Emerging fashion designers, textile practitioners and businesses across NSW can now apply for funding designed to meet their business and creative needs, from purchasing critical textile production equipment, to seizing career opportunities across the fashion and textile sector. The $500,000 Quick Response Fashion Grant Program 2026-27 will support emerging NSW-based fashion and textile practitioners to…
Radio Dungog and Dungog Regional Tourism have collaborated, using funds from the Community Broadcasting Foundation, to produce a series of podcasts about the Dungog region. It is hoped that this series is the first of a number to inform locals and visitors about the region and its interesting history. The first series has largely been…
On the afternoon of 13th September 1926, the North West Mail train departed Moree bound for Newcastle. Just before midnight at Murulla, the North West Mail was struck by runaway wool-laden wagons which had broken away from Goods Train 62. The collision resulted in 27 deaths and around 38 injuries. This was the highest toll…
Join Arts Upper Hunter and the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre as we strike a joyful chord through a vibrant program of FREE events and workshops celebrating music, creativity and community. It’s already started with a weaving workshop in July, and the next couple of months will see a flurry of activity at the gallery with…
Over three days in mid-July 2026, a small posse of Singleton youth joined two “grown-ups” named Just Chuck and Jez to create a very watchable video using hand-crafting and digital tools. When it turned out that three of the young people were also musicians (as were the adults) the stage was set to make something…
First Nations Artists from across our region will have the opportunity to showcase, sell and celebrate their work this October as the Blak Arts Collective Pop-Up Gallery comes to Muswellbrook Marketplace. And we are looking for artists who would like to exhibit and sell work. Set to launch on Thursday 15th October, running 15-18 and…
Creative Valleys is Arts Upper Hunter’s dedicated website celebrating the region through events, trails and local stories. It is a great way for locals and visitors alike to discover the creative experiences that make the Upper Hunter unique. Discover arts, cultural and community events happening across the Upper Hunter. Explore curated trails featuring public art,…
Small Forest Wines is proud to present this exhibition by Elleanor Lyons. This exhibition marks Elleanor’s first public collection – a celebration of a lifelong love of animals, the Australian landscape and the joy of creating. It closes on Sunday 25 October 2026. Artist statement Born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in…
Forged Rhythms, an immersive installation of sound, imagery and poetry inspired by the craft of blacksmithing and the working forge at Tocal Homestead, premiered on Sunday 26 July as part of Peek into the Past. Housed in the heritage Milk Room, the video and sound installation brought together filmmaker Jonathan Burrows, sound artist Huw Jones,…
An experimental creative project across the Upper Hunter. Four local community groups are participating in Arts Upper Hunter’s Visuaural, Death Cycle of a found Piano project, where a whole, ruined piano (or two) is “upcycled” by creative people and interested parties into artworks, machines, instruments, whatever! Participants will work with their piano as material, sound…