Free First Nations Filmmaking Workshops Arrive in Sussex Inlet
Discover free smartphone filmmaking workshops and First Nations screenings coming to Sussex Inlet this May with filmmaker Angela Blake.
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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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Faces of the Bay: the Jervis Bay Portrait Prize is the Must-See Heart of Our Community
Who is the "Prawn Star"? And which literary legend has been hiding in our neighborhood for 20 years? Step inside the Jervis Bay Portrait Prize to find out. Now on at Jervis Bay Brewing Co in Woollamia.
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Captivating the Coast: How Jenny McIntosh Paints the Soul of the Australian Bush
From the rugged ridges of the Blue Mountains to the spice-colored waters of Jervis Bay, artist Jenny McIntosh invites us into her Sanctuary Point studio to witness the "warts and all" beauty of the creative process, on the Jervis Bay Arts Trail.
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Get Your Hands On Handmade Craft And Artworks
Artfulmind Gallery / Shop is popping up just twice more this year: 11-4pm Saturdays 13 + 20 December 2025. In the intimate setting of the curator’s studio in Erowal Bay, this is a gallery experience like no other. If gallery makes you think white box, expensive, untouchable art hanging on walls, you are in for …
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Still Life in Light & Shade: Victoria Fernandez on the Jervis Bay Arts Trail
Open for the first time this weekend, the studio of painter Victoria Fernandez in Sanctuary Point is brimming with jewel-coloured still life paintings that present little collections of objects, “each one a character”, against dramatic, dark backgrounds representing interior narratives that invite the viewer to make up their own joyful, playful stories.
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Giving The Gift Of Attention
For Jervis Bay Weekend’s recent Christmas Gift Guide 2025 I chose hand-crafted items available in Artfulmind Gallery which is popping up for the first time next Sunday, 30 November, at Huskisson Artisans Market. Allow me to offer you a guide to another dimension of giving—the gift of attention. In addition to wonderful wares, Artfulmind Gallery …
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E•A•T: Katie Coogan-Mason and Melissa Dunlop serve painting and poetry for the palate
Huskisson’s Indian restaurant, Taj, is exhibiting a collaborative collection of artworks and written musings by Katie Coogan-Mason and Melissa Dunlop respectively, till 14 December. We spoke with Katie and Melissa about their art, the inspiration behind the exhibition, and what comes next.
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