Leading the conversation, encouraging collaboration, providing support and celebrating the achievements of the arts and cultural sector in regional NSW.

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Exhibition Opportunities in ADC Object Space 2025

Australian Design Centre, in partnership with Regional Arts NSW, is calling for expressions of interest from designer makers based in regional NSW for three exhibition opportunities in 2025 in ADC's Object Space Window Gallery on William Street in Darlinghurst. ADC...

Cementa Festival on Back Roads

In the most recent episode of the ABC TV show Back Roads, the host Heather Ewart journeyed to Kandos, a town famous for making cement, where she found an unlikely arts festival is reshaping the community. This is of course the Cementa Festival, one of regional NSW’s...

Work of Art Participant Reels

Work of Art is a pilot business development program for women working in the creative industries in regional NSW run by Regional Arts New South Wales (RANSW) with funding from Women NSW. Program delivery partners include 14 Regional Arts Development Organisations...

Praxis – The Arts of Collaboration

Praxis – The Art of Collaboration is a three-minute short film collaboration by women in the Work of Art cohort. It was created for and will be screened at the Work of Art Showcase and Forum in Orange NSW in November 2024. The video is a manifestation of the core...

Work of Art Women’s Scholarship

Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) is launching a one-off scholarship for female regional arts practitioners. The Work of Art Women’s Scholarship, named after the 18-month long pilot business development program for women in creative industries across regional NSW run by RANSW...

Tickets On Sale for the Work of Art Showcase and Forum

Creatives from across NSW will gather in Orange in Central NSW on the 14th and 15th of November for the Work of Art Showcase and Forum, organised by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW). The event marks the culmination of an 18-month women’s business development program funded...

Announcement of the 2024 Winner of the Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists

Regional Arts NSW and The Windmill Trust are pleased to announce that the 2024 Windmill Trust Scholarship for regional NSW artists has been awarded to Karla Dickens. A Wiradjuri woman living and working in Goonellabah, on Bundjalung Country, New South Wales, Karla...

2024 Report: Cultural Tourism in Regional NSW

In 2024, the NSW Regional Arts Network commissioned a new analysis of cultural tourism in regional NSW, providing insights and opportunities.

REGIONAL ARTS FUND SUPPORTS 28 NEW PROJECTS ACROSS NSW IN 2024

The Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund (RAF) will provide $625,694.90 to support 28 new projects in regional, rural, and remote New South Wales in 2024. Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, congratulated the recipients and their contributions to Australia’s arts...

Arts Upper Hunter supports 10 artists & organisations in their Micro Grant Program

Ten grants of up to $1000 each have been awarded to people and organisations across the Upper Hunter region. “The assessors were very impressed with the applications,” according to Executive Director John O’Brien. “And the fact is, Micro Grants are a very direct way...

OUR VISION: An inspired, connected, vital and empowered arts and cultural sector in regional New South Wales.

Image: Regional filmmaking panel discussion at the Work of Art Showcase and Forum © Madeline Williams