Back to all projects supported project: Textile equipment, creation of work & exhibition Artist / Org: TEO (The Everyday Observer) When: 2026 Project type: CASP Purchase of a tapestry loom, warp and yarn will support the development of a body of work translating drawn works into textile form. The textile works produced will be publicly exhibited within an open-studio at the Bodalla Arts Factory in Eurobodalla. TEO (The Everyday Observer) << Previous Back to projects Next >>

<< Back to Contact Us Silas Dunstan Treasurer Silas is a finance professional with a career spanning international corporates to local small enterprise. Silas made his home on the far south east coast 15 years ago and now part owns and runs a wealth management business. Silas enjoys the splendours of nature and the cultural artistic endeavours of the region. Silas enjoys volunteering his professional skills to local organisations. His interests lie in good governance, transparency, organisational continuity, strategic planning and supporting the development of regional cultural tourism through a well supported arts community. << Previous Back to Team & Board Next >>

Back to all projects supported project: Community workshop: Bring Your Old Cloth Alive – Appliqué Stories Artist / Org: Narissara Prachyakul (Issara) When: 2026 Project type: CASP Community‑based textile workshop: “Bring Your Old Cloth Alive – Appliqué Stories” Narissara Prachyakul (Issara) << Previous Back to projects Next >>

Back to all projects supported project: Pride 2026 Launch event Artist / Org: Queerobodalla When: 2026 Project type: CASP CASP funding will contribute to the professional engagement of musicians, performers, sound technicians, MCs and artists across the Eurobodalla. Queerobodalla << Previous Back to projects Next >>

<< Back to Contact Us Kate Bradbury Executive Director ed@southeastarts.org.au Kate Bradbury has been Executive Director of South East Arts since January 2025. She brings extensive leadership experience across government and the arts, including senior roles in major cultural events such as the Garma Festival in Northeast Arnhem Land. Kate is passionate about placemaking and the power of the arts to build vibrant, connected communities. She has led projects of all scales, from large cultural festivals to local grassroots initiatives, always with a focus on fostering collaboration, cultural exchange and community identity. Her work is grounded in the belief that arts and culture are central to regional vitality and to creating meaningful opportunities for people to come together. << Previous Back to Team & Board Next >>

<< Back to Contact Us Anthony Mayne Board Member Anthony Mayne has spent many years in the creative arts space, both as an actor and local theatre producer. In 2016 he co-founded the Moruya Red Door Theatre Company and is active in both the South Coast and Canberra theatre world. He was appointed to the SEA Board in 2024 as the Eurobodalla Shire Council representative. He has a particular interest in the development and growth of the creative arts and the role that art can play in enhancing community resilience. Anthony is now into his third term as a local Councillor and has called the South Coast home for 25 years. He is a People & Culture executive, a Trustee of the Moruya RSL and sits on the boards of the Eremos Institute and of the Gulaga Board of Management and is President of the Moruya Red Door Theatre Company. << Previous Back to Team & Board Next >>

Back to all projects supported project: The Tidal Exchange Artist / Org: Arts OutWest, South East Arts & Narra Bukulla When: 2026 Project type: Artist In Residence, Artist Exchange The Tidal Exchange carries artists between the Central West and South East Arts regions of NSW. This exchange is hosted at The Squatter's Cottage , Portland and Narra Bukulla , Tanja. The Exchange is supported by South East Arts  and Arts OutWest . The Squatter’s Cottage sits within The Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW 1. The Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW 2. The Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW Harrie Fasher first Draw Portland 2020 Harrie Fasher first Draw Portland 2020 @ The Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW The Squatters Cottage at Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW The Squatters Cottage at Foundations precinct in Portland, NSW Narra Bukulla Residency at Penders, Bithry Inlet. Picture by M Ely Residency adjacent to Penders at Bithry Inlet. Picture by M Ely Show More About the residencies Narra Bukulla, Tanja (Far South Coast, NSW) Narra Bukulla is a privately-owned property adjacent to Mimosa Rocks National Park, south of Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW. It provides artists with a large studio in a remote, bush setting. The artist workspace / studio at Narra Bukulla is peaceful with high ceilings, large, long walls and an open floor space with roller-door access. Within a secluded forest of spotted gums, the artist studio is a short drive to pristine beaches. The property has an established collection of site specific artworks created by family, friends and by commission. The ethos of the hosting family (who reside on the property) reflects four generations of passionate creativity and innovation in the arts, scientific research and architecture, all fostering sustainability initiatives. Artist accommodation is provided locally nearby. The living quarters are rudimentary, with partial-wheelchair access. Artists must bring a willingness to engage with outdoor environments — including the presence of wildlife such as snakes and spiders — and a sense of adaptability and openness to the experience are important. The Squatter’s Cottage, Portland (Central Tablelands, NSW) Portland, NSW is a charming small village lost in time. Located in Central West NSW between Bathurst and Lithgow, it was known as the “The Town that Built Sydney”. The Squatter’s Cottage sits within The Portland Foundations precinct – once a huge cement works. The quarries are now lakes and the large estate is lined with informal bushwalks and the gracious industrial buildings are aged. It has been named ‘The Squat’ or ‘The Squatter’s Cottage’ as it is a largely unrenovated basic cottage. It leans into “art squat” subculture of making art in spaces and places that are vacant and affordable. It is not a purpose-built studio/accommodation residency. T. C. Overson, the first AIR program National Art School prize recipient and later AIR program coordinator, expressed “It’s a simple old place, yet full of character.” Many have found it to be the perfect space for a self-directed creative retreat. One resident has quipped “it is a step up from camping”! Originally the building was the first Bank of New South Wales in the town . The studio was the bank and the attached cottage was the manager’s home. Many of the original features are still observable in the layers of time. Who can apply In 2026 the exchange is open to First Nations artists only. Artists from the following Local Government Areas are eligible to apply: Snowy Monaro Eurobodalla Bega Valley Bathurst Blayney Cabonne Cowra Forbes Lachlan Lithgow Mid-Western Oberon Orange Parkes Weddin How to apply Expressions of Interest are now open. Applications close at 5pm, June 5 Complete the EOI form and submit online. Enquiries: You are welcome to get in touch with your local Regional Arts Development Orginisation to discuss your application before submitting: Kate Bradbury, South East Arts: ed@southeastarts.org.au Kylie Shead, Arts OutWest: kyshead@csu.edu.au << Previous Back to projects Next >>

Back to directory Nura Nganymitung Art Gail Neuss Award winning & celebrated Ngarigo Artist living on Country Creative focus: Craft & design, Film/TV, First Nations arts, Literature, Photography, Writing, Visual arts Services / Open to: Arts admin, Commissions, Exhibitions, Work for sale, Workshops Website / Socials https://www.instagram.com/ngarigo_dreamer_girl_/ https://www.instagram.com/ngarigo_dreamer_girl_/ Primary location: Snowy Monaro Sitting at Gudgenby ,where my father grew up Workshops Cultural awareness Art workshops Commissions pieces << Previous profile << Back to directory Next profile >> Want to be listed in the SEA Creative Directory? Are you a creative or group in the Bega Valley, Snowy Monaro or Eurobodalla? Register and get listed Need to update something? Request a profile update via seainfo@southeastarts.org.au

Back to all projects supported project: Writers room facilitation for Squishy Taylor TV pilot Artist / Org: Makushla (Kush) Bourke When: 2026 Project type: CASP The funding will enable facilitation of a 2-day writer’s room to develop a pilot TV episode for a children’s animated series based on the Squishy Taylor books by author Ailsa Wild. The resulting pilot episode will create professional opportunities for local animators, screen talent and production staff in South East NSW. Makushla (Kush) Bourke << Previous Back to projects Next >>

Back to directory Katherine Boland Multidisciplinary artist whose works explore ecological fragility and climate change. Creative focus: Digital media, Visual arts Services / Open to: Collaboration, Commissions, Exhibitions, Work for sale Website / Socials https://katherineboland.com.au https://www.instagram.com/katherine.boland.artist/ https://www.facebook.com/katherinebolandartist/ Primary location: Bega Valley Shire Headshot of artist, supplied by artist Katherine Boland is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Merimbula on the Far South Coast of New South Wales. Her practice spans photography, digital media, moving image, and experimental processes — work rooted in direct, sustained engagement with the Australian landscape and the ecological forces reshaping it. The Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20, which devastated her region, were a turning point. Fire was no longer abstract or symbolic — it was immediate, visceral, and permanent. Since then her work has become inseparable from questions of ecological fragility, climate change, and what it means for art to act as both witness and response. She photographs the landscape over years and across seasons — rivers, coastlines, forests, burnt country — building an intimate archive of a place under increasing pressure. From this material she constructs images that sit between documentation and transformation: the landscape as it is, and as it is becoming. Technology is a quiet thread throughout. She combines her own photography with digitally generated imagery to create work that inhabits the boundary between the natural and the synthetic — reflecting a world where ecological disruption and human intervention are no longer separable. Katherine's work has been featured at five consecutive United Nations Climate Conferences, and in 2023 her work Fire Flower No. 8 — created using fire itself — was presented by the Australian Prime Minister as an official gift to President Biden at the White House. She has received major Australian art prizes including the 2023 National Capital Art Prize (Sustainability Category), the 2023 Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Art Award, and the 2009 Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place. Her work is held in collections across Australia, the United States, Asia, and Europe. << Previous profile << Back to directory Next profile >> Want to be listed in the SEA Creative Directory? Are you a creative or group in the Bega Valley, Snowy Monaro or Eurobodalla? Register and get listed Need to update something? Request a profile update via seainfo@southeastarts.org.au