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Regional Partnerships Funding supports arts and cultural development partnerships in regional NSW.
This funding supports strategic partnerships across and beyond the arts and cultural sectors, including with local councils and/or other public, private or community sector organisations.
Closing Date - Thursday, 11 July 2013 (for expressions of interest)
Shortlisted applicants will be required to make a final submission by Thursday, 7 November 2013

Brushes with Life is a community art project which is modelled on he
successful Bounceback exhibition, which is held in Newcastle during Mental Health Month in October.
The aim of the Brushes with Life project is to assist with destigmatising mental illness, to empower people with mental illness issues through their creative strengths and promote wellness through creativity.
The project will involve local artists who will engage participants to create
paintings and poetry through a series of community workshops. The art will be

Discover how dance, music, theatre and visual arts can unlock your students’ learning in stimulating and enjoyable ways. 
Young people with a disability often experience barriers to
quality arts education and professional arts practice.
Sydney Opera House, Accessible Arts NSW and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Australia (MCA) have partnered to offer teachers in special needs classrooms an
accredited arts education professional development day.
Learn strategies to incorporate the arts into your classroom practice, discuss

Guest Speaker Gwyn Clarke was very informative. Her illustrated Australian native plants talk gave our membership many different examples of what can be grown in our region. Gwyn has been very successful in her plant selection for her property which is located on a sandstone ridge around 20 kms out of Nana Glen. A real change from her previous location on the slopes of a 700m Mt Painter in the ACT!