What’s On – Southern Tablelands Arts

What’s On

STA promotes events right across the region for members and member organisations from across the STA Region.
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STA & Partnership Events

STA Mobile Offices in each of our seven contributing council areas. Let’s talk.

STA Box Galleries micro exhibitions in four partner venues. Find a Box Gallery to visit.

STA Screen Silver screen classics, 90s cult hits and locally made award winning films in Goulburn and Dalton.

PAINT THE TOWN Street Art Festival – Dozens of murals & more on the way. Go on the tour ANYTIME

Keep your creative kids happy at STA kids. Anytime-online.

Connect@GunningStation
Arts & Cultural Hub for the STA Region. Check it out

PAINT THE TOWN
Street Art Tour

50+ awesome street art murals to visit and enjoy anytime. CHECK IT OUT…

10am – 3pm Sat 4 May Adventures in Sculpting Join Carl Valerius, master sculptor and creator of Bill the Bastard to learn essential sculpting techniques. $110 per participant. FIND OUT MORE

AWAY by Barbara Nell at Connect@Gunning Station
Open 10am-3pm Fri 3, Sat 4 & Sun 5 May , Fri 10, Sat 11 & Sun 12 May

View the exhibition online

Work by Students of the Creative Space Studio at Connect@Gunning Station

Open 10am-3pm Fri 3, Sat 4 & Sun 5 May , Fri 10, Sat 11 & Sun 12 May

Ang Hart is the Artist in Residence at Robert’s Shark Tank in Young
between Fri 3 – Tues 21 May
Find out what Ang is planning during her time at this amazing new museum in Young.

4- 5 May STA presents
Penrose Art Exhibition Penrose Village Hall 10-4pm. Join Southern Highlands artists for this exciting exhibition, Opening night Soiree Fri 3rd May 6pm – 9pm Book HERE!

Sat 4 May 11am-1pm En Plein Air creative workshop with Barbara Nell
FREE outdoor drawing and painting session using watercolours or acrylic paint. BOOK NOW

Sat 11 May Paintings that POP with AngHart at Southern Cross Cinema
Fun Pop Art inspired painting workshop for all ages. Includes free entry to Robert’s Shark Tank. Places are limited so get you spot now.

Sat 29 June – 11- 3pm Waste to Art Creative Workshop

Join a FREE creative workshop to make cool art from waste materials. At Wollondilly Shire Hall. All ages. No bookings. See you there

Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize 2024 On tour, Yass Valley

Thurs 11 July – Sat 13 July at Yass Soldiers Memorial Hall. FIND OUT MORE

Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize 2024

Thurs 4 July – Sat 6 July at Wollondilly Shire Hall. Entries open 15 May. FIND OUT MORE

10am-1pm Sat 6 July Paper Conservation for Artists with Andrea Wise & Lisa Addison at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery. $40 or FREE for STA MEMBERS. Book your spot now

REGIONAL NSW CULTURE STATE

Your portal to a world of creative opportunities across regional NSW.

Creative South

Your guide to exploring vast, vibrant, creative Southern NSW.

Lunchtime Artists Networking Dialogue on Mondays! Join artists online from all parts of the cultural & creative industries across regional NSW.
Register HERE

Do you have a Bargo, Tahmoor or Picton story? We’d like to share it online. Find out more.

Maisie’s Choir creative aging choir. Tuesday mornings in Yass. All welcome. CLICK HERE FOR TERM DATES AND MORE INFO

Self-led anytime Retford Park Garden Activity Map Explore the garden with the new self led interactive drawing map. Fun for FREE after entry. Check opening hours.

Featured Events

10 Mar- 5 May Evoke Exhibition at Sturt Gallery, Opening at 11am Sunday 10th Mar. This group show will be opened by Maria Stoljar, host of ‘Talking with Painters’ podcast at 11am. More info

4 April- 5 May Anne-France Fulgence – LUXE, CALME ET VOLUPTÉ, Exhibition at The Shac Gallery. Her latest work explores the mystery and majesty of the south coast of NSW.

Open Thurs-Sun 10-4pm
More info!

14 April-19 May Sarah Gray – Bong Bong Dreaming, at The Shac Gallery.The cartographic viewpoint of the artists landscape is from a ‘map makers’ perspective not that used by Western traditional painters. More Info!
Open Thurs-Sun 10-4pm

28 June A Little Bit of Blue, Little Wing Puppets are coming to the Southern Tablelands, starting in the April School Holidays, as part of the Backroads Initiative.
Special ticket offer for STA members, Get your PROMO code HERE!

18 Apr – 19 May The heritage festival 2024 Connecting the community to the State’s rich and diverse heritage The 2024 Theme is Connections, encouraging celebration of the rich and diverse stories of our nation. Checkout the NSW Program!

5 May Yass, Now and Then – Album concert by Daniel Kelly @11.30 & 1.30pm. He will be playing two free concerts for his third album of songs about the Yass Valley at Tyger Gallery Soldiers Memorial Hall.
More info

12 May Anatomy of a Fall @2pm. May movie at CTC Robertson is a character driven drama full of suspense.

Tickets only $10!

11 May On Repeat exhibition by Textile Designer Julie Paterson at Sturt Gallery Opening at 2.30pm. New work, with stunning furniture, lighting & collectable textiles, many inspired by Sturt. Open Wed-Sun till 30 June More info

23 Nov The Annual Braidwood Airing of the Quilts festival. It comprises an Indoor Quilt Exhibition and an Outdoor Hanging of the Quilts. Terms & Entry form HERE!