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The peak body and service agency for arts and cultural development in regional NSW.

23/06/2026

✨ NOW OPEN: The Windmill Trust Scholarship ✨

The Windmill Trust Scholarship for regional artists is now open for applications.

Established in 1997 in memory of the artist Penny Meagher, the emphasis of the Windmill Trust Scholarship is to support visual artists from regional NSW to take up career development and/or presentation opportunities for their work.

One individual or group will be awarded up to $10,000 to contribute to the cost of:
➡ Exhibiting work, including space rental, artist fees, travel, documentation
➡ Professional development and education
➡ Independent artistic research or practice including studio fees, residencies and travel

⏳ Applications close Monday 13 July 2026, midnight AEST.

RANSW is also running an online Q&A workshop for applicants to answer any of your questions regarding eligibility, the application form, budget or support materials, and provide grant writing support to artists wanting to apply.
➡ Friday 3 July, 11am via Teams

🔗 Learn more & apply: regionalartsnsw.com.au/windmill-trust-scholarship

📸 Shan Turner Carroll, Baby Pink, Baby Blue, 2026, photography/sculpture, Archival ink jet print, 130cm x 87cm. Photographed on Wonnarua Country NSW. Winner of the 2025 Windmill Trust Scholarship.

18/06/2026

✨ THE REGIONAL ARTS FUND: Mentorship with emerging artist Tori Ann Donnelly and contemporary artist Karla Dickens ✨

In January 2026, The Regional Arts Fund: Quick Response Grants funded a rare professional development opportunity between emerging artist Tori Ann Donnelly and fellow First Nations contemporary artist Karla Dickens.

This mentorship offered significant cultural and professional knowledge exchange between the two artists and allowed for collaboration and exploration in a culturally safe space. Dickens’ professional expertise as a successfully established contemporary artist was particularly beneficial to Donnelly at this stage of her career as she moves into a more established position as a contemporary artist and community leader in the arts sector. Limited by an eight-week period of availability, the funding provided immediate support that allowed for professional development to occur at a crucial time.

Dickens stated, “As a senior artist it is always an honour and encouraging for me to work with such talent and hope. I’d like to give Tori Ann a huge thanks for sharing herself, culture and visions with me. I look forward to watching the future development of this exciting and capable young Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung woman, artist and leader.”

Regional Arts NSW thanks both artists for their partnership through the Regional Arts Fund and looks forward to seeing the ongoing development for both artists.

🔗 READ MORE: regionalartsnsw.com.au/news

Regional Arts Australia

10/06/2026

📅 UPCOMING EVENTS: Regional NSW 📅

Online Workshop: Business Essentials for Creatives
⏳ Monday 22 June, 29 June & 6 July
📌 Online
🔗 regionalartsnsw.com.au

Arts Outwest: Regional Gathering & AGM
⏳ 21 June, 11am-3pm
📌 Lithgow, NSW
🔗 artsoutwest.org.au

Fling Physical Theatre: FAILURE
⏳ July 17 - 25
📌 FLING Studio, Bega NSW
🔗 www.flingphysicaltheatre.com.au

Critical Path: CO/MINGLING 2026
⏳ July 25 & October 24, 1-4pm
📌 The Drill Hall, NSW
🔗 criticalpath.org.au

05/06/2026

💼 JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES // June 2026 💼

📌 Singleton Art Prize
⏳ Applications close 15 June
🔗 www.singletonartprize.org

📌 The Joyce Spencer Textile Awards
⏳ Applications close 19 June
🔗 www.cadfactory.com.au

📌 Local History Grants Program
⏳ Applications close 23 June
🔗 www.rahs.org.au

📌 Young Paddo Prize
⏳ Applications close 28 June
🔗 www.paddingtonartprize.com.au

📌 Class of 2027 Samstag Scholarships
⏳ Applications close 30 June
🔗 samstag.adelaide.edu.au

📌 William fletcher Foundation Artist grants
⏳ Applications close 30 June
🔗 williamfletcherfoundation.org.au

📌 Creative Australia: Four Year Investment for Organisations 2029–32
⏳ Applications close 7 July
🔗 creative.gov.au

📌 Arts Mid North Coast Seed grants
⏳ Applications close 24 July
🔗 artsmidnorthcoast.com

03/06/2026

💚 Our 2025 Annual Report is now live! 💚

You can view it on our website to get a summary of everything we did last year. Some highlights include:
➡ A few words from our outgoing Board Chair, Dr Jane Kreis
➡ A summary of all our 2025 funding programs including The Windmill Trust Scholarship, The Regional Arts Fund and the Work of Art Women's Bursary
➡ A summary of our 2025 programs including RALLY & Online Workshop Program
➡ Our 2025 strategic focus and goals
➡ A statement on how we're moving forward from our CEO, Dr Tracey Callinan OAM

🔗 READ NOW: www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/about

Cover Image: 2025 Winner of the Work of Art Women's Bursary, Laura Baker, ‘Yours to an ash’, 2024. Photo by Laura Baker.

01/06/2026

💚 In Place / In Practice: Maree Kelly on how she represents the emotional reality of place through landscape painting 💚

Regional artist .kelly.artist discusses her practice as a landscape painter located near Curlewis, NSW

For Maree, landscape painting allows her to capture not just the physical properties of place, but also how it feels to be there

Maree is currently working on a series based on her family farm, Piyawoola, that will be on show at later in the year

Follow Maree for updates on her upcoming exhibition and read more about her practice now at regionalartsnsw.com.au/news 💚

28/05/2026

✨ Next week Orana Arts is heading out to meet and hear from the region’s artists & you’re invited! ✨

➡ The purpose is simple: to meet artists and creative communities where they are, find out who they are and what they’re making, share what a RADO can offer, and listen to what people actually need.

📍 NARROMINE
Monday 1 June — 9:30am
Creative CoLab, 9/76 Dandaloo Street

📍 TRANGIE
Monday 1 June — 12:30pm
Wungunja Cultural Centre, 81 Dandaloo Street

📍 GILGANDRA
Monday 1 June — 2:30pm
Coo-ee Heritage & Visitor Information Centre, 6452 Newell Highway

📍 COONABARABRAN
Monday 1 June — 7:00pm
Space Gallery, 41 Dalgarno Street

📍 COOLAH
Tuesday 2 June — 12:00pm
Pandora Gallery & Tourist Information Centre, 57 Binnia Street

📍 WELLINGTON
Wednesday 3 June — 9:30am
The Maliyan Cultural Centre, 13A Nanima Crescent

📍 DUBBO
Wednesday 3 June — 2:00pm
RDA Orana – The Vault, 83 Wingewarra Street

🔗 MORE INFO: www.oranaarts.com

This program is supported by Regional Arts NSW and the NSW Government through Create NSW.

📸: Artlands Opening Ceremony, Dubbo 2016. Photo by Alex Wisser.

27/05/2026

💼 JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES // May 2026 💼

📌 South West Arts: Country Arts Support Program (CASP)
⏳ Applications close 31 May
🔗 www.southwestarts.com.au

📌 Creative Australia: Visual Arts Major Commissioning Projects
⏳ Applications close 2 June
🔗 creative.gov.au

📌 Creative Australia: National Arts and Disability Awards
⏳ Applications close 2 June
🔗 creative.gov.au

📌 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
⏳ Applications close 8 June
🔗 www.bhartgallery.com.au

📌 Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA)
⏳ Applications close 8 June
🔗 womeninmusicawards.com.au

📌 Dubbo Regional Council: Assistant Curator
⏳ Applications close 8 June
🔗 www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au

📌 2026 Orana Arts Small Grants Program
⏳ Applications close 19 June
🔗 www.oranaarts.com

📌 Ian Potter Cultural Trust: Emerging Artist Grants
⏳ Applications close 23 June
🔗 www.ianpotterculturaltrust.org.au

26/05/2026

💚 RANSW Advisory Council appoints 3 new Board Directors 💚

On Wednesday 20th May 2026, Regional Arts NSW held our annual in-person Advisory Council meeting, Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Dinner at our office in The Rocks NSW.

Our Advisory Council is made up of the Board Chairs of each member Regional Arts Development Organisation (RADO) from across NSW. We really value this time with our RADO representatives because we can hear their concerns, struggles and successes. We can also stand together as a network of art support organisations to help create a stronger arts sector in regional NSW as a whole.

This year RANSW is farewelling our Board Chair Dr Jane Kreis , Deputy ChairJulia Andrews, Treasurer, Ray Davey and Board Director Lorrayne Fishenden. We would like to sincerely thank all these people for their significant contributions to our organisation as members of our Board. In particular, we would like to thank Jane for her work as our Chair since 2023. We will miss you all very much!

At the AGM the Advisory Council and RANSW Board appointed three new regional Board Directors. We are welcoming Matthew Hall, Leigh Small and Natalie Bramble. We look forward to working with them and value the skills they bring to our Board.

Caroline Downer OAM has been appointed interim Chair of the RANSW Board, Tim Kurylowicz is now our Deputy-Chair and Natalie Bramble will take on the role of Treasurer.

We would like to extend our thanks to the Advisory Council and our Board for travelling to Sydney to meet with us. As our outgoing Board Chair Jane says, ‘We are stronger together than we are alone’.

🔗 READ MORE: regionalartsnsw.com.au/news

📸 RANSW Advisory Council, Staff & Board at the 2026 AC meeting, AGM & Annual Dinner and RANSW CEO Dr Tracey Callinan with outgoing Chair Dr Jane Kreis. Photos by Beatrice Waller.

25/05/2026

💚 REGIONAL ARTS FUND: Dinner Party at the End of the World 💚

'Dinner Party at the End of the World' was a multi-artform program held in 2025, inspired by stories of the Lismore floods. It was produced by Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA) and consisted of a team of artists that led creative development projects, working with Northern Rivers residents.

Artists and participants responded to the climate crisis through a range of performance practices, including theatre-making, play, improvisation, dance and text. Through this, they reflected on stories of community, resilience, and the ways people come together in a time of crisis.

“I hope we can show people that no matter what happens, we can build a better future together. The end is also the beginning and I’d love to paint a picture of what could be that doesn’t instil fear but rather hope in our collective humanity. It’s up to artists to show humanity how to change the world. We have to show what’s possible and Lismore did that,” one artist stated.

'Dinner Party at the End of the World' is a testament to the importance of supporting regional creatives, who play a crucial role in cultivating social, economic and cultural cohesion and wellbeing, particularly in response to climate change. The project also shows us that the arts have significant potential to help communities recover from natural disaster.

This project was supported by the Regional Arts Fund, part of the Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program managed by Regional Arts Australia. Regional Arts NSW administers this grant in NSW and is proud to have been involved in making this project happen.

🔗READ MORE: regionalartsnsw.com.au/regional-arts-fund-dinner-party-at-the-end-of-the-world

Regional Arts Australia NORPA

📸: Tajette O’Halloran

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