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Head to A Winter's Night on Peel Street, Tamworth and see Moveable Type Studio's Pop Up Press in action. Saturday 1st August 5pm - 8pm Watch traditional letterpress printing up close and celebrate a piece of the region's history.

Arts North West will officially open its new Tamworth office and launch a redesigned website on Thursday, 30 July 2026, giving the organisation a second physical base (alongside Glen Innes) and a new digital gateway for artists and communities across the New England North West. The milestone will be marked with a free Community Open Day from 1pm at the new office (The Annex, 3 Darling Street, Tamworth).

Glen Innes' new School of Arts & Music opened to the public on Saturday 20 June with a free community day, launching a two-year council pilot that will see the historic former Severn Shire Council Building hired out as a creative hub for $10 an hour. The day featured music, dance, drawing and craft workshops led by local artists and tutors, an official opening with Mayor Margot Davis and pianist Keiko Robertson, and drew visitors from across the region including Tamworth, Tenterfield and Inverell.

Friday marked a major milestone for regional arts in our community with the official opening of the Social SEEN Gallery, and what a spectacular way to launch this new creative space!

RALLY is a collaborative initiative by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) and Alex Wisser (co-founder of Cementa Festival), designed to fuel Rural Arts-Led Regeneration by championing creativity, collaboration, and community leadership.

The New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) is proud to announce the launch of New Horizons: Emerging Voices in Landscape, an ambitious new mentorship and exhibition program designed to nurture emerging artists living and working in regional New South Wales.

First Nations artists from the New England North West (NENW) proudly represented the region at the 2025 National Indigenous Art Fair (NIAF), held in Sydney over the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July.