Australian Poetry Hall of Fame

Australian Poetry Hall of Fame

The Australian Poetry Hall of Fame was established by Thundercloud Repairian in March 2020 and revived the Arcadia Theatre in Guyra as a venue after 50 years. The mission is to nurture and celebrate poets, poetry, song lines and languages of Australia’s diverse cultures and people.

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CONTACT

144 Bradley Street, Guyra
Monday: 1pm to 5pm
Tuesday - Sunday: 9am to 12pm 1pm
By appointment and other times for events and classes
p: 6779 1828
e: 1english1@gmail.com
w: www.australianpoetryhalloffame.com.au

or use the form below to send an email direct to the Australian Poetry Hall of Fame

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The Makers Shed

The Makers Shed

Situated at the heart of the NSW New England high country in the town of Glen Innes, The Makers Shed is a high-street marketplace for handmade and independent products lovingly created by artisans-in-business, including unique jewellery, art and books. The creative home of Richard Moon Wearable Silver & Silverware and Michael Burge Media, the venue hosts regular workshops in jewellery, writing and art/craft; runs the annual High Country Writers Festival, and hosts a regular book club and writers' group.

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CONTACT

123 Grey Street, Glen Innes
Wednesdays - Saturdays: 10am-4pm
p: 0450 039 320
e: mickndick@bigpond.com
w: themakersshed.org

or use the form below to send an email direct to the Makers Shed

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The Art Shack

The Art Shack

Wilgabah is an operating farm with sheep, cattle, and alpacas. The 600-acre property also has a gallery and cafe which provide guests with the opportunity to paint or just enjoy the original art work on display at the gallery, while tasting the local produce in the cafe area.

Fishing for native silver perch in the well-stocked dams or a bushwalk through the 200 acres of endangered whitebox woodlands also provide relaxing ways to spend your weekend getaway.

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CONTACT

“Wilgabah” 107 Baldock’s Road
p: Rodney 0429 462 155
p: Tania 0427 462 155
e: artshackwallabadah@gmail.com
w: www.artshackwallabadah.com

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Thorungulla Studio

Thorungulla Studio @ Fagans Vale

Thorungulla Studio is set in the Nandewar Range Looking over Mt Lindsay and Mt Kaputar.

Set in over 200ha of hills and valleys scattered with gum, iron bark and box trees. Wallabies, kangaroo, goats and deer roam the hills.

Karin is a muralist who has created a series of murals to enhance the surrounds. Drought arrived when we did and a constantly blooming rose garden that needs no water has appeal.

Karin works in acrylics depicting the beauty of the Australian bush that surrounds her. Sand paintings, pottery, terracotta sculptures, and poetry are also on the menu. The designing and creating of string theory stories is a labour of love.

Karin worked with a team in Lightning Ridge to create the aboriginal dreaming stories that were displayed at the MCA in 2015. Community murals where Karrin is the designer and the community are the artists. Participants learn colour techniques, perspective, and working as a team.

Plein Air art classes can be arranged by appointment.

Karin’s work is on display at the Claypan/Fuller Gallery in Barraba and the Gallery on Gwydir in Bingara.

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CONTACT

Fagans Vale, 1237 Horton Rd
Open by appointment
p: 0478 411 914
e: thorungulla@bigpond.com

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Stormcrow Studio

Stormcrow Studio

Stormcrow Studio is an art space and store by Nathasha Soonchild. We paint, we print, we curate and make objets d’art using antiques, off-cuts, and neglected treasure. Our studio workspace and store is located in the gold mining town of Nundle. The studio is inside what used to be the old butchers shop, now a beautifully restored heritage building in the heart of the village.

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CONTACT

72 Jenkins Street, Nundle
Friday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm
e: stormcrowstudio@icloud.com
w: www.stormcrowstudio.com

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Splash on Peel

Splash on Peel

Splash on Peel offer workshops to anyone wishing to participate in a creative activity in a safe and supportive environment.

We also offer a gallery for local artists to display their work.

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CONTACT

Shop 4, 164 Peel Street, Tamworth
Open by appointment
p: 0450 626 743
e: admin@splashonpeel.com.au
w: www.splashonpeel.com.au

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Random Rural Art Gallery

Random Rural Art Gallery

Random Rural is a retiring farming wife's new occupation and studio. The ex stock and station building, yard and sheds are now exhibiting a wonderful collection of local talent and crafts as an outlet and meeting place. This is a service for fellow primary producers. $10 is the fee on any item or 50c under $10. Cash only goes to the talented creators who have mainly retired with hobbies and skills.

Various clubs use here for morning or afternoon tea meetings. Available is Coffee/Teas/Milo and homemade slice/biscuits for a coin donation to enjoy in the garden or back deck.

Welcome to Country Hospitality.

CONTACT

43 Main North Road, Willow Tree
p: 6747 1597
e: robynmarheine@icloud.com

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Quilty House

Meg Quilty

Escape to a bygone era, when you step inside the 'A Brush with Quilty' studio, which is part of a charming, historic, federation home, in beautiful leafy East Tamworth. If the walls could speak they would have many a tale to tell.

'A Brush with Quilty' studio is a part of 'Quilty House', where I paint as well as hold regular watercolour classes, workshops and teach privately.

Once a Presbyterian home for 96 boys who‘s ages ranged between six and eighteen, 'Quilty House' is now a luxurious Bed and Breakfast with a modern twist on the breakfast side of things. Built around 1889 by Charles Jeffries Britten and his wife Annie, 'Quilty House‘ was was originally called ‘Avondale’. It was later known as ‘Beethovens’ and has been operating as a Bed and Breakfast on and off ever since. It was recently renamed ‘Quilty House‘ in 2018 and is once again welcoming guests.

CONTACT

66 Napier St, Tamworth
p: 0428 324 503
e: hello@megquilty.com
w: www.megquilty.com

or use the form below to send an email direct to Meg

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Nancy Hunt Artist Studio

Nancy Hunt

Nancy Hunt is a well known award winning artist based in Narrabri. Nancy's art reflects life. Her works are inspired by her love of horses, in both a physical and metaphorical sense. Her work is in regional galleries across NSW. She recently completed a public art commission entitled Certain Uncertainty for the University of New England.

CONTACT

Open by appointment
p: 0458 299 106
e: nhunt@activ8.net.au

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Maree Kelly Artist Studio

Maree Kelly Artist Studio

Maree Kelly is a well known regional artist. She is a contemporary landscape painter working in a variety of media. Her studio/gallery is open by appointment and features contemporary landscape paintings from around Gunnedah and the Liverpool Plains area.

CONTACT

24 Abbott Street, Gunnedah
p: 0427 688 328
e: hello@mareekelly.com.au
w: www.mareekelly.com.au

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Make It Tenterfield Inc

Make It Tenterfield Inc

Make It Tenterfield is upstairs in the Mitre 10 buliding at 210 Rouse St Tenterfield.

There you will find 22 artists in a makerspace environment. From metalwork lighting creations to leadlighting and all manner of knitted and crotched items. Also hand made dolls, weaving with natural fibres, ceramics and art work in various mediums.

There is always artisans at work during opening hours.

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CONTACT

210 Rouse Street, Tenterfield
Monday - Friday: 9am - 3pm
Saturday: 9am - 11:30am
p: 0412 576 314
e: makeittenterfield@gmail.com
w: makeittenterfield.com.au


or use the form below to send an email direct to Make It Tenterfield Inc

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Lizzie Horne Creative Studio

Lizzie Horne

Printmaking is fun and easy to learn. Join artist Lizzie Horne in her fully-equipped Armidale studio for linocut, dry point etching and aluminium etching classes and workshops.

Lizzie’s recent solo exhibition “The uncivilised garden” at NERAM featured all of these techniques, printed on her beautiful etching press in her home studio.

CONTACT

Open by appointment
p: 0487 184 059
e: lizzie.horne@me.com
w: www.lizziehornecreative.com

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Liz Priestley Artist Studio

Liz Priestley Artist Studio

Liz is a landscape painter working in encaustic wax. Her studio is a converted shop front in Manilla, 30 minutes drive from Tamworth. Working in a contemporary manner, Liz draws on her immediate surrounds for inspiration.

CONTACT

89 Manilla Street, Manilla
p: 0414 256 876
e: lizpriestley@yahoo.com.au

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Julia Hardman Orchard Studio

Julia Hardman Orchard Studio

The Orchard Studio is situated at Arding, an easy 20 minute drive from Armidale within an established garden and orchard. The venue comprises a studio/workshop for the artist and for art
students who attend a weekly workshop.

A gallery is also attached to the studio and displays the paintings of the artist. A variety of medium is presented including watercolours, oil and acrylic artworks.


CONTACT

329 Arding Road, Arding
By appointment only
p: 6775 3123
e: juliahardman@outlook.com

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Isabelle Devos Studio

Isabelle Devos Studio

Isabelle is a contemporary landscape painter living and working in the New England region. She loves the wondrous sense of light particular to this part of the country.

CONTACT

Armidale
By appointment only
p: 0427 758 229
e: isydevos@gmail.com
w: isabelledevosartist.blogspot.com

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Inverell Art Gallery

Inverell Art Gallery

The Inverell Art Gallery is a community gallery, operated by volunteer members of the Inverell Art Society. It holds regular exhibitions throughout the year featuring both local and visiting artists. The Inverell Art Prize is held each spring and attracts artists from around the country. The gallery also operates a gift shop where original local arts and crafts can be purchased.

CONTACT

5 Evans Street, Inverell
Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 1pm
p: 6722 4983
e: info@inverellartgallery.com.au
w: www.inverellartgallery.com.au

or use the form below to send an email direct to Inverell Art Gallery

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Gunnedah Cultural Precinct

Gunnedah Cultural Precinct

Gunnedah’s Cultural Precinct is a multi-purpose Arts, performance and community space which houses the Civic Theatre, Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall, Smithurst Theatre, the Creative Arts studio and meeting room as well as the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Situated in the heart of Gunnedah’s thriving CBD, patrons to the centre can enjoy watching the latest blockbuster releases in comfort of the air-conditioned cinema with crystal clear picture and surround sound. The cinema program caters for a diverse audience with the inclusion of archival films and stage productions.

The centre is an excellent place for meetings, conferences, creative workshops, presentations and fundraiser events.

Within the centre, The Visitor Information Centre boasts a wealth of knowledge on the many culturally rich aspects of Gunnedah’s beautiful landscape and community engagement opportunities. It also houses a delightful pop-up library where visitors to the centre can tantalise their imaginations with a good read, courtesy of the Gunnedah Shire Library.

The Cultural Precinct is Gunnedah’s creatively rich hub for a wide range of community forums and local gatherings for lovers of Art, theatre and music alike.


CONTACT

The Civic Gunnedah, 83 Chandos Street
Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 3pm
p: 6740 2271
e: laurenmackley@infogunnedah.com.au
w: www.thecivic.com.au

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Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery

Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery

The Bicentennial Creative Arts & Ceramic Gallery in Gunnedah displays a wide variety of art of all media.
Work is from regional and local artists, displayed for viewing and for sale.
The front gallery is run by Arts Gunnedah volunteers and leads into a larger gallery run by the Gunnedah Shire Council.


CONTACT

The Civic Gunnedah, 83 Chandos Street
Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 3pm
p: 6740 2271
e: visarts.secretary@gmail.com
w: www.thecivic.com.au

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Gawura Gallery

Gawura Gallery

Gawura Gallery is home to internationally acclaimed Aboriginal Artist Lloyd Gawura Hornsby (b.1947) is a Koori, descendent of the NSW Aboriginal Yuin People. His passion and talent for art manifested in childhood and developed while in his adolescence. Lloyd Gawura Hornsby’s work comes together using the traditional dot technique; his strong knowledge base of sketching and drawing are evident in the detail with his bold use of colour to finish the experience. These outstanding works of art are recognised worldwide by the major galleries across Europe.

Gawura Gallery offers an outstanding range of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal artworks, including Fine Arts and Photography of the New South Wales Highlands.

CONTACT

9979 New England Highway, Glen Innes
Tuesday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
p: 0403 383 080
e: info@gawuragallery.com
w: www.gawuragallery.com

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Francois Jaggi Artist Studio

Francois Jaggi

Francois Jaggi was born in Saint Loup d'Ordon, France. He then moved to Switzerland completing his diploma in Jewellery at the School of Arts in Geneva.

After working as a freelance Jeweller in Geneva, François decided to move to Australia.

Francois has been creating and selling sculpture for over 25 years and has exhibited his sculpture in exhibitions in Australia and around the world. He has also been commissioned to do corporate and private works as well as public and acquisitive sculpture both nationally and internationally.

CONTACT

Open by appointment
p: 0400 415 818
e: pjaggi@bigpond.com.au
w: www.francoisjaggisculpture.com

or use the form below to send an email direct to Penny Jaggi

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