REGIONAL STAFF
- ABORIGINAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Aleshia Lonsdale
- Email alonsdale@csu.edu.au
- Phone 0428 041 108
- COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
- Steven Cavanagh
- Part-time: Wed, Thurs, Fri
- Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
- Maryanne Jaques
- Part Time: Mon, Tues, Thurs
- Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- ARTS AND HEALTH PROGRAM COORDINATOR
- Christine McMillan
- Three days per week
- Email christine.mcmillan@health.nsw.gov.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- FINANCE OFFICER
- Kathy Weekes
- Part time: Tuesday and Friday mornings
- Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- PROJECTS AND RESEARCH OFFICER
- Kate Smith
- Part time
- Email katesmith@csu.edu.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- ADMINISTRATION AND DATABASE
- Max Wilson
- Part time: Thursdays
- Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
- Phone 02 6338 4657
- MUSIC INDUSTRY SUPPORT OFFICER
- Patrick Coomey
- Part time
- Email 100milegroove@gmail.com
- Mobile 0447 248 716
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
CHAIR: Fran Charge, Oberon
- VICE CHAIR: Deb Bardon, Bathurst
- SECRETARY: Margot Jolly, Forbes
- TREASURER: Amanda Spalding, Orange
- DIRECTOR: Madi Young, Orange
- ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR: Carly Brown, Weddin
- DIRECTOR: Adam Deusien, Bathurst
- DIRECTOR: Maz Rees, Forbes
- DIRECTOR: Osla Thomason, Cabonne
- DIRECTOR: Christine Weston, Cabonne
Arts OutWest also has an Advisory Council of representatives from contributing councils.
CONTRIBUTING COUNCILS
Bathurst Regional
Blayney Shire
Cabonne
Cowra Shire
Forbes Shire
Lachlan Shire
City of Lithgow
Oberon
Orange City
Parkes Shire
Weddin Shire
Mid-Western Regional
ABORIGINAL ARTS & CULTURE
Aboriginal Population and Language Groups This area cuts across the RAB areas of Arts Outwest, South West Arts, Outback Arts, Orana Arts, Arts North West and Murray Arts. The Arts Outwest region is all Wiradjuri country.
- 9,000 Aboriginal people live in the region (6% of the general area population). Highest concentration of Aboriginal people live in The Lachlan Valley and Wellington Shires
- Wiradjuri Nation (largest in the region and possibly in NSW)
- Paakantji Nation (sometimes spelt ‘Barkindji’ or ‘Parkinji)
- Ngiyampaa Nation (sometimes spelt ‘Ngemba’)
Arts OutWest Aboriginal Arts Development
- An Aboriginal Arts Development Officer has been employed at AOW since 2010 through funding from the Australian government’s Office for the Arts’ Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) and Indigenous Cultural Support (ICS) programs. This position and the Aboriginal arts development program across the Central West is supported by a steering committee which includes elders and staff from aboriginal organisations. The program builds on the considerable activity across Wellington, Cowra, Kelso, Condobolin and Bathurst in 2008 and addresses one of the four key focus areas in AOW’s 2009 strategic plan.
- Major highlights of the program include: the coordination of two regional events (the ‘Marramarra’ projects) which showcased Aboriginal visual arts, performance and culture from the region, the first held in Bathurst in 2011 and the second in Parkes in 2012; curating and organising a series of Aboriginal arts exhibitions in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Department of Environment and Heritage at the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Art Gallery which opened in 2013 at the Hartley Historic Site near Lithgow; incorporation of Aboriginal arts into AOW’s arts and health program; and an Aboriginal contemporary dance project in Condobolin and Cowra which has led to dancers selected for the NAISDA full-time training program.
Festivals
- 2007 River Dreaming Festival, Bathurst
- 2011 Marramarra, Bathurst
- 2102 Marramarra Bulla, Parkes
Aboriginal Arts Organisations and Programs
- Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Aboriginal Performing Arts Program
- Burralgang Aboriginal Dance
- Wiradjuri Artists Group and Western Weavers, Condobolin
- Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation, Condoblin
- Desert Pea Media
- Kejole Art Studio, Lake Cargelligo
- Orana Aboriginal Corporation
- Red Dust Creations- Peak Hill
- Aboriginal Land Councils
- Directory of arts organisations and practitioners
