Wollombi Valley Arts Council
The mission of the Wollombi Valley Arts Council is to encourage and foster all kinds of artistic expression within the Wollombi Valley Communities in order to support and promote artists and our community, through grants, workshops, activities and programs with continual development and annual reviews.
Aboriginal Arts & Culture
The Aboriginal Arts & Culture Sub-Committee of the WVAC lodged a submission with Cessnock Council supporting Heritage conservation of sites in Wollombi on Feb 24 2010. Download the presentation here
Reflections - Harley Tait
You are invited to the Opening of Harley Tait's inaugural Wollombi exhibition on Friday 19th March, 6 to 8pm, at the Wollombi Cultural Centre, for drinks and nibblies.
Harley, a classically trained fine artist and concert pianist, has been working and exhibiting in the Lower Hunter for 15 years.
This will be his first exhibition in Wollombi.
"Reflections" will feature waterscapes & landscapes of local areas using pure pigment oil on linen. Paintings range from small to very large and reasonable prices should attract much interest.
"Reflections" runs from Sat 20th to Sunday 28th March, weekends, 10am to 4pm
Inside Art
Another exciting exhibition of Paintings Drawings and Craft Work, by the inmates of Cessnock Correctional Centre opens at the Wollombi Cultural Centre on Easter Friday, April 2nd, at 5pm, with drinks and nibblies. Come, see and enjoy the variety, originality and beauty of this Art from the Inside.
With 8 exhibition bookings, already, for 2010, we can look forward to Robert Sing and Peter Williams in March/April, Inside Art opening once again on Easter Friday, Marek Zayler in May, the wonderful Fabric Art Group in June, Janelle McCloy in July, the Emerging Artist Awards in early October and Kaye Lovie and Mary Francis re-applying for November.