< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item Susan Chancellor: Solo exhibition at M16 Artspace Where: 21 Blaxland Cres, Griffith, ACT When: 30 July - 23rd August Opening event: 30th July Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5pm FInd out more at the M16 Gallery website More info: https://www.m16artspace.com.au/ Exhibition Artwork by Susan Chancellor

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item Headland Writers Festival 2026 Program Launch Event When: Saturday 27 June, 7:00 PM Where: Headland Theatre More info & book tickets: headlandfestival.com.au/2026-launch-event We’re proud to once again support the Headland Writers Festival, taking place over 23 - 25 October 2026 in beautiful Tathra. We have stacked the program with amazing authors, insghtful panalists and mesmerizing performers. Headland has established itself in the local calendar and is making itself known in the literary world. Come to the Festival Launch to find out about authors, sessions, special events and when tickets will be available! Panel discussion will feature Inga Simpson and Kate Liston-Mills Hosted by Gabbie Stroud Official opening of submissions for the 2026 Olga Masters Short Story Award More info: https://www.headlandfestival.com.au/2026-launch-event SEA News Image by Marcus Ward Curran 2025

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item A PLETHORA OF POSTCARDS When: 12 June – 7 July 2026 Where: Spiral Gallery, Church St, Bega Cost: Free - buy some art while you are there! Congratulations to Spiral Gallery in Bega for a brilliant opening of the annual 'Plethora of Postcards' exhibition! Over 700 entries were received and the winners were announced at the opening on Friday evening: Adult: 1st Chararni Ranasinghe, 2nd Alison Spurgeon Youth: 1st Grace Blacka, 2nd Valentina Robinson Youth emerging artist: Ivy Laird Junior: 1st Freddy Johnston, 2nd OE June McManus In The Garden: Adults Veronica O’Leary In The Garden Youth : Stella Lawson In The Garden Junior: Tilly Allen Encouragement: Lucy Jurek-Macey, Alexander Monroe, Ivana Gattengno, 3D: Karen Sharpe 15 years: Rhonda Bradford More info: http://www.spiralgallery.org.au Exhibition Image by South East Arts

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item A Small EOFY Favour If you've enjoyed attending an event, benefited from a workshop, received advice from our team, or simply value the thriving arts and cultural sector in the Far South East, please consider making an End-Of-Financial-Year donation to South East Arts. Donations over $2 are tax deductible and directly support the artists, projects and creative communities that make our region such a vibrant place to live, work and visit. You can make a contribution at Support South East Arts . Looking forward to seeing you out and about, Kate Bradbury Executive Director, South East Arts More info: https://www.southeastarts.org.au/donate SEA News Support SEA: Support Creativity & Culture across South East NSW

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item Make Exceptional Work - Free Live Training When: 8am - 11am Friday 19 June + Saturday 20 June 2026 Where: Live on Zoom Register to attend: thedaringartist.com/makeexceptionalwork2026 A training for visual artists and makers ready and eager to make better work. Presented by artist and artist mentor Amy Kennedy, founder of The Daring Artist. More info: http://www.thedaringartist.com/makeexceptionalwork2026 Workshop / course Photo by Flore Vallery-Radot

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item Grants, Funding & Opportunities Know when annual funding rounds kick off and prepare ahead of time. Here are some essential funding pools and opportunities for creative practice: Sound NSW Music NSW Screen NSW Creative Australia Office for the Arts Regional Arts Australia Regional Arts NSW Arts Hub Create NSW SEA opportunities page ----------------------------------------------- Sound NSW Touring & Travel Fund Up to $5k for domestic, up to $30k matched funding for international Closes: LAST FRI OF EACH MONTH 12PM ----------------------------------------------- Regional Arts NSW Quick Response Grants To assist with urgent needs in delivering creative works that arise unexpectedly and are not covered by other funding rounds. Amount: Up to $3000 for individuals; up to $5000 for organisations Closes: The last day of the month, every month from February to November. ----------------------------------------------- Support Act Crisis Relief Grants Amount: up to $15,000 Closes: Ongoing Who is it for? Musicians and music industry workers ----------------------------------------------- IAN POTTER EMERGING ARTIST GRANTS The Ian Potter Cultural Trust offers grants of up to $15,000 for early-career Australian artists across all art practices to pursue stuctured professional development and networking opportunities, primarily overseas. Closes: 23 June 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Gamescom 2026 Market Travel Program Travel support / International market attendance (games + screen) NSW practitioners Closes: 26 June 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Young Paddo Prize An Annual National Youth Prize for an A4 painting on paper inspired by the Australian landscape for artists aged 5-18 years. $500 Winner and $250 Honourable Mention awarded to artists in each age age category: 5 - 8 years; 13 - 15 years; 9 - 12 years; 16 - 18 years.. Closes: Sunday June 28th ----------------------------------------------- Screen NSW Development Program 2025–26 Up to $50,000 / Development of film, TV and digital projects Writers and producers (NSW / Australia) Closes: 30 June 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Screen NSW International Travel Fund Up to $6,000 / Travel to festivals, markets and industry events NSW screen practitioners Closes: 30 June 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Creative Australia – Arts and Disability Initiative Funding support / New work, skills and professional development d/Deaf and disabled artists and arts workers Closes: 7 July 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Music Australia Export Development Fund (3 categories) Up to $75,000 / International touring, professional development and market growth Australian contemporary music artists Closes: 7 July 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Imago Fellowship $50,000 For creative writing, fiction or non-fiction across any genre, utilising the collections of the State Library of NSW. Closes: 10 July 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Newcastle Short Story Award Open to Australian citizens and permanent residents aged 18 years or older. Each year, we invite submissions of original, unpublished short fiction. Shortlisted stories are published in the Newcastle Short Story Award anthology, and prizewinners are announced at an awards celebration in November. Entries close: 8 pm Sunday 12 July Shortlist announced: September 2026 Winner’s announcement, award celebration, and anthology launch: November 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Windmill Trust Scholarship Up to $10,000 / Artist development, exhibitions, research Regional NSW visual artists (individuals or groups) Closes: 13 July 2026 ----------------------------------------------- Transport Heritage Grants Program 2026 Funding support (amount varies) / Heritage projects, exhibitions, interpretation, audience engagement Individuals and organisations delivering NSW transport heritage projects Closes: 31 July 2026 More info: https://www.southeastarts.org.au/opportunities Opportunity Dame Nelly Melba graces the AU$100 note

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item Olga Masters Short Story Award 2026 Entries open: Sunday 28 June Entries close: Sunday 16 August More info & enter: olgamastersshortstoryaward.com Submit your unpublished short stories (2000 to 4000 words) on the theme of life in rural Australia. - First prize receives $1500 and publication - Runner-up receives $500 and publication Entries welcome from writers of any age that reside in Australia. The winners will be announced at the opening of the 2026 HEADLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL . More info: http://olgamastersshortstoryaward.com SEA News Enter the 2026 Olga Masters Short Story Award

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item FLING is searching for 25 Champions 25 Years: 25 Champions: $25,000. Could you be a #FLINGchampion? givenow.com.au/25champions FLING Physical Theatre in Bega have consistantly provided in-depth professional opportunities to our young regional creatives. They have been providing this essential skills-based service for 25 years! FLING Physical Theatre is now searching for 25 Champions to help raise $25,000 and support the next chapter of FLING. If you or someone you know is a potential #FLINGchampion e mail FLING at enquiries@flingphysicaltheatre.com.au or donate at givenow.com.au/25champions . More info: https://www.givenow.com.au/25champions Announcement Image supplied by FLING

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item WILDFLOWER When: 31 May – 10 July Where: Mane & Tales, Bermagui More info: maneandtales.com.au/exhibitions An exhibition by Sara Freeman and Peter Jordan exploring connection, attention and the natural world. Freeman’s layered mixed-media works sit alongside Jordan’s reflective paintings, inviting audiences to slow down and engage with quiet, contemplative experiences of place and being. More info: https://www.maneandtales.com.au/exhibitions Exhibition Babylon, 102 x 76cm, acrylic on yupo paper, Peter Jordan

< Back Success! Your item was submitted! If you want to make any changes please email seainfo@southeastarts.org.au Submit another news item Success! Your newsletter item has been submitted If anything below needs correcting please email correction to seainfo@southeastarts.org.au . The editor will review item before newsletter distribution and text may be heavily edited if too long. Submit another news item FAILURE - premiere season @ FLING When: July 17 - 25 Where: FLING Studio, Eden St, Bega Tickets: Limited availability - book your seat now ! FAILURE is a bold new contemporary performance work from FLING Physical Theatre, developed in partnership with renowned Australian physical theatre company Legs On The Wall. Combining aerial dance and contemporary physical theatre, FAILURE explores the emotional and physical terrain of risk, expectation and the fear of getting it wrong. Performed by a professional cast of local and guest emerging dance artists, the work examines failure not as weakness, but as a powerful creative force. Exposing vulnerability, resilience, and humour in the instability. More info: http://www.flingphysicaltheatre.com.au/failure Event Image Credit: Alex Davies