riverina based artist ft a variety of circus acts, burlesque, drag and comedy!
Produced by Emma Cantrill (Dizzy Dilemma) and Saasha McMillan (Vaudeville Collective) the two are so excited to collaborate on this show bringing Riverina local talent (both existing and emerging) a platform to perform and plan to create more opportunities in the future to celebrate performance art in the Riverina.
Cabaret Schmabaret is truly filled to the brim with twists and talents, you’ll find yourself saying ‘wow’ and ‘wtf’ all in the one place!!!!!
THIS WEEKEND November 18th and 19th 7.30pm at Tilly’s cocktail bar Wagga. Get tickets >
Jackie Cooper from Jack of hearts photography
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Freeroam Theatre: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Off the back of their inaugural production ‘Speaking In Tongues’, Freeroam Theatre have launched into their next thrilling show; the Australian classic, ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’.
CSU Riverina Playhouse
Thursday 24 November, 7:30pm
Friday 25 November, 10am & 7:30pm
Saturday 26 November, 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Book tickets now >
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Penelope Jackson in conversation with Dr Sam Bowker
Penelope Jackson will give an illustrated presentation about her research into art crime and copying, a field of study which is multi-disciplinary and fraught with challenges.
Wagga Wagga City Library
Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at 5:00 pm
Register for FREE now >
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fourW thirty-three: New Writing Launch
Booranga Writers’ Centre invites you to the launch of fourW thirty-three: New Writing.
…there is splendid richness and variety, subtlety and word-wizardry in the anthology…we have work by young and ‘mature’ writers; writers from CALD backgrounds; writers inscribing their indigenous affiliations; writers who’ve had work in previous fourWs as well as ‘newbies’. (David Gilbey, Editor)
The winners of the 2022 Booranga Literary Prizes for both poetry and prose will be announced.
Saturday, 26 November, 1.30 - 3.30pm,
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery – launched by Dr. Joe McGirr, MP
RSVP on Eventbrite >
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Public Art Audio Trail Wagga
The new Public Art Audio Trail encourages residents and visitors alike to engage with Wagga Wagga City Council’s Public Art collection through an audio walking trail, detailing stories behind the artworks through interviews with artists and community members.
Taking you along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, through the CBD and along Fitzmaurice Street, this walking tour will introduce you to a selection of the wonderful artworks in Wagga Wagga.
Find out more >
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Wagga Wagga Fringe Festival - Belonging to the Flame
Belonging to the Flame is part of Wagga Wagga's inaugural Fringe Festival. It is a collaborative work with performers from regional NSW including Newcastle and Wagga Wagga, bringing the regional arts community together with fire dance.
The journey starts with a single spark.
Travels with us through the dark.
Illuminates our unknown path.
Until our reunion in the aftermath.
Location: Tilly's Wagga,109 Baylis St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Date: Friday 18 and Saturday 19 November 2022
Time: 8.30pm
Book tickets >
Rhys Wiffen
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Promotion Assistance
Want to see your arts or cultural event, workshop, exhibition, gig or opportunity on our social media & in this newsletter? We now have a promotion request form on our website so we can help you get the word out!
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Create NSW Small Project Grants (Quick Response)
For creation, development and presentation of new work and professional development or promotion for professional artists and arts and cultural workers. $500 to $5,000 >
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RAF Quick Response Grants
Regional Arts Fund, Quick Response Grants are now open! Rounds are assessed at the end of each month with applicants eligible to receive $3,000 for individuals and $5,000 for organisations. Open until Nov 30 2022 >
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