Arts North West

Arts North West Connections. Creativity. Communities The program receives financial support from Arts NSW and twelve local governments in the New England North West region.

Arts North West is an independent and not-for-profit regional arts board that supports the development of arts and culture regionally and is involved in the development of regional projects and initiatives.

🎥 Capturing the impact of When Main Streets Dream!Today, Arts North West was in Beardy Street Mall, Armidale, filming im...
27/08/2026

🎥 Capturing the impact of When Main Streets Dream!

Today, Arts North West was in Beardy Street Mall, Armidale, filming impact interviews with the incredible creatives and local businesses who helped bring our When Main Streets Dream projection project to life.

Delivered across Tamworth and Armidale in August, the project transformed our main streets through large-scale projections, celebrating local creativity, stories and the businesses at the heart of our CBDs.

A huge thank you to Granny Fi’s Toy Shop, Home Taste Vietnamese, The Jolly Good Emporium, and our amazing creatives Pat Harris and Daniel Elliott for sharing their experiences with us today.

We can’t wait to share their stories — watch this space for the final cut! 🎬✨

With thanks to Visa Australia and Mainstreet Australia for supporting When Main Streets Dream.

🎨 WHAT'S ON ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND NORTH WEST 🎭Exhibitions, workshops, theatre, music and community arts — here's what's...
27/08/2026

🎨 WHAT'S ON ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND NORTH WEST 🎭
Exhibitions, workshops, theatre, music and community arts — here's what's happening over the coming weeks.

📍 NERAM, Armidale NERAM-New England Regional Art Museum
🖼️ 40 Under 40 | Sat 25 Jul – Mon 5 Oct - (Entries close – 5th October 2026)
🖼️ Unfamiliar Territory: Angus Nivison | Fri 31 Jul – Sun 18 Oct
🖼️ Fins, Fetlocks & Feathers: Julie Edgar | Fri 31 Jul – Sun 27 Sep
🖼️ Travels with Gulliver IV | Sat 15 Aug – Sat 12 Sep
🖼️ Boundaries: Transcended | Sat 15 Aug – Sun 27 Sep
🎨 Artist Talk: Maree Kelly | Sat 29 Aug, 2–3.30pm
🎨 Mohani Art w/ Jeannette Kommer | Sun 30 Aug, 10am–3pm
🎨 Building a Landscape w/ Maree Kelly | Sun 30 Aug – Sun 13 Sep
🎨 Masterclass w/ Angus Nivison | Sat 12–Sun 13 Sep

📍 Armidale Art Gallery Armidale Art Gallery
🖼️ the ROAD to FREEDOM | Sat 15 Aug – Sat 12 Sep

📍 Armidale Town Hall Armidale Regional Council
🎻 Streeton Trio – Women Who Dared | Thu 3 Sep, 7pm

📍 Tamworth Regional Gallery Tamworth Regional Gallery
🧵 Visible Mending Workshop | Sun 6 Sep, 11am–1pm
🎨 Sunday Funday – Play in the Studio | Sundays until 6 Dec, 11am–1pm
🖼️ Old Land New Visions | until Sun 6 Sep
🎤 Gallery Community Choir | Fortnightly Fri until 4 Sep, 1.15–2.15pm

📍 Weswal Gallery, Tamworth Weswal Gallery
🖼️ '8 to 80' James White Retrospective | until Sat 5 Sep

📍 The Capitol Theatre, Tamworth Capitol Theatre Tamworth
🎭 The Gospel According to Paul II | Fri 28 Aug, 7.30pm
🎤 golden | Sun 30 Aug, 3pm
🎸 2340 Big Band: Aussie Rock Anthems | Sat 5 Sep, 7.30pm
🎶 No Strings Attached | Sun 13 Sep, 2pm
🎭 I Love Your Faces – The Don Lane Story | Wed 16 Sep, 12.30 & 7pm
🎸 Queen Forever – Greatest Hits Tour | Fri 18 Sep, 7.30pm
🎤 The Roy Orbison Story | Sun 20 Sep, 2pm

📍 The Makers Shed, Deepwater The Makers Shed
💍 Silver Spring: Richard Moon Jewellery Workshop | Sat 12 Sep, 10am–4pm

📍 Glen Innes Art Gallery Glen Innes Art Gallery Incorporated
🎨 Regeneration and Renewal | until Fri 11 Sep

📍 Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, Warialda Ceramic Break Sculpture Park
🖼️ September 13th Exhibition Opening | Sun 13 Sep, 12–5pm

25/08/2026

Arts North West Connect is our online registry promoting creatives, cultural venues and artsworkers from across the region, and we want our local performing arts community represented!

We’d love to hear from:
🎵 Local musicians, bands and music groups
🎭 Theatre performers and independent performers
🎼 Musical and theatre societies
🎤 Performance collectives
🏛️ Theatres, halls, live music and performance venues
🎬 Cinemas and screening venues
🤹 Street performers, buskers and roving entertainers
🎟️ Other organisations and spaces supporting live performance

WHY REGISTER WITH ARTS NORTH WEST CONNECT?
✨ Be discovered — help audiences, visitors, event organisers and communities find out who and what is available across our region
🤝 Build connections — join a growing network of regional creatives, artsworkers and cultural venues
📣 Increase your visibility — put your work, organisation or venue in front of people looking for creative experiences and regional talent
🗺️ Showcase our region — the stronger the directory, the better we can demonstrate the depth and diversity of arts and culture across the New England North West
🚀 Connect with opportunities — Arts North West supports artists and organisations through networks, advice, advocacy, professional development and creative opportunities across the region

Whether you perform on a stage, in a pub, at a festival, in a community hall, at the cinema or out on the street, we want you on Arts North West Connect!

👉 Click the link in our bio to find out more about how to register for Arts North West Connect.

25/08/2026

Tamworth’s CBD is about to light up again. ✨

The Tamworth Chamber and Tamworth Business Collective are joining forces to bring City of Lights back to life, a free two-night festival across Peel Street, Fitzroy Plaza and Bicentennial Park.

Under the theme Land and Light, the festival connects Tamworth’s history as one of the first towns in the Southern Hemisphere to get electric street lighting with First Nations cultural storytelling.

📍 Peel Street, Fitzroy Plaza & Bicentennial Park, Tamworth
🗓️ Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September, 5.30pm to 10.30pm
💸 Free entry

City of Lights kicks off a bigger push to bring Tamworth’s CBD to life after dark, with the monthly Light Up Late series following from October.

Funded through the NSW Government’s Regional Night-Time Economy Program, delivered by the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner.

Rural & Ag Events + Communications Tamworth Business Chamber Tamworth Regional Council

Three days left to apply for the 2026 CASE Incubator National Residency Program.A paid 12-month residency for mid-career...
25/08/2026

Three days left to apply for the 2026 CASE Incubator National Residency Program.
A paid 12-month residency for mid-career artists working in socially engaged art, with mentorship, peer learning, and two supported Sydney residencies. Applications close midnight, Friday 28 August.
Applications close at midnight Friday 28 August 2026. Learn more and apply at the link below.
www.cadfactory.com.au/case-incubator-national-program
Designed and delivered by the The Cad Factory. Supported by Creative Australia , NSW and Minderoo Foundation

GRANT OPPORTUNITY for NSW fashion and textile creativesApplications are open for the Quick Response Fashion Grant Progra...
23/08/2026

GRANT OPPORTUNITY for NSW fashion and textile creatives

Applications are open for the Quick Response Fashion Grant Program 2026-27.

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for new equipment, or for professional development and networking opportunities.

Half the funding is reserved for First Nations, Western Sydney and regional creatives, so if you're a fashion or textile practitioner in the New England North West, this one's for you.

Applications are assessed in tranches on a quick-response basis and stay open until Thursday 19 November 2026, so get in early.

Full details and the link to apply are on the grants page of our website www.artsnw.com.au, or click the linktree in our bio.

Image credit: GALI Swimwear - Lukarrara Pink by Pauline Napangardi Gallagher - Model Trent Owers - Photograpaher Jose Yutiu

Applications are now open for The Writer's Space Residential Fellowships 2027.Writers with disability or who are D/deaf ...
21/08/2026

Applications are now open for The Writer's Space Residential Fellowships 2027.

Writers with disability or who are D/deaf and at any career stage living anywhere in Australia are warmly invited to apply for a two-week fellowship at Varuna, with one-on-one mentorship and all travel costs covered.

The fellowship includes:

A two-week residency at Varuna to be taken between January - July 2027, including all food and a prepared evening meal, with uninterrupted time to write in your own private studio, and the companionship of your fellow writers.
Reimbursement of travel expenses between Varuna and your home.
Two one-hour sessions (one-on-one) with a Varuna writing consultant Dr Carol Major, Tegan Bennett Daylight or Mary Anne Butler.

Eight writers will be selected. Two places will be reserved for First Nations writers.

Applications close midnight AEST 8 September.

For more information, click on the link in our bio to our linktree and select OPPORTUNITIES, or visit www.varuna.com.au.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Applications for Round 3 of the Australian Government's Revive Live program close Friday 28 August 20...
21/08/2026

GRANT OPPORTUNITY:

Applications for Round 3 of the Australian Government's Revive Live program close Friday 28 August 2026, just one week from today.

Revive Live offers $12.5 million in grant funding for 2026–27 to established live music venues and festivals across Australia, including regional and remote areas.

Venues and small festivals can apply for up to $150,000. Larger festivals with more than 10,000 attendees can apply for up to $250,000. Funding can go towards artist fees, production costs and accessibility upgrades.

To be eligible, your venue or festival needs a primary purpose of hosting original live music, a strong focus on Australian artists, and majority-Australian ownership.

Visit the GrantConnect website www.grants.gov.au to view the program guidelines and frequently asked questions.

Arts North West Connect Feature: Lizzie Horne Lizzie Horne "I am inspired by what I see around me, my family and the si...
21/08/2026

Arts North West Connect Feature: Lizzie Horne Lizzie Horne

"I am inspired by what I see around me, my family and the simple beauty of nature and the extraordinary landscape of the New England region."

Armidale based printmaker Lizzie Horne often works en plein air, making marks straight onto a metal plate out in the landscape she's drawing. "I love the immediacy of these marks, which convey energy and mood rather than realistic accuracy," she says of the process behind her Point Lookout series, The Edge (Wright country, New England National Park).

Back in the studio her approach turns more deliberate, built on research, repetition and of late there has been a shift toward painting alongside her printmaking. "Any mistake that is repeatable can become a technique – if I understand how I did it I can use it again on purpose."

Are you a creative working across the New England North West? Joining Arts North West Connect is free and takes five minutes, and it puts your work in front of the people looking for artists just like you!

What have you got to lose? Click on the linktree in our bio to register for Arts North West Connect, or head to www.artsnw.com.au to find out more.

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Glen Innes, NSW
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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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