Artspeak
March 2020
- Focus: arts and cultural tourism
- Hot topic: ceramics classes and all things clay
- Funding - including funds for drought and bushfire affected communities
- Eight places to sell or exhibit your art
- What's on
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Marjory Jackson Mural by Gerard Brown (Le Grizz) off Main Street, Lithgow. One of the many art installations enlivening Lithgow laneways as part of a project coordinated by Lithgow Tidy Towns. Arts OutWest are currently cataloging and photographing every single piece of public art in the NSW Central West - there's 300 items on our list so far - for a new online, responsive cultural trails and maps project (see Tracey's letter below).
Photo: Carolyn Hide, Cazeil Creative/ Arts OutWest media associate.
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FOCUS: ARTS AND CULTURAL TOURISM
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I talk often in this column about our strategic focus at Arts OutWest. Going into the 2020-2023 plan Cultural Tourism is one of our key strategic focus areas.
What is 'arts tourism' and what is 'cultural tourism'?
'Arts tourists' are day or over night trippers (or longer), domestic or international, who attend or engage in any kind of 'arts' whilst travelling away from home. From performances to galleries, festivals to first national cultural displays. This includes people who travel within, say, the Central West.
'Cultural tourism' also includes museums and heritage, which is very much a part of our remit too so we tend to talk in therms of Cultural Tourism.
What are we developing for our region?
One of our big projects this year is an online, responsive set of regional cultural maps and trails: public art, heritage, handmade, galleries and Aboriginal culture. They'll be a promotional brochure (in collaboration with the Central NSW Joint Organisation of councils). There's upwards of 480 places on the list so far - including more than 300 works of public art that have never been thoroughly mapped on a region-wide scale before. We're also in conversation with people about how events or other campaigns can leverage off all this. Watch this space.
How else are we supporting arts and cultural tourism?
- Our regular, regional, promotion of local events: nearly 2000 events promoted annually online, on social media and radio spots
- Being a partner in local projects (such as the fantastic Cowra Voices app) or supporting projects in the region with advice, letters of support etc
- Capturing photos of key arts events and activities in the region through our media associates program
- Participating in the Central NSW Joint Organisation tourism meetings (who we're collaborating with on our Cultural Trails project)
- Our own events that bring people together across the region. Eg: We've begun planning for the 2020 Central West Choral Festival.
- Tracey Callinan, executive director Arts OutWest
:Here are more current resources in the arts/ cultural tourism mindset
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Domestic arts tourism
Report: The Australia Council for the Arts’ latest research report, “Domestic Arts Tourism: Connecting the country” finds that arts tourists are high value tourists – especially in the regions. Read more...
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Central West visitor stats
Destination NSW data: Festivals, events, sport helping boost visitor numbers. Domestic overnight visitors to the Central West up by 4.5% in the past year to 2.9 million people. Read more...
Image: Inland Sea of Sound Festival (Photo: Arts OutWest)
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$1 Million flagship event fund
NSW Regional Event Fund: Special focus this year for regional communities affected by bushfires and drought. Up to $20K for event marketing of flagship events. Up to $10K Micro Event Fund for community-based events with total operating budgets of $75,000 or less that have the capacity to bring together local communities, attract visitation and stimulate local economies.
Applications close Wednesday 25 March 2020.
Flagship event fact sheet
Micro event fund fact sheet
All the funding details here
See the full media release from Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism
Image: A previous recipient of the Flagship Event Fund, the Canowindra Balloon Challenge.
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HOT TOPIC: ALL THINGS CLAY
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Everyone wants to know about CERAMICS / POTTERY CLASSES
You emailed, you called, you tagged us on social media, so we gathered together some answers: who in the Central West teaches ceramics? Who has kilns they share? Who is looking for kiln space? What groups are there? We put the call out on Facebook and Instagram and put in the things we already knew and made a list of people who teach, places to learn and kilns in action.
See our list here
Got something to add? Email us
Image: Lithgow ceramic artist Sarah O'Sullivan's exhibition "Resiliance" is at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery until March 22. Artworks: Sarah O’Sullivan, Perminerala 2018, hand-painted porcelain and mixed media. Photo: Debbie Gallulo. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Highlights from projects supported by the Country Arts Support Program (CASP). CASP is an annual small grants program administered by Regional Arts NSW on behalf of Create NSW, delivered in partnership with the 14 Regional Arts Development Organisations. See more CASP stories here
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The Rainbow Express
Central West Women's Health Centre will run creative workshops where LGBTIQA+ young folk can meet, make, and share.
Starts March 12, Bathurst.
Details here
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Writing Fire, Writing Drought
Varuna the Writers' House's new fellowship program designed to support writers from regional NSW and outer-western Sydney. Applications close 27 March. Details here
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TAFE courses
TAFE offers a range of specialized courses: ceramics, photography, design, printing, sculpture, drawing, painting running from Orange, Bathurst or Dubbo (interior design also in Cowra and Parkes). More...
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NAIDOC Grants 2020
Applications close 24 April 2020. Aboriginal affairs NSW. NAIDOC Week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. Details
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Places to exhibit your art locally
See all Local Central West exhibition opportunities
Do you have an entry deadline coming up? Email us the details
Pictured: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery foyer display cabinets showing glasswork by Keith Rowe. Photo: David Roma.
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Excursions and tours
Expanding our theme this month of Cultural Tourism, CLICK HERE for the list of arts and cultural tours happening in the region including lots of heritage walks and talks.
Image: Rockley Mill Museum.
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- Portland Art Exhibition March 6-8
- Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize Exhibition Molong RSL March 14-21
- Textures of One Blayney, March 20-21
- Cowra Regional Art Gallery: Behind the Lines: The Years Best Political Cartoons for 2019 to March 15 then AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE March 22 to April 26
- Bathurst Regional Art Gallery: Paul Davies: The Golden Days, Marion Hall Best: Interiors, Sarah O’Sullivan: Resilience to March 22. New exhibitions open March 27
- Orange Regional Gallery: Collection Highlights to March 26 An Evening with the Collection March 26
- Corner Store Gallery Orange: 8×10 Group Exhibition to March 7 then Pear in Orange March 13-22
- Gang Gang Gallery Lithgow: Behind the Curtain – Graham Smith to March 30
- Peisley St Gallery Orange: Here, There and Back to March 21 then Orange is the New Black March 21 - May 9
- Orange Regional Museum: Capturing Nature: Early photography at the Australian Museum 1857 – 1893 opens March 28
- BMEC: H.M.S Pinafore, Les Divas: A All-Male Revue, Mark Vincent, Annie – The Musical
- Orange Civic Theatre: H.M.S. PINAFORE, Taylor Henderson, The Australian Doctors Orchestra. Mark Vincent, PLAYLIST, The Choir Of Man
- Orange Regional Conservatorium: Rhapsody in Orange – Combined Bands Concert, Chamber Music Series Concert 1 – Music for Seven Hands
- Mitchell Conservatorium: MitCon Picnic Dinner March 21
- Raise Your Voice for International Women's Day Lithgow, March 7
- All About Women Satellite. March 8 in Cowra and Bathurst
- Fight The Fire Benefit – Fundraiser Concert Lithgow 13 March
- Rock till it Rains Greenthorpe March 14 (limited tickets left)
- Rebellion on the Turon Soalfa 15 March
- Evans Arts Council Craft Competition and Sale Kelso 21 March
- Aussie Leathercrafters Gathering Portland, 27-29 March
- Orange F.O.O.D Week March 27- April 5
- Bathurst Heritage Trades Trail March 28-29
- Be Wildered – River Arts Festival event March 28
- AND LOTS MORE
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Promoting arts events
As you can see we're filling up the 2020 calendar with great local arts events. It's free. We also share these on radio and social media.
Email your event details to artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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