Projects
Current Projects
Who Are We?
Arts Northern Rivers is conducting a research project to understand the arts and creative industries in the Northern Rivers.
Northern Rivers Dance Residency – featuring Marrugeku
A series of dance workshops led by Emmanuel James Brown (EJB), Stanley Nalo and Miranda Wheen (Miri) from Marrugeku, Australia’s leading Indigenous intercultural dance theatre company.
CASP | Country Arts Support Program 2024
Applications for CASP 2024 open on 6 May 2024. This small grant program for community engaged arts projects and activities can include workshops, exhibitions, performances, public art, and design projects.
Regional Futures: Horizons
Horizons is a creative industry mentoring and career development program for NSW regional youth.
Practice 101
PRACTICE 101 is Arts Northern Rivers’ annual professional development program, delivered online and across the region. This series is designed for artists and art-workers looking for additional support in their creative careers.
Bulan Dalang Galii Naa – Artist Camp
Bulan Dalang Galii Naa is the first pilot Aboriginal artist residency program.
Wandjaarii Maalii
Wandjaarii Maalii is a pilot textile and design industry development project for emerging/mid-career artists creating on Bundjalung Country.
Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali, We Weave Together
Arts Northern Rivers will has released Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali, We Weave Together, a special publication preserving weaving practices of Bundjalung women.
Dance Sector Uplift
The Dance Sector Uplift project was designed to reactivate dance, physical theatre and experimental performance across the region.
Expansive Encounters
Expansive Encounters is a reciprocal exchange between Northern Rivers and Ōtautahi Christchurch. Over a four-week intensive, two Northern Rivers artists will participate in an immersive research and development opportunity to increase their professional practice within art in public spaces.
CASP | Country Arts Support Program 2023
Congratulations to all the CASP (Country Arts Support Program) 2023 recipients!
Artist Respite
Artists in recovery who have been affected by natural disasters in the Northern Rivers are invited to apply for free respite at Grafton Regional Gallery.
PATHWAYS LAB
Pathways Lab is a mentorship program that offers direct support to five First Nations artists/culture producers from Bundjalung jugun.
SMOKE
SMOKE is a dance theatre work co-authored by Jade Dewi and Kirk Page that has been in development on Bundjalung Country in Northern NSW, Yuggaera and Turrbal peoples lands and Indonesia.
Northern Rivers Creative
In 2019 Arts Northern Rivers launched a premier online directory, Northern Rivers Creative. The platform is built to increase professional opportunities for creatives by connecting them to local and global markets.
Past Projects
Arts Business Workshops
Join Creative Plus Business and Arts Northern Rivers for a series of arts business workshops designed for designed for artists, arts workers and small businesses in the arts looking for support.
SITE LAB // Small Gestures Towards Infinity
SITE LAB // Small Gestures Towards Infinity is a series of temporary public arts projects in the Lismore CBD. It invites the community to share in experiencing the experimental and site-specific responses to our regional, post-flood landscape.
Art Practice in 3 Bites
Art Practice in 3 Bites is a series of three arts focused panel sessions that will discuss, dissect and dispel the myths, challenges, opportunities and advantages for artists working in the Northern Rivers and beyond.
Art on Bundjalung Market
Art On Bundjalung Market celebrates the creative cultural heritage of the Bundjalung region. The event features handmade arts and crafts by established and emerging artists and collectives, employing traditional and contemporary materials.
