In celebration of all that the New England High Country has to offer, the second North West Arts Trail Open Weekend for 2018 is shaping up to be a wonderful weekend of culture and creativity.
The Open Weekend will give visitors and locals the opportunity to explore artist studios, galleries, museums and cultural venues in the Armidale, Uralla and Walcha region on the weekend of 27th and 28th of October.
Steph McIntosh, Communications Officer with Arts North West explains that “anyone visiting the area on the Open Weekend can create a personalized route and stop off at the various venues on the map. Whether you are interested in arts, crafts or history there is huge diversity in the range of wonderful and welcoming venues including artist studios and workshop spaces where visitors can see artists in action either painting, printing or potting.”
The hardcopy map has been distributed throughout the region and an online map can be downloaded here www.artsnw.com.au/open-weekend-map
Aboriginal Arts Community Consultation Session Inverell
Arts North West is back! We are delighted to welcome back Inverell Shire Council to the Arts North West network.
We recently received a grant through the Create NSW Creative Koori fund to deliver consultation, professional development and mentoring to Aboriginal artists and organisations in the Inverell Shire as part of the Aboriginal Culture Support Program.
This workshop will help Arts North West develop a program of services to be offered to Aboriginal people and organisations from the Inverell Shire and will also contribute towards the Arts North West Regional Aboriginal Arts & Culture Strategy.
Following this consultation session, we will deliver a workshop on Where to Find Funding to assist artists and organisations as they navigate through the various types of funding available.
Aboriginal artists, arts workers and organisations are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration is free and can be done via the following link www.stickytickets.com.au/77731 or you can email lorrayne@2rivers.com.au or call on 0467 668 977
The Arts North West Aboriginal Cultural Support Program is managed by 2 Rivers Pty Ltd.
19 October at 10am
Armajun Meeting Room
1 Rivers Street Inverell
Glen Innes Severn Council: CBD Public Art Submission Brief
Glen Innes Severn Council: CBD Public Art Submission Brief
Meade/Church Street Roundabout Project Overview:
EOIs are sought for the design, production and installation of a public art piece in the
Meade/Church Street Roundabout in Glen Innes. EOIs can be from individual practitioners or they may be from a group of artists or artists and manufacturing collaborations.
Location:
The Meade/Church Street roundabout is a highly visible site on the main highway. The average daily movement of traffic is 2106 vehicles per day with 75% cars and 25% trucks.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL BRIEF AND EOI FORM HERE
Submissions are due by 5.00pm Thursday 1 November 2018
The completed EOI is to be sent with attached images to:
Subject: ‘EOI for GISC CBD Public Art”
Att: Glen Innes Severn Council CBD Public Art Committee
Email: council@gisc.nsw.gov.au
Or submit hard copies to Glen Innes Severn Council’s Grey Street Offices and they will be scanned and returned to you.
Enquiries to: council@gisc.nsw.gov.au
Creating Creative Careers for Aboriginal Curators in the New England North West
Arts North West is excited to announce another successful project rolling out in the coming months. Create the Curator is a professional development program aimed at providing emerging regional Aboriginal curators with an opportunity to build on their skills and establish themselves as curators living and working in regional NSW.
Four regional Aboriginal emerging curators will participate in a three part professional development project to build their skills, experience and networks and gain significant insight into the various environments curators work in.
Professional and renowned curators Sandra McMahon, Caroline Downer and Sharni Jones will work with the participants through a series of workshops and site visits. These visits will include a variety of creative spaces from, Aboriginal owned and run galleries, regional galleries, commercial galleries to community spaces throughout the Armidale, Tamworth and Moree region.
Arts North West has contracted the management of this project to 2 Rivers Pty Ltd. “This is an excellent opportunity for experienced arts workers to develop into regional Aboriginal curators enabling them to promote not only their own skills but also that of other regional Aboriginal Artists” said Project Manager Lorrayne Riggs, “This project is the result of community consultation and identifying a real gap in the market for regional Aboriginal curators, it will promote long term cultural, social and economic outcomes”.
The emerging curators will use their new skill set in a practical way as they work towards presenting a group curated exhibition in 2019. The exhibition will be held at Weswal Gallery in Tamworth and will be a wonderful opportunity to begin building their portfolio of experience.
This project aims to engage and promote regional Aboriginal artists, arts and culture by introducing more Aboriginal people to curatorial positions in regional New South Wales. By doing so, long term collaborations and exciting exhibitions can be developed along with boosting audience development and innovative projects that possibly have not been considered before.