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Tuesday July 1, 2008

• Arts OutWest sessions in Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo, July 2&3
• Updated funding tips and list of grants
• Opportunities for artists - July
• Cultural Directory update

Arts OutWest executive office Hannah Semler will be in Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo Wednesday July 2 & Thursday July 3 to run Arts information sessions. More details...

Our list of funding and grant sources and tips on applying for money has been updated. See the latest version here...

Check out the latest opportunities for artists and cultural groups. Funding, auditions, calls for artworks, competitons. Updated July 2, 2008. Download it here...

We're updating and expanding the central west cultural database. We want to include all art forms, all arts and cultural organisations and all arts makers from teachers to technitions, artists to architects. Fill in your details and be included. Find cultural directory forms here...

Hear the arts round up with Arts OutWest on a radio near you:

• Weekdays 7.42am ABC Central West
• A weekly artist profile 10.20am Fridays on ABC Central West
• Fridays at 1.30pm on 2BS (1503am Bathurst, Oberon)
• Friday afernoons and Saturday mornings on 2PK (Parkes region)
• Daily at 8.45am and 5.05pm on 2MCE community radio (92.3fm Bathurst/ 94.7fm Orange)
• Fridays at 12.30pm on Radio 2LT (Lithgow, Oberon, Rylstone areas)
• NOW WEEKLY on Fridays sometime between 12-2pm on Radio 2MG (Mid-Western Region).

What's On

The Sydney Youth Orchestra Philhamonic tour the region this week. The SYO Philharmonic is a full symphony orchestra, and the training ground for high school-aged musicians who aspire to the Sydney Youth Orchestra and beyond. Conductor Brian Buggy will direct the SYO Philharmonic in a selection of popular symphonic works by Rossini, Shaw, and Tchaikovsky in a program that will delight and entertain audiences of all ages! Shows at Union Theatre Lithgow (Sunday July 6, 3pm), The Prince of Wales Opera House Gulgong (Wed July 9, 3pm) and Orange Regional Conservatorium Auditorium (Thurs July 10, 7pm). Details at What's On...

For all the other great arts and cultural events happening in the central west view the What's On database here...

To have your event listed fill in an Event Details Form (Word).

Planning an event? Looking for the best date? See what everyone else has planned in the 2008 events calendar.

Get your project off the ground with grants and funding available from the government, private enterprise, corporate or other significant bodies. Arts OutWest offers access to a range of grants available as well as tips for your application.

Download the July 2008 edition of

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The Arts OutWest monthly newsletter