A new Arts & Cultural hub for the entire STA Region
Your Connection has arrived. Connect @ Gunning Station brings the station to life with exhibitions, heritage displays, programs, events, workshops, community meetings and gatherings following a glorious restoration by Transport for NSW.
Connect @ Gunning Station is a destination for cultural experiences and opportunities and a hub at Gunning to be enjoyed by our whole region and also by the many visitors keen for a unique regional experience. We welcome our community to Connect to the journey.
Connect@GunningStation is supported by the NSW Government Stronger Country Communities Program over first two years of operation.
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WE NEED YOU – CALLING ALL CREATIVES
STA and the C@G Committee are looking for proposals from Artists, Creatives and Community Cultural Orgs to conduct exhibitions and workshops at Connect@Gunning Station.
Connect has limited funding from the Stronger Country Communities grant to financially support exhibition development and professional workshop facilitation for sucessful proposals.
Upcoming program
AWAY by Barbara Nell – Main and Parcels Gallery
Open 10am-3pm Fri 3, Sat 4 & Sun 5 May , Fri 10, Sat 11 & Sun 12 May
Works that embrace the sensory experience and elemental forces of nature. Primarily the light, landscape and the experiences of a new environment. This is not just visual, but the psychological circumstance of each setting.
Opening Celebration
10am Sat 4 May – Opened by renowned Australian artist Lucy Culliton and artist floor talk by Barbara Nell. Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to attend
Creative Space, work by Students of the Creative Space Studio – Ladies Gallery
Open 10am-3pm Fri 3, Sat 4 & Sun 5 May , Fri 10, Sat 11 & Sun 12 May
Creative Space Goulburn is an art workshop space offering regular classes and one off workshops for adults, children and those with special needs. Creative Space can connect you to your creativity. The exhibition is a selection of participant’s work from recent classes.
En Plein Air creative workshop with Barbara Nell
Sat 4 May 11pm-1pm
Take advantage of the inspiring view of the surrounding countryside for an outdoor drawing and painting session using watercolours or acrylic paint – your choice. We will move inside in wet weather. In this free workshop, there are ten places available, and all materials are provided. Choose your view around the station and you will be gently guided to realise your vision. BOOK NOW
Imaginarta Puppets: Masters of making and performing
Open 10am -3pm Fri 12, Sat 13, Sun 14 & Fri 19, Sat 20, Sun 21 July
Internationally established Master puppeteers Sue Wallace and Steve Coupe create puppets and performances that delight audiences of all ages through the Imaginarta Puppet Theatre. Works of art on display include puppets and associated objects made over decades of creative work.
Opening Celebration
10am Sat 13 July Artists’ floor talk with Sue and Steve followed by morning tea. Please RSVP to attend
Shadow Puppets with Imaginarta Puppets
Tues 16 & Wed 17 July 10-3pm
Make shadow puppets and learn how to use them with master puppeteers Sue and Steve from Imaginarta Puppets. All materials provided. This is an intergenerational workshop over two consecutive days for families and groups to enjoy together. Suitable for children 8yrs+ to be accompanied by an adult.
Free for STA Members, however bookings are essential as places are limited. BOOK NOW
10am-2.30pm 1st Friday of the month (February – November – excludes PH)
STA Mobile Office
2 Feb, 1 Mar, 5 April, 3 May, 7 June, 5 Jul, 2 Aug, 6 Sept, 4 Oct and 1 Nov
If you’re a maker, creative, cultural organisation or community minded business with an interest in arts and culture we want to get to know you better.
Past Programs
Fibre to Fabric Interactive Exhibition by Creative Gunning
Sunday 14 April 2024
Two sessions. 10am to 12noon & 1pm to 3pm.
An interactive exhibition on bringing fibre to fabric. Particants were able to gain hands-on experience with alpaca and wool fleece, how to prepare fibre, spinning techniques, weaving and other ways of making fabric and woven cord.
Find out more
Jodie Munday and Tracy Luff: Regional Futures – Main & Parcels Galleries
10am – 3pm Sat 20 Sun 21 & Sat 27 – Sun 28 January 2024
11am -2pm Sat 20 and Sat 27, Join a First Nations Weaving Circle with Jodie Munday. All ages holiday fun, children to be accompanied. All materials supplied. FREE Drop in anytime and weave.
Weaving Circle Term in Crookwell
11-2pm Sat 10 – 9 March (five Sat sessions) First Nations Weaving term in Crookwell. Book your place for Five Saturdays of weaving with Jodie Munday – Sat 10, 17, 24 Feb and 2, 9 March 2024. Bookings coming soon.
Image: Chain of Ponds by Jodie Munday 2023
Community Groups Expo – Ladies Gallery
10am – 3pm Sat 20 Sun 21 & Sat 27 – Sun 28 January 2024
Photographic images celebrating the many community groups that operate in the Gunning area. Curated by Michelle Storey and Erin Olafson. Funded by Acciona.
Image from Gunning District Landcare
CONNECT Offical Opening Celebrations
11am – 4.30pm Sat 28 Oct 2023
Don’t miss history in the making as we offically open Connect with a day of art, live music and creative making activites. Bring a picnic or sample the tasty treats and coffee on offer. FREE and fun for the whole family. See you there 
See what else was on offer.
A highlight of the day was a musical duet by Henry Liang on the Japanese Shō and Joel Bulger on Didgeridoo, commissioned especially for the celebration.
11.40am – 4.30pm 28 October (opening celebration),10am – 3pm 3-4 & 10-11 November 2023
Snap Write The theme for this year’s SnapWrite Exhibition is “What If…”. View the exhibition online.
The Exhibition will help celebrate the formal opening of the restored Gunning Railway Station building as an arts and community centre. Wonderful and moving photos and stories of our region have been contributed as part of the community driven SnapWrite Facebook page. On display in the Ladies Waiting Gallery.
11.40am – 4.30pm 28 October (opening celebration), 10am – 3pm 3-4 & 10-11 November 2023
In Transit by Hamish Ta-mé View the exhibition online.
We move through our lives and the landscape with a restless energy, pushing, pulling, hoping, fearing. Connecting. At times we come together in shared spaces, and in community. Our train journeys are a time where a large disparate group from an incredibly diverse range of backgrounds and intentions come together in parallel for a few hours to then disperse again. Railways have played a vital role in creating communities with little more initial connection than a common transport hub. From these utilitarian beginnings grows a community of families, friends, colleagues and commerce. These portraits are part of a larger body of work shot whilst commuting, they come from a place of openness and a genuine interest in these unique lives and how the sitters came to be in this time at this place. On display in the Parcels & Main Gallery
10am – 3pm 22-23 Sept & 29-30 Sept & 6-7 October 2023
Waste to Art by Gunning Public School
Works of art created from waste materials by students at Gunning Public School through a series of workshops with Al Phemister.
- Read the History of Gunning Station
- Read about the recent restoration project
- Tell us what you’d like to enjoy at Connect.
- Share your memories, stories and images of Gunning Station
CONNECT@GUNNING is Big News – Please email STA for media inquiries
- Press Release Feb 2022
- Rose Marin talking on ABC Canberra Radio 24 Feb 2022
- Howard Collins CEO Transport for NSW on ABC Canberra Radio 25 Feb 2022
- About Regional article: Gunning well on track for new arts and cultural hub
- Canberra Time article. Transport for NSW edges closer to finishing restoration of Gunning train station buildings
Check out all the fun we had at the Open Day at Gunning Station on 28 May. The community turned out to explore the newly restored Gunning Train Station with exhibitions, live music, creative activities and more.
Top image: Under the heritage Gunning Station platform sign– excited local officials, community members, STA representatives and Transport for NSW staff. From left to Right: Graham Dyer President of the Gunning District Association, Colleen Worthy Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Clr John Stafford, Michelle Storey STA, Wendy Tuckerman MP member for Goulburn, Rose Marin STA, Andrew Killingsworth TfNSW, Mike Coley Gunning Focus Group and Clr John Searl.
Supported by the NSW Government through the Stronger Country Communities Fund.
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