Project news.
These are the stories and updates behind Outback Arts key projects and programs.
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CASP
- 28 Feb 2023 Apply now! 2023 Country Arts Support Program (CASP) funding 28 Feb 2023
- 4 May 2022 2022 CASP recipients announced 4 May 2022
- 1 Mar 2022 2022 CASP applications are now open! 1 Mar 2022
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LIVING ARTS AND CULTURE
- 5 Jul 2021 ‘Our Stories’ films launched 5 Jul 2021
- 12 Apr 2021 'Our Stories’ filming underway 12 Apr 2021
- 9 Jul 2019 Exhibition and Publication launch 9 Jul 2019
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OUTBACK ARCHIES ART PRIZE
- 20 Sep 2022 2022 Outback Archies Art Prize, exhibition opening and winners! 20 Sep 2022
- 18 Jul 2022 2022 Outback Archies 18 Jul 2022
- 8 Nov 2021 2021 Outback Archies Art Prize - winners are grinners! 8 Nov 2021
- 16 Jul 2021 2021 Entries now open 16 Jul 2021
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OUTBACK OUTLOUD
- 12 Oct 2022 Outback Outloud Series Two - now streaming 12 Oct 2022
- 6 May 2022 Outback Outloud, Series 2 interview and workshops 6 May 2022
- 14 Mar 2022 Outback Outloud- call for local champions 14 Mar 2022
- 21 Jun 2021 Series 1 - now streaming! 21 Jun 2021
- 13 Apr 2021 Tour One Completed! 13 Apr 2021
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REGIONAL FUTURES
- 9 May 2022 Regional Futures - artists announced 9 May 2022
- 7 Mar 2022 Regional Futures - call for Expressions of Interest 7 Mar 2022
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RESTART
- 12 Nov 2021 Outback Laughs Comedy Tour 12 Nov 2021
- 11 Mar 2021 Creation and Presentation Micro Grants 11 Mar 2021
- 10 Mar 2020 Festival of Small Halls 10 Mar 2020
- 9 Mar 2020 Little Wings Puppetry Tour 9 Mar 2020
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YOUTH
- 6 Oct 2022 Little Arty Afternoons with Rainy King 6 Oct 2022
- 10 Aug 2022 The Gravity! Kids Aerial Dance Workshops 10 Aug 2022
Apply now! 2023 Country Arts Support Program (CASP) funding
The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual small grants program delivered by Outback Arts in partnership with Create NSW. It supports community arts and cultural development in regional NSW.
Outback Outloud Series Two - now streaming
Featuring stories from Nyngan, Coonamble and Warren. Outback Outloud is a community podcast and oral history recording project by Outback Arts, delivered in partnership with Signal Creative.
Little Arty Afternoons with Rainy King
Facilitated by Coonamble artist Rainy King, Outback Arts is presenting a 5-week kids art program.
From 18 October Little Artists will explore Clay, Collage and Printmaking.
2022 Outback Archies Art Prize, exhibition opening and winners!
The Outback Archies is officially open! On Saturday 17 September Outback Arts hosted a special exhibition opening where artists, art lovers and community members came along, to celebrate our region's artists and the 'Legends and Landscapes' that make our communities so special.
The Gravity! Kids Aerial Dance Workshops
Gravity is a free workshop combining elements of contemporary dance and aerial apparatus (Hoop and Silks). This workshop is designed for beginners and the content will be adjusted to suit each individual's abilities.
2022 Outback Archies
The Outback Archies Art Prize is an Outback Arts project, now in its twelfth year! In this time the Outback Archies has grown in anticipation with each year, shining a light on the diverse and talented creatives in the region, as they celebrate and explore the theme ‘Legends and Landscapes’.
Regional Futures - artists announced
Twenty-nine artists from across NSW have been announced as participants in the state-wide Regional Futures project, including three artists working on two commissions from the Arts OutWest region. Regional Futures is a two-year state-wide creative project funded by Create NSW and delivered by the NSW Regional Arts Network which represents 15 member organisations that support and promote artists and creative practice across regional NSW.
Outback Outloud, Series 2 interview and workshops
Outback Arts, in partnership with Signal Creative, is coming to Warren, Coonamble and Nyngan between 16th and 28th May, to deliver the project "Outback Outloud" series 2.
You can listen to the first series of Outback Outloud produced last year here featuring Walgett, Brewarrina, Cobar and Bourke.
2022 CASP recipients announced
An exciting number of creative and cultural projects will be popping up all over the Outback Arts region with the announcement of the successful recipients for the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) to be delivered throughout 2022.
$17,000 has been awarded to eight projects within the Outback Arts region to support community arts and cultural development. This funding program is well established and provides regional people access to a diverse range of cultural programs each year and brings local opportunities that may otherwise have not been available.
Outback Outloud- call for local champions
Outback Outloud is an audio storytelling project involving workshops and a community story booth designed to collect stories from and about people in remote NSW, Outback Arts region. Outback Outloud encourages full community participation and accessible events where people share their stories.
Regional Futures - call for Expressions of Interest
Expressions of Interest are being sort after from creatives across all art forms in our region to be commissioned to undertake a creative development of a new work that responds to the prompt ‘What does the future look like for your region?’
2022 CASP applications are now open!
The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual small grants program delivered by Outback Arts in partnership with Create NSW. It supports community arts and cultural development in regional NSW.
First Nations Storytellers and Writers Network - registrations open!
First Nations writers and storytellers from the Outback Arts footprint are invited to register for the Regional NSW First Nations Writers Network.
Outback Laughs Comedy Tour
Outback Arts are very excited to finally bring this FREE ‘Outback Laughs’ comedy tour to four towns in the region, featuring Dane Simpson and Harley Breen.
Brought to you by Outback Arts and proudly funded by NSW Government's Restart Program.
2021 Outback Archies Art Prize - winners are grinners!
After rescheduling due to COVID-19 health precautions, the 2021 Outback Archies Art Prize was officially opened Saturday 6th November at the Outback Arts Gallery, Coonamble. This event was by invitation only, extended to the exhibiting artists and project partners. The group enjoyed socially distanced mingling, locally made food, and the announcement of the 2021 Annual Outback Archies prize recipients.
2021 Entries now open
The Outback Archies Art Prize is a long-standing project delivered by Outback Arts, now in its eleventh year! The Outback Archies grows in anticipation with each year, shining a light on the diverse and talented creatives in the region, exploring the theme ‘Legends and Landscapes’.
‘Our Stories’ films launched
This project utilises videography and creative delivery methods to record and share stories, from Aboriginal Artists and Knowledge Holders, identifying how their artwork and cultural practices are inspired by the landscape and how their work connects with Country.
Series 1 - now streaming!
Emma Hoy and Caroline Wallace directors of Signal Creative visited Walgett, Brewarrina, Bourke and Cobar hosting listening parties, celebrating the launch of their collaborative project with Outback Arts, the Outback Outloud podcast. This project has collected over 100 interviews from the Outback Arts region.
Tour One Completed!
Emma and Caroline from signal Creative have recently completed stage one of their Outback Outloud Tour across the Outback Arts region, visiting; Walgett, Brewarrina, Bourke and Cobar. Outback Outloud is an audio storytelling project involving workshops and a community story booth designed to collect stories from and about our communities.
'Our Stories’ filming underway
Our stories is a contemporary storytelling project documenting artists on Country in regional NSW. Filming of these stories has involved engaging videographer – Andrew Hull to work with the artists to create a short film, unique to each of the artists.