Interview – Jenny Cheeseman, Director, Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio

Another in our series of interviews with regional and public gallery directors. We recently visited Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts...

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Free offer for Regional Galleries– MOVE: Video art in schools

To launch the new school year, Kaldor Public Art Projects is offering a limited number of copies of their contemporary...

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Western Sydney Making Spaces Initiative

The Western Sydney Making Spaces Initiative will provide funding to enable professional artists and arts organisations to create their...

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Art & About – expressions of interest

The City of Sydney is seeking expressions of interest for the Art & About Sydney 2017-2018 program. They are...

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Indigenous Roadmap Project

Indigenous Roadmap Project: An initiative of Museums Galleries Australia (MA) with funds from the Commonwealth Government’s Catalyst—Australian Arts and...

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Australian Centre for Photography appoints a new Director

The Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) has announced the appointment of Cherie McNair as permanent Director. Ms McNair commences in...

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Interactive local region arts engagement dashboard launced

The Australia Council for the Arts has released a new online interactive dashboard that looks at attendance and participation with...

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Moving Histories // Future Projections – interview with curators Diana Smith & Kelly Doley

M&G NSW spoke with curators Kelly Doley and Diana Smith about the upcoming touring exhibition Moving Histories // Future Projections. The exhibition brings...

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Comings and Goings

A new year always brings with it change, and as this is our first ALERT for the year I thought...

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Volunteer Museum Grants announced

Museums & Galleries of NSW congratulates the latest round of recipients for the Arts NSW devolved funding volunteer-managed grants. ...

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Soft Core funding success

The Australian Government has announced a commitment of over $90,000 to support the M&G NSW touring exhibition, Soft Core. The...

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Inaugural Audience Development Fund recipients announced

Six wonderfully diverse projects targeting and developing new audiences have been funded through the first round of the the Audience...

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Enter the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2017

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre is calling for artists to submit works made with paper for the Hazelhurst...

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Regional Stakeholder Forum 2016 – Online

The annual Regional Stakeholder Forum was held at the Museum of Applied Arts and Science on 11 November 2015. This...

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The Forest Courtyard opens at Port Macquarie Museum

A new outdoor exhibit The Forest Courtyard was opened at the Port Macquarie Museum on Monday 7 November. The Forest...

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Filling the Gap

If you walk through the permanent displays of Australian art in most art galleries, chances are that up to 80%...

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Plinths free to a good home

The University of Sydney museums have an excess of 20 MDF plinths available for free to good homes. All...

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Collaborative collections project to launch in Albury

We live in a world where everything can be photo-shopped to impossible perfection. The Sum of Us is our chance...

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2017 Artist and Curator Residencies awarded

Museums & Galleries of NSW is delighted to announce 5 residencies have been awarded through the Artist or Curator Residency...

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Interview – Nicola Teffer, Curator, Demolished Sydney

With the current demolition of the Sydney Harbour Control Tower and the threat to sell off and destroy the Sirius building...

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