CULTURE

Making Magic Happen: Conjuring Connection

When you immerse yourself in one of the 12 two-day Arts Muster Workshops—29-30 August, 2026—you will experience a very particular sort of magic that happens when we make things together. Beyond the magic of our minds and hands bringing a visible, physical thing into existence, making things together conjures myriad invisible, enriching connections with ourselves, …

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Get Ready For A Sensory Feast: Arts Muster Festival Is Coming This August

From 27-30 August 2026, dive into the annual Arts Muster Festival of arts + crafts workshops and cultural events. Book now. True to its founding ethos—that creativity is a vital contributor to the wellbeing of both individuals and communities—this year’s festival offers a range of novel arts experiences: two-day intensive workshops; immersive sensory experiences; the …

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The Joy Of Art Adoptions

One of the great joys of presenting Artfulmind Gallery/Shop pop-ups is telling makers and artists their wonderful works have been adopted. Another is having the novel experience of needing to remake the gallery due to the gaps created by artworks finding a welcoming home. Artfulmind Gallery/Shop is getting a makeover this week in time for …

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Curating Joy And Delight

It is an absolute joy and delight to curate Artfulmind Pop-up Gallery/Shop and present the exquisite work of more than a dozen fine makers and artists. It is also a privilege, to create vibrant spaces for visitors that offer the kind of enriching, uplifting aesthetic experience known to give the brain a beautiful boost. The …

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Delight And Joy: Made By Hand

Sunday 26 April sees the first Huskisson Artisans Market of 2026. Come and enjoy the playful pleasure of making something simple, by hand, that you can take away. Delight in exploring what the 50 or so clever makers, artists and providores featured in the market have on offer—all original, all made with care, all a …

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The Art Of Becoming

Balding is easier than being bald, on show at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery until 02 May, is an unusual exhibition and not just because of its intriguing title. The range of diverse, intensely colourful, multi-media works—set in the small, north gallery, painted black—certainly makes for a lively, buoyant, close encounter with the minds of the young …

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LOCAL FAVOURITES

Aerial overlooking Blenheim Beach, Vincentia. Photo: Destination NSW

The locals guide to Vincentia

Calalla Beach

Vincentia

Huskisson

Jervis Bay