February 2017 Issue 2017#1

A newsletter for members of Arts North West

ARMIDALE REGIONAL - GLEN INNES SEVERN - - GWYDIR - LIVERPOOL PLAINS - MOREE PLAINS - NARRABRI - TENTERFIELD - TAMWORTH REGIONAL - URALLA - WALCHA

WELCOME LOTS OF SUCCESSES AND PROJECT IDEAS

As always, a busy program of activity across a diverse arts sector. And with a number of successful grants, we will have another busy year in 2017. The highlight for the last quarter was our professional development workshops - Creative Roadshow. It was fantastic to get out into the region and see what wonderful ideas people have, and to assist them in making their concepts become reality. We had projects from stargazing to comedy nights, and everything in between. It really is going to be an exciting year! Caroline Downer Executive Director (RADO)

COUNTRY ARTS SUPPORT PROGRAM CREATIVE ROADSHOW SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Mehi Gallery and Studio, Moree- Colour Me Kamilaroi ($3,000) Much positive feedback from our • Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council - 2017 Aboriginal Cultural Showcase professional development workhops Artist-in-Residence ($1,700) held in Glen Innes, Moree and • New England Writers’ Centre, Armidale - Deadly Secrets ($2,960) Tenterfield. WHAT, WHY & WOW!: • New England Bach Festival, Armidale - ARTivate in Armidale ($3,000) The Art of Project and Event Planning • Narrabri & District Community Aid Service Inc - Narrabri studio ($1481) was a practical hands-on workshop • Preschool Kindergarten - SOUNDSCAPES IN NATURE – with Curious which covered the development of Creators ($3,000) a project from its scope to budgets, • GoCo Community Care - Council - All Sorts of Pottery ($2,000) timelines and checklists. Plans are underway to roll it out to other areas in the region this year.

SUCCESS!! GRANTS FOR PROJECTS IN OUR REGION Arts North West has been successful on a number of project grants: 1. Harmony Day ($5000 Celebrations Grant from Multicultural NSW) a day of arts and culture in partnership with Glen Innes Council. 2. Table Talk ($10, 100 Unity Grant from Multicultural NSW) is a series of pottery workshops for refugees and new migrants to the New England North West of NSW in partnership with the region’s multicultural and support agencies. In Armidale and Tamworth. 3. Stuff of Tales ($51, 147 Regional Partnerships Arts NSW) - a two year project working with six writers and six museums in our region to develop an online storybook of special objects in their collections. Includes workshops to volunteers and youth. Tamworth, Armidale, Uralla, Bingara, , Glen Innes. 4. Rivers to Ridges ($145,213 Indigenous Languages and Arts Fund Federal Government) a two year project that will use the traditional concept of songlines in a contemporary form of multimedia to share and document stories of Elders, Artists and areas of Aboriginal significance in our region, focussing onTenterfield , Tamworth, Moree and Gunnedah. 5. What Why and Wow! ($6220 National Landcare Programme Community Grants) for professional development workshops on project and event planning to be held in smaller villages for arts-based projects by environmental/Landcare groups. Bundarra, Deepwater, Uralla and Walcha.

Arts North West is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the partnership of eleven 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 The project Making Old Markings New has begun, with site tours in November. Aboriginal artists visited sites in Guyra, Uralla and Tamworth - Wattle Ridge Guyra, Mt Yarrowyck, Boundary Rock and Goonoowigall. The next phase of this project is a visit to Sydney in February.

Aboriginal Arts Officer Lorrayne Riggs has also been undertaking a community consultation for Arts NSW to inform the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place in Armidale. She also ran a weaving workshop at Quirindi preschool in November.

ARTS AND DISABILITY ARTLANDS at Dubbo BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE NETWORK FOR NATIONAL REGIONAL ARTS CONFERENCE ARTS AND DISABILITY IN THE REGION 27-30 OCTOBER Our Arts and Disability Project “Putting the Pieces Together” was ARTLANDS Dubbo gave Arts launched at the Gunnedah Civic on 3 North West the opportunity to December to celebrate International have a significant presence on Day of People with a Disability. It a national stage. was lovely to see these large cubes The Conference looking absolutely fantastic in the delved broadly into exhibition space. significant issues surrounding regional The exhibition is now installed at the arts in general, and Ray Walsh House in Tamworth and in particular the will be travelling to Armidale and important role of First Moree in March and April. Nations. It provided En ble space for conversations that are still Arts resonating.

OUT AND ABOUT ARTS NW ON TOUR COUNTRY ART ESCAPES CONVERSATIONS AND NETWORKING PERFORMING ARTS NETWORK CULTURAL TOURISM FOR OUR REGION

The Executive Director has continued Evening with Groucho from Jally to provide assistance to a number Entertainment toured to four venues of individuals across the region on a in October (Bingara, Narrabri, Glen range of issues, including reviews of Innes, and Gunnedah). Camilla funding applications to Arts NSW and Blunden’s All this Living toured to Federal Government. small venues in Tamworth regional.

Caroline has attended TRACAC and ANW has also launched its new Tamworth Hospital Redevelopment initiative POCKET PRODUCTIONS Arts and Cultural Committee and will have its first tour in March New subscribers on the online arts meetings in Tamworth and Arts and in eight community halls across our trail include: Cultural Committee of Armidale region. Glen Innes Artisans of the Glen Regional Council. Arts North West Bingara The Living Classroom Armidale Lizzie Horne Creative also completed a Cultural Mapping Arts North West successfully applied Project for the new Armidale region. for a $7,500 Community Presenters’ Grant through Arts On Tour for a Six CAE museums will be involved in She also opened the Tenterfield our project The Stuff of Mobile Movie Fest on 15 October at regional tour of William Yang’s The Story Only I Can Tell in early 2018. Tales and an Open Day the Henry Parkes School of Arts in regional event is being Tenterfield. planned for later in 2017.

The ANW Board meeting was held in More information at: Tenterfieldin November. www.countryartescapes.com.au