Projects from the Arts OutWest Archive

Since 1974 Arts OutWest and its predecessor, the Central West Cultural Development Committee, have instigated or managed hundreds of regional arts and cultural development projects. These include arts and disability projects, youth arts projects, research, regional exhibitions, a museums program, oral histories, media programs, theatre, dance, visual arts, community festivals, training and more.

The range of these projects illustrates the vibrant, always evolving culture of the Central West.

We are in the process of sifting through and sorting a vast collection of archive material spanning four decades. We hope to showcase more of the highlights from these years on this page, sometime in the future.

History of Arts OutWest

	Healing Spaces ART & HEALTH; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES July-September, 2011 An exhibition of works by professional artists invovled in the Arts OutWest/ Arts Northern Rivers Artists Speed Dating event in February. The exhibition was held at the Bathurst Health Service as part of the Arts and Health Program. Read more...
	Marramarra: Make. Create. Do ABORIGINAL ARTS; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES March-July, 2011 The Marramarra project unearths and showcases Aboriginal visual arts, performance and culture from the Central West of NSW. Read more...
	The Wellness Tree ART & HEALTH 2010-2011 Community artist Cate McCarthy worked with consumers at the the Panorama Clinic at Bathurst Health Service (the acute mental health unit) creating images in various mediums which then became a mural for the spaces. Part of the Arts and Health Program.
	Youth Capturing Youth ART & HEALTH; YOUTH ARTS April-July, 2011 An exhibition of photogrpahy by young people, of young people engaged in arts and culture. The exhibition was held at the Bathurst Health Service as part of the Arts and Health Program.
	Talk2Me (auspiced project) YOUTH ARTS February - June 2011 A partnership between Arts OutWest and Local Stages at BMEC. Bringing together dancers from Cowra and Bathurst in a new contempoary work in June 2011. This project is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts Community Partnerships. Read more about Talk2Me.
	OUT of Ordinary exhibition ART & HEALTH December 2010 - March 2011 An exhibition of Bathurst region artists held at Bathurst Health Service as part of International Day of People with Disability. Read more...
	Artists Speed Dating CREATIVE INDUSTRIES February 14, 2011 In conjunction with Arts Northern Rivers, funded by Industry & Investment NSW. 24 artists from the Central West and Orana 'dated' six directors of commercial Sydney galleries and six directors of regional/ commercial galleries in the region. Read more...
	Mentorship program CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Began 2010 A program to match Central West arts and creative practioners with industry expert mentors. Read more...
	Moving on Up CREATIVE INDUSTRIES September-December 2010 Professional development program for the creative industries. Included workshops, a TAFE short course and industry seminar.
	Crafting the Lachlan Network Began 2010 A network of arts and crafts groups from the Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes shires. Read more/ get involved...
	Bathurst Art & Health Program ART & HEALTH Launched 2008 (ongoing) A pilot arts and health program based out of the new Bathurst Health Service. Read more...
	ArtStart YOUTH ARTS 2011 - 2009 - 2007 - 2005 - 2003 and earlier... The biennial youth arts skills development program funded by TAFE NSW. Read more about the most recent set of ArtStart activities...
	Opera Out There CREATIVE INDUSTRIES 2009 A creative industries development partnership project with Taste Canowindra, opera singer Helen Barnett and Arts OutWest, with funding from Industry and Investment NSW. Opera performance staged in Canowindra October 2009.
	Central West Contemporary Aboriginal Dance Development ABORIGINAL ARTS; YOUTH ARTS 2008 In 2008 young aboriginal dancers in Cowra, Condobolin, Kelso and Wellington participated in workshops and performances led by contemporary indigenous dancer/choreographer Jo Clancy. Read more...
	Central West Creative Industries Survey CREATIVE INDUSTRIES 2008 An extensive survey into the nature, economic contribution and needs of the Creative Industries in this region. Read more...
	In SITE Out 2003 - 2005 -2007 In SITE Out was a biennial temporary, ephemeral art event held at the Orange Botanic Gardens. Read more...
	Celebrate Ability ART & HEALTH 2006 The 2006 Celebrate Ability program focused on the creative arts development of people with intellectual, physical and mental disabilities within the Central West. Read more...
	The FaRRRout! Project 2005 The FRRR-funded small schools literacy project. The FaRRRout! project was a web-based literacy initiative that involved four schools hosting three days (per school) of face-to-face writing workshops with Bathurst-based children’s author Paul Stafford.
	Stories of the Central West 2002 -2005 Stories of the Central West was a multi-faceted project aimed at assisting with the development and promotion of the identity of the Central Western region with all its diversity of cultural and artistic expression. The project captured local arts stories in the publication 'Stories of the Central West'