Creating an
inspired,
connected and
empowered
Arts & Cultural Sector
in Regional NSW.

Regional Arts NSW is a non-government, peak body organisation with the goal of creating a strong arts ecosystem across regional NSW.

We partner with the network of Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs) and other regionally-based arts organisations located across NSW. The RADOs provide direct support for the artists that live in their region and work to build resilient communities through arts and cultural development.

As their peak body, we support them in their work by focusing on three strategic pillars: Advocacy, Support and Leadership.

Help us nurture creative communities across regional NSW.

WHAT WE DO

At Regional Arts NSW, we want to make sure that regional voices are at the heart of NSW’s arts ecosystem.Β 

Our work involves supporting individual creative practitioners, local communities and arts organisations in regional NSW. Some of the ways we do this are:

  • Designing and delivering strategic projects that build creative practice in the regions
  • Offering funding opportunities for artists and organisations
  • Providing professional development for creatives at all stages
  • Advocating for regional arts at local, state and federal government levels
  • Partnering with other organisations to create career opportunities for regional artists
  • Promoting regional arts events & opportunities

Our work is based on three strategic pillars of operation:

ADVOCATE

Promote and champion the arts and culture sector of regionalΒ  NSW.

SUPPORT

Strengthen and support the capacity of the arts and culture sector in Regional NSW.

LEAD

Lead the sector to drive investment in arts and culture through best practice operations at RANSW.

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This AusArt Day, we’re seeking to raise $5000 to help us to continue providing services that make sure that regional artists in NSW are heard and have the same access to opportunities as city-based creatives.

Latest News

In Place / In Practice: Tania Hartigan on protecting Country, creating art retreats and why making is important

When you drive from Sydney to Tamworth, you pass through a small, humble town called Wallabadah. From the car, and after 4 hours of driving, it could easily blend into the highway, becoming another checkpoint on the map. But nestled behind it, about 4 kms out of town,...

Juanita McLauchlan on what binds us across time and space

Exhibiting solo in the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) is the dream for many Australian artists. As one of our country’s major art institutions, an exhibition like this is a marker of national recognition and to some is a sign that you’ve truly β€˜made it’ as an artist....

Conversations with the CEO: What is the future for our arts sector?

September and the arrival of spring is often associated with the new, the chance to refresh. After the demands of the months of winter this year that were associated with our campaign at Regional Arts NSW to get more dollars into Create NSW funding, the advent of...

Regional NSW Artists at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

Last month, the Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance (ARAA) celebrated a big win by taking a group of First Nations artists from regional and remote NSW to the 2025 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF). This is the first time a NSW delegation has been invited to showcase...

How many of us will survive the decisions threatening NSW’s small-to-medium arts sector?

The cultural and creative industries is a confusing place to be right now in NSW. We have an Arts Minister who has been proactive in putting in place policy and strategies. We have dedicated funds going into previously overlooked parts of the sector like contemporary...
A person draped in a patterned yellow shawl stands against a black background, holding a large, round, white reflective object in their lap. Next to them, white text reads: "Windmill Trust Scholarship. 2025 Winner. Shan Turner-Caroll." In small print at the bottom, it notes: "Image: Winner of the 2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship, Shan Turner-Carroll, 'Edge Of The Garden', 2021. Mixed media, photography."

2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship: Shan Turner-Carroll

Regional Arts NSW and The Windmill Trust are pleased to announce that the 2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship for regional NSW artists has been awarded to Shan Turner-Carroll. Turner-Carroll is a Queer, Australian artist of Burmese descent, currently based in his hometown...

Regional Arts NSW Announces 2024/25 Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant Recipients

Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) is pleased to announce the successful recipients of the Regional Arts Fund: Quick Response Grants (2024/25), supporting short notice and immediate need opportunities for regional artists and arts projects across NSW. About the Regional Arts...

Regional artist April Philips exhibits ‘Drop Let’ in ADC’s Object Space

Congratulations to regional artist April Phillips, who is currently exhibiting her work Drop Let in the Object Space at the Australian Design Centre (ADC). April is a Wiradjuri-Scottish woman of the galari/kalari peoples, based in the far south coast region of NSW on...

The regional arts ecology is in distress and we need your help

You may have seen us around a bit on the news in the last week, and here's why. The outcome of recent funding models and allocations have triggered a growing crisis in arts funding across NSW and regional artists and communities are, unfortunately, affected in...

How do we grow an arts ecology?

As the world continues to spin increasingly out of control in recent weeks, there is little solace to found nearer to home and the state of the NSW arts ecology. I am by nature an optimist and often jokingly refer to myself as a Pollyanna, but I am having to work hard...

Donate to RANSW

Regional Arts NSW has been working hard in arts and cultural development for nearly 80 years. If you’d like to help us continue making a difference and to make our program even more ambitious, consider a (tax-deductible) donation.

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