May 2019 Issue 2019#2

Arts North West Quarterly

ARMIDALE REGIONAL - - - GWYDIR - - - MOREE PLAINS - NARRABRI - TENTERFIELD - TAMWORTH REGIONAL - URALLA - WALCHA WELCOME AND INVITE YOU TO OUR AGM IN MAY

It has been another busy quarter of activity, right across our region! Arts North West has certainly been out and about, delivering a number of projects, professional development workshops, and providing key networking opportunities and support for the wonderful artists in our region.

We held our Board meeting in Inverell in February. Our AGM will be in Glen Innes on 10 May and the Annual Report and audited financials are available on our website www.artsnw. com.au.

We say farewell to our Treasurer Sue Price, who has been on the ANW Board since 2013. We have certainly valued her contributions and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours. Caroline Downer Executive Director

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS!! SKILLS, NETWORKING AND ADVOCACY GRANTS FOR PROJECTS AROUND OUR REGION

In partnership with ANW, Monica We were successful with the following funding applications that will take place across Davidson from Creative Business our region: Plus ran four workshops in March in Gunnedah, Tamworth, Armidale Portfolio Pitch Promotion: An initiative Art Connections: Opening Creative and Glen Innes. She also facilitated for 6 young emerging Aboriginal visual Journeys is a large scale multi-layered a workshop for the NENW Cultural artists in the New England North trail experience covering all twelve Leaders Network (an ANW initiated West to develop their arts practice local government authority areas in the group), as well as a Creative Catch-up through professional development New England North West launching in (Creative Industries Networking Event), workshops, mentoring and networking. the first weekend of November 2019 both held in Tamworth. This project will develop each to coincide with the state regional arts artist’s portfolio and will culminate conference, Artstate Tamworth. It will in a pitching session to galleries in build on the existing Arts North West the region. (Create NSW Aboriginal Connect model, an online directory Regional Arts Fund $20,000) listing assisting visitors in exploring artist studios, galleries, museums and other cultural venues and experiences of the NENW (Building Better Regions Fund - Federal Government, $20,000)

Arts North West is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the partnership of twelve local government authorities in the New England North West.

Arts North West acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the lands we work on; we recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of Aboriginal people and respect the Aboriginal Elders past and present.

PO Box 801 Glen Innes NSW 2370 P: 02 6732 4988 M: 0428 042 622 e: [email protected] • artsnw.com.au • fb.com/artsnw • @artsnorthwest ABN 13 294 582 557 ABORIGINAL CULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAM SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR ABORIGINAL ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES

Our two year Rivers to Ridges project Create the Curator project has also The first part of our new project Miyay has finally come to an end. It has been finished. Sharni Jones, Manager, Miyay (7 Sisters) has commenced. This a mammoth effort working with over 20 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander is the creative development phase of Elders, four artists and filmmakers. This Collection at the Australian Museum a new work based on the Gamilaroi has been a very special journey across facilitated mentoring and a workshop version of the Seven Sisters songline, our entire region, with an extraordinary in Moree which covered high level and inspired by Country and the outcome of a number of films of cultural matters including Indigenous landscape of the New England North Elders stories, and artists’ response to cultural and intellectual property, West. Country. cultural competency and copyright. Caroline took the participants on a The first site visit to Boobera Lagoon, The final exhibition was held at gallery tour in Armidale and provided Moree Shire and Kaputar, Narrabri Tamworth Regional Gallery which saw mentoring for participants. Sandra Shire took place on 8-10 April. Our two over 150 people attend. The films will McMahon delivered her second key Kamilaroi artists Cathy Craigie and also be shown in Gunnedah and Moree workshop in Tamworth covering Katie Leslie with film-maker Suzie Wicks over the coming months. hanging, lighting and contracts. spent three days on Country with their mentorees Jessicah Briggs, Jennifer Our Aboriginal Arts Officer Lorrayne The exhibition opened at Weswal Whitton, Shae Duncan and Elders Aunty Riggs has also been giving a number Gallery in February in Tamworth with Elaine Edwards and Aunty Marilyn of mentoring sessions as well as excellent attendance and much positive Binge. Community consultation inTamworth , feedback. Inverell and Moree.

ARTS NW ON TOUR MUSEUMS NETWORK PERFORMING ARTS NETWORK BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING CAPACITY

Productions around the region included: Dolores by Sam Productions atGunnedah Civic in March for International Women’s Day. There was a White Ribbon Ambassador talk as part of show.

Kaput by Critical Stages atTenterfield , Glen Innes and Inverell. See the audience response at Inverell: https://www.facebook.com/InverellCulturalGroup/ videos/581021372396361/

I Am My Own Wife by Tamworth Dramatic Society. This toured to Breeza, Deepwater, Uralla and Ben Caroline, in partnership with Tamworth Lomond as well as Armidale, Regional Gallery, developed a Museums Tamworth and Nowendoc. Professional Development Workshop Check out the audience that was held in March in Tamworth. response here: https://www. Margot Jolly and Ros Russell presented facebook.com/tamdrams/ on collection management and on videos/2244060312479334/ significance. This was a well-attended event with over 30 people with much A network meeting was held in positive feedback. Inverell on 22 March.