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Happy September from Eastern Riverina Arts!
We’ve just wrapped up our Creative Industries Bootcamp, a week of workshops, panels and conversations that sparked fresh ideas, connections and confidence for creatives and cultural organisations across the region. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make it such an inspiring week!
Now, dive in to this month’s roundup of upcoming events, exciting opportunities, and the latest funding news from across the Riverina - there’s plenty to get involved with! |
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| Booranga Writers’ Centre: Jan Pittard Reading & Open MicJan Pittard writes poetry and non-fiction including memoir, theatre and art reviews and articles on local history. She is a frequent participant in Booranga’s open mics. Her poems have been published in four editions of Booranga’s fourW anthology, in Talkabout, the magazine of the Alumni of Wagga Teachers and in the MONA women’s issues blog.
🗓 Friday 19 September 🕒 6:30pm 📍Station Creative Workspace
Non-Members $15 Members $10 Payable at door, cash or card RSVP: president@booranga.com |
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| Work in Progress: Elaine Camlin, Gabrielle Tozer & Virginia Anderson
Join us at the Station Creative Workspace for an evening of creativity and conversation hosted in partnership with The Art Factory. Hear from three local creatives as they share insights into their projects:
🎤Elaine Camlin – Pathways to Art 🎤Gabrielle Tozer – Your Creative Reset: Where Inspiration Meets Action 🎤Virginia Anderson – StarBorn: A Sensory Journey Through the Stars
🗓 Friday 26 September 2025 🕒 5:30pm – 7:30pm 📍 The Art Factory, Wagga Wagga 🔗 Book your spot today > |
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| Wiradyuri Art Commission Unveiling & Station Morning Tea
Aunty Fay Clayton Moseley is a proud Wiradyuri woman, Elder, and nationally recognised artist whose life and work embody resilience, cultural strength, and deep connection to Country. Join us for morning tea and the unveiling of her art commission down here at Station Creative Workspace. This is also a casual opportunity to chat to the Eastern Riverina Arts team about your project ideas or arts practice.
🗓 Thursday 2 October 🕒 9:30am - 10:30am 📍Station Creative Workspace 🔗 RSVP here > |
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| Myths of the Green Beetle
When words are forgotten, their shadows will dance. Inspired by the Egyptian medieval traditions of khayal al-zill shadow theatre, this exhibition brings together drawings, linoprints and shadow puppets created by Dr Sam Bowker for the Green Beetle Company. Public programs include a public lecture, shadow puppet workshop and Experimental New Storytelling.
🎉 Exhibition launch: 3rd Oct, 5:30-7:30pm
🗓 Exhibition Dates: 3-26 October 🕒 Sat: 10am-4pm Sun: 10am-2pm 📍Station Creative Workspace 🔗 Find out more + explore programs > |
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| Brush Letter Workshop
Join Alena Tsarkova from YaMogu for an inspiring 3.5-hour brush lettering workshop, and dive into the world of brush lettering with the latest Staedtler Pigment Arts Markers (markers sponsored by Staedtler). Whether you’re a complete beginner or an enthusiast looking to enhance your skills, this workshop is a perfect way to unlock your creativity, improve fine motor skills, and learn a relaxing, meditative art form
🗓 Thursday 2 October 🕒 4pm-7:30pm 📍Station Creative Workspace 🔗 Book your spot today > |
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| Connecting to Nature : Pathways to Art Workshop
Join Elaine Camlin from Unique State for an immersive sensory-based walk around the Wolloundry Lagoon, where participants will be invited to not only see their surrounds but to sense them. Following the walk, everyone will respond to their connection with nature, place, and experiences through a creative art workshop.
🗓 Saturday 11 October 🕒 11am-2pm 📍Station Creative Workspace $20pp - Includes: materials, tuition, light lunch Book your spot today > |
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| Social Queens Market
Find your newest wardrobe additions at the upcoming Social Queen Markets! A local markets filled with second hand or brand new high end clothing and accessories. From dresses to handbags to shoes and designer brands; there’s something for any queen at Social Queen Markets.
🗓 Sunday 12 October 🕒 10am-1pm 📍Station Creative Workspace |
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| & Juliet
Proudly presented by Wagga Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre [SoACT], & Juliet is an hilarious new musical that flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love – her way.
🗓 26 September - 6 October 📍Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 🔗 Find out more > |
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| Club Origami
Rip, fold and scrumple! Shall we see what we can make with a single square of paper? Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing and moving. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure.
🗓 Thursday 9 October 🕒 11am-1pm 📍Junee Athenium 🔗 Find out more >
🗓 Saturday 11 October 🕒 11am-2pm 📍Roxy Leeton 🔗 Find out more > |
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| "6 x 10" - The Artists of Glass Chrysalis
Join National Art Glass Collection curator, Michael Scarrone as he facilitates intimate, 10-minute conversations with exhibiting Glass Chrysalis artists around their work in the exhibition. This will be a special opportunity to hear firsthand from Australia's brightest early-career art glass artists - Isobel Waters, Hamish Donaldson, Carman Skeehan, Madeline Cardone, Jordan Benson, and Calum Donaldson - about their techniques, and the trajectories of their work and careers.
🗓 Saturday 27 September 🕒 11am-12pm 📍Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 🔗 Book your spot today > |
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Uranquinty Folk Festival Bush DanceThe 53rd Uranquinty Folk Festival is going to be a banger! This year the whole festival is located at the Uranquinty Showground, which means among other things, that the Friday festival opening session will be bigger, brighter, audibly better and longer. Party and dance late into the night to Cat Magic, Full Irish, Elsewhere Eyes and the famous Paverty band!
🗓 3-6 October 📍Uranquinty Showground 🔗 Find out more >
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| Wagga Weekender Music Festival
Wagga Weekender is no ordinary music festival. It’s a bold new player on the cultural calendar – made for curious ears and open hearts and built to surprise. Launching in April 2026, this regional festival brings together a genre-smashing lineup of artists from across the country. Early bird tickets now on sale.
🗓 17-19 April 📍Wagga City Precinct 🔗 Find out more >
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| yalbayarra giilang | telling stories
This powerful new exhibition by Wiradjuri Elder and artist Lorraine Tye, showcases fibre art and animation that honours ancestral stories and connections to Country. Rooted in deep cultural knowledge and lived experience, Lorraine’s work draws on traditional weaving practices and contemporary media to share four significant stories from Wiradjuri Country.
🗓 Exhibition Dates: 6th-28th Sep 🕒 Sat: 10am-4pm Sun: 10am-2pm 📍Station Creative Workspace 🔗 Find out more > |
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| Glow
From creating a bath-time ritual, to a poetic reflection over a cup of tea or throwing a baby dance party, Glow offers a diverse suite of experiences that hold space for deeper connection. Through audio and video prompts Glow will transform the familiar home environment into a place of surprise and delight - and equip parents and carers to tune into their babies, weaving connection into everyday life. Created specifically for the first months of parenthood, Glow features the voices of well known Australian performers Miranda Tapsell, Zindzi Okenyo and Stephen Sheehan.
🔗 Find out more & listen now > |
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| Introducing Ignite @ Art Factory – A New Youth Art ProgramIgnite @ Art Factory is a new art program for high school students with disability in Years 9–12, designed to support young people in a creative, youth-focused studio space. Running on Saturday mornings from mid-November, Ignite offers a supportive studio environment where young people can explore creativity, build confidence, and connect with others.
🗓 Saturdays weekly starting mid-November 🕒 9:30am-1pm 📍The Art Factory, Murray Street, Wagga 📞 Express your interest: 0408 548 510 |
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| The Bald Archie Prize
Entries for the 2026 Bald Archy Prize are now OPEN! For your chance to win the $10,000 first prize or the $2000 People's Choice Award, follow the steps below. Learn more about the prize and how it's judged before you start painting HERE.
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| | | 🎨 The Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance presents a hands-on session designed to give Aboriginal artists and creatives the skills to bring ideas to life using Canva. This session is open to Aboriginal artists and creatives from Regional and Remote NSW, and no previous design experience is required. October 1st | Register Now >
🏠 Lake Macquarie City Council invites you to apply for their Lake House Residency Program - a unique opportunity to support creative development and cultural exchange in the Hunter region. | More info & apply >
💻 WEBINAR with Regional Arts NSW: Building your online presence through websites, directories and social media. This workshop will be led by Kate Howarth, an expert in regional promotion, design and communication in the arts. | More info & register > |
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| 💻 Destination NSW and Tourism Tribe present a FREE Digital Skills Webinar Series 16 September - Travel Trends 18 September - Marketing Gains & AI 24 September - Smarter Backoffice 26 September - Content Exposure 🔗 Find out more and register >
📚 Writing NSW is proud to announce that applications are now open for three scholarships for the 2026 Year of the Novel program: one for a First Nations writer, one for a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) writer, and one for a Young Writer under 30. Closing 12 October | More info & apply > |
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| | ⭐️ Friendly reminder, if you’re looking for Eastern Riverina Arts to auspice your grant application, you’ll need to fill in an auspicing enquiry no later than 14 days from the due date of your funding application. |
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| Creative Riverina: Explore the Directory
Creative Riverina is your go-to directory for finding and supporting artists, designers, musicians, writers, creative services and more across the Riverina.
Whether you're looking to commission artwork, hire a performer, or find a unique handmade gift, you’ll discover incredible talent right here in our region.
If you're a creative, making a listing is free—promote your work, find new opportunities, and be part of a thriving arts community.
⭐️ Visit Creative Riverina now! |
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