Gifts that Give – Southern Tablelands Arts

Stewart James

Stewart is a Wiradjuri man, born and raised in Narrandera and now residing in Young NSW. “My art has given me opportunities that I did

Pam Luke

Southern Highlands artist known for her vibrant contemporary Aboriginal art that reflects her Daruk heritage and deep connections within the Indigenous community. Pam’s creative process

Suzanne Orchison, The Little Gate

Sue Orchison is an iconographer living in Wamboin 30 minutes east of Canberra. A lifelong artist, her love of iconography developed in adulthood out of

Ria Tierney

Ria Tierney is a Yass Valley based multidisciplinary artist and arts educator residing just outside of Yass. She is the founder of Draffin Studio which

Alison Ford

Alsin creates work from memory of colour experiences in the natural world.

Clare Day-Silvestro

Clare, Abstract Mixed Media Artist, from the Yass Valley, loves to create hand crafted books, wearable art and all kinds of extraordinary Gelli printed creations.

Judith Perkins

Judith, Yass Valley artist, creates warm, soft, and beautifully detailed works, inspired by regional landscapes and nature scenes.

Catherine Ward, Studio 91

An artist keeping life simple & vanlife.

Mahala Hill

Mahala Hill is a contemporary ceramic artist based in regional NSW, striving to push both the limits and the pre-conceived notions of her medium. Hill’s

Eliza Wells | Third Place. Studio

My creativity manifesto underlies my intention to overcome inhibiting factors and promote our creative potential. From little creativity, big creativity grows. After a decade working

Helen Eatough

Helen has been playing with clay for more than 20 years and loves to throw but more recently has been exploring sculptural pieces. She has

Naomi Taylor Royds

Naomi’s sculptural works often reveal that which is hidden, forcing the viewer to question their own veiled emotions or to experience, just for a moment,

Lisa Maddern

Lisa makes pots that are wood or gas fired, while living off grid. Showing the amazing landscape where I live and work in rural NSW,

Natalie Will

The art she makes is unashamed, it’s bright, it’s bold and it is very present and not intended to sit flat and fade nicely into

Julie Haeusler

Hand built pottery. Seeking inspiration from the natural world.

Ron McLaughlin

Ron sings songs of Australian Folk and Bush Ballads, Irish and Scottish songs , Country, Blues and popular songs of the 1960s and 1970s

Catherine Hanes, Cockatoo & Me

Wingecarribee mxed media artist, Catherine, takes her inspiration from wildlife.

Melinda Parbery

Melinda’s work reflects her own story. She has always had a passion for photography and art, and after studying graphic design she followed another passion

David Smith, RedBack Forge

David’s sculptures are designed to engage viewers with a mix of humor and intellect.

Julie Vulcan

Julie Vulcan is an independent Australian artist working across multiple forms. Creative outcomes include objects, performance & installation, text & digital media, and durational &

Fiona Budzynski, Zynska

Fiona is the creative director behind Zynska, (formerly 4 leaf clover). She is drawn to, and loves capturing the organic forms and raw beauty in

Merilyn Hyde

I’m Merilyn, I live in Oakdale NSW, a small semi rural town on the SW outskirts of Sydney. I have a small backyard Studio where

Roxanne Lillis

Roxanne is a Painter and sculptor living and working in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales

Keva Abotomey

Keva is a singer, pianist and music educator based in the Southern Highlands, NSW.

Fiona Oliver, Capital Knits

Fiona is an Australian knitter, crocheter and designer. She is also passionate about colour and beautiful fibres.

Eduardo Ruiz

Perucian Musician now living and performing throughout Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia & beyond.

Ann Rogan

An awareness and love of natural environment in the landscape still continues to provide the inspiration for a great deal of Ann’s work. Painting landscape

Ken Stewart

Music, society and environment. Band: Urban Guerillas

Samantha Taulealeausumai

Samantha’s art practice explores the intersection of consumerism and sustainability, amplifying my infatuation with the culture of ‘disposability’, where our daily rituals are shaped by

Jacqui Brown

Jacqui’s artistic path began in the tranquil landscapes of Burrawang, NSW, where the influences of a quilting mother, a crafty grandmother, and a sketch book

Negin Chahoud

Sharing life’s journey as a refugee from Iran. Giving Voice To My Story Through Art… My works are raw pieces with a narrative that show

Richard J Bell

Contemporary Creative Soul and is a multiform artist, who delves into genres such as creative memoirs, contemporary poetry, lived experience opinion pieces, sculpture, photography and

As a Māori artist, Jamie crafts artworks that bridge cultural narratives, embodying spiritual connections to land and honoring Indigenous identities across Aotearoa and Australian Country. Artistic Vision:

Jemma Sharwood

First and foremost art for me is about communication and being human. Its a way to make you feel the way that I do and

Sally Rasmussen

Artist living and creating on Ngunnawal land. Born on Worimi country

Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca’s bold acrylic paintings resonate with emotion and vibrancy, showcasing her expertise in color, texture and composition.

Janelle Gerard | Skitty Kitty

Stephen Carroll

As an Australian artist working in the medium of sumi-e and Chinese brush painting, Stephen undertook training in Australia with Janet Twigg-Patterson of Red Crane

Melanie Knowles, bbohe

Melanie’s mission is to banish cold feet forever, and I’ve been doing just that since 2010 by crafting beautiful and practical slippers using the finest

Harriet Lowe

Harriet has been singing her whole life, and started learning guitar at just 12 years old and has been progressing her songwriting skills ever since!

The Woodland Wanderers

The Woodland Wanderers formed when a few friends played at an amateur ‘open mic’ concert organised by the Gunning Focus Group. Before they joined together,

Jeremy Goodman

Artist Jeremy captures his home town and surrounding areas in exquisitely detailed watercolour illustrations.

Mandy McDonald

Mandy’s art is influenced by Bauhaus movement. She also likes the egalitarian notion of no separation between art and craft.

Margarita Georgiadis

Margarita’s work functions as an enactment of our human impulse for philosophical exploration. The act of creation triggered by Margarita’s research then finds momentary resolution

Pam Kensit

Artist Pam Kensit a converted hay shed at MOORABINDA MÓR, 42 km north West of Crookwell into her studio.

Jean Mills

Jean Mills is a Wollondilly artist, writer, poet and activist.

Ruth Thompson

Wollondilly artist Ruth creates exquisite pieces of furniture in her chosen medium.

Brian Rapsey

Expert Visual Storyteller – filmmaker with 20 + years industry experience: cinematographer, editor, photographer.

Doreen Lyon

Doreen’s a printmaking, painter and nature is always my inspiration. She taught herself how to make eco prints into paper and get the plants into

Larissa Fae

I hope to re-enchant the world through my art. There is so much magic that we seem to have lost, but it’s not lost really,

Camilla Duffy

Camilla captures photos of those special moments in life for individuals & families on location, showcasing her work in her Boorowa Studio.

Eddie Mo

Eddie has been a street artist for 20 years with murals across the ACT, his hometown in Young, throughout Australia and abroad!

Judy Barker

Judy loves working in a range of mediums from acrylic, pen and pastels to mixed media print making. Capturing light and the feel of a

Ben Perryman

Ben is an Australian Artist; Painting, Acrylic, Prints,

Kevin Payne

The menagerie of characters are created from salvaged materials that reflect Kevin’s life working the land.

Carl Valerius

Carl is a nationally recognised sculptor, working primarily with bronze, stone, clay and wax. His skills have been refined since he began his working life

Young Till | Forever Young Gallery

Young Till is an established artist in Young where she operates the Forever Young Gallery. Before moving to Young in the Hilltops region the artist practiced in

Stephanie Corkhill Hyles

My artwork evokes an emotion in the viewer, it ‘cracks’ a smile or creates a memory. I love colour and am inspired by my surroundings.

Jarrod Filmer

Adornment is commonly known as what we wear or what we take and appropriate to fit the body, this can be seen as how we

Louise Adams

Australian contemporary artist creating unique 2D and 3D art.

Judith Bradhurst

Judith has been deeply influenced by themes of death and other worlds, particularly the sacrifice of Inca children in 500 AD. This inspired her to

Cara Ellison

Cara is a visual artist living in Goulburn who loves to paint nature, and animals using acrylics and water colours.

Bill Dorman

Goulburn based beard grower, maker/artist and teacher, working in metal, wood, and whatever other material and junk that comes his way.

Jack Bell

First presented in 2001 the show has evolved into a spectacular internationally acclaimed display featuring fire staff, poi, orbs, candles, teapots, eclipse staff, juggling clubs,

Tina Milson | Photographer

There are so many people doing amazing things – but it’s not always front-page news. Tina loved taking photos and documenting the stories of Goulburn’s

Garth Prentice

Garth Prentice is a singer songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and educator from Goulburn Australia. He is a powerful performer, guitarist and vocalist and gives a soul-full

Carol Bairnsfather

Her work includes felting, dyeing and embroidery. More recently she has been experimenting with natural dyes made from leaves, seeds, skins of fruit etc.

Erin Williams

Erin has been performing with the Lieder Theatre Company since 1993. Over the years Erin has embraced a diverse range of roles from the conceptual

Amelia Whalley-Routley

Amelia was part of the ensemble cast in the current Lieder Theatre Production of Motherhood the Musical, a laugh-out-loud musical comedy that documents the wonderful,

Karen Egan

Karen’s use of multiple images arranged often in a grid, refers to the likelihood that with the destruction of wildlife habitat, bushfires and climate change,

Ryan Paranthoiene

Ryan Paranthoiene one of the leads in the production Blackbird; “To me it is an important piece of theatre, as it gives voice to and

Kate Tribe

Kate is a contemporary artist. Working in cross stitch without patterns. Original work; plus designs are printed for walls, home, writing and to wear. Stitches on

Annie Lok

Australian Contemporary Artist and Historian. Proud Bisexual. Proud Mother. Proud Woman.

Barbara Nell

An accomplished artist exhibiting paintings, drawings and prints in regular solo shows. As an educator, I have held several positions, teaching at secondary, tertiary and

Annie Bilton

Playwright, director and actor has had locations as diverse as Michigan and Moscow for her playground, but home is in Bungonia.

Paul Paviour

Paul Paviour OAM FRCO (14 April 1931 – 24 May 2024) was an English composer, organist and conductor based in Australia. He is best known for his contribution to

Delise Freeman

Aboriginal Designed and Hand painted Wooden Cheese Boards. I have a variety of Items available – Wooden Cheese Boards and Coasters, Wooden Spoons and Clocks.

Nigel Featherstone

Everything I write, whether it’s a novel or a short story or something for the newspaper, everything starts as handwritten notes made at a desk.

Rosa Fedele

Rosa is an Australian contemporary artist focusing entirely on painting portraits of vintage classic cars, and the first to incorporate your fur friend as well,

James Luck

James dedicates extensive time in the bush, observing and studying native wildlife to authentically capture their behaviors and habitats in his art. A deep passion

Zero Central Circus | Stah Power

Stah trained hard at The National Centre for Circus Arts in London for two decades, keeping her skills sharp with one-on-one sessions in Swinging Trapeze,

Kristie Phelan

Creativity, Collaboration and Community in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Gundungurra Country.

Mary Owen

Mary Owen was a prolific artist who worked mainly with paint and printmaking processes. Some twenty years after her death her daughters Jo and Lucy

Stan Korytnyj

Bowral based painter Stan’s works explore the concept of internal verses external influence of the individual, culminating in a group of paintings that are sure

Darren Powell

One Saturday in the middle of May, 2024, I’m sitting on my Indian Motorcycle singing and playing in Corbett Plaza in the middle of Bowral

J&B Troubadours

We are an outfit from the Southern Highlands performing a mix of Jazz, Blues, Funk & Soul.

Nic Lee

Inspired by luminaries such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Kieran Kane, and Kevin Welch, Nic began crafting his own songs at the age of 16. These

John Goodfellow

John has a diverse range of musical influences, spanning from traditional melodies to contemporary beats, creating a compositions with a mix of blues and modern

Ann Carr-Boyd

Ann is an internationally recognised composer whose music is truly Australian, but embraces her close connection with European music through her family of professional musicians

Bong Bong Allstars

The Bong Bong All-Stars, a group of four highly talented musicians, deliver a one of a kind sound that fuses funk, rock, jazz & blues into

Emmalene Diaz

Emmalene is compelled to portray the rich and intricate life stories she sees in the human face and using the spontaneous gestural paint on the

Joe Caseley

Jo Caseley is an emotive singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who transports her audience through all the feels. She cut her teeth busking the streets of Kings Cross and

Ken McDonald

Ken is mostly known for his sculptural work but he is also an amazing oil painter! His work is inspired by the bush and natural

Warwick Keen

Warwick has been a practicing artist for over 40 years and an Art Teacher since 1995. During his time as a teacher he has been

Desmond Freeman

In recent times Desmond has begun to devote most of his time to painting and has participated in commercial exhibitions of his work and has

Ben Malone

Ben started learning guitar as a child, playing in school bands and at his local church. Now he is a popular performer in the Southern

Sylvie Carter

Sylvie is an Australian representational artist specialising in landscape, figurative and portraiture painting. She describes her style as direct and intuitive and believes that at

Amber Kenny

Amber’s love of music comes from Robertson in the Southern Highlands where she lives on a farm with her family, horses and Maton guitar. Her

Nerida Little

Natural plant fibres collected from the garden and the bush on my property are woven, twisted, coiled and sewn into many different forms. Nests, baskets

Cathy Shugg

Cathy creates contemporary paintings, collages and mixed media art for purchase and by commission. Her artworks are held in private and corporate collections in Australasia,

Ricky Khan

Ricky Khan of Bundjalung origin & nation Northern Rivers (Grafton NSW). Member of the Robinson, Daley, Khan & Roach families. Welcomed & residing on Gundungurra Country

Angus Murray

Angus Murray is an accomplished Australian singer, songwriter, & musician from the Southern Highlands, NSW Australia. From a young age Angus’ growing passion for music

Robyn Kinsela

Robyn is an oil, watercolour and acrylic painter living in Southern Highlands. She also creates works on paper including prints and mixed media.

Devon

Devon’s work is concerned with the pain and intimate horror of being authentically oneself. DELICT explores internalised homophobia, hypochondria, suicide and self harm, and the

Libby Wakefield

Libby Wakefield works with and in the landscape, rendering in her paintings the timeless theme – connection to water. At the center of her current

Sara Berki

Sara Berki is a Southern Highlands-based country singer-songwriter with the voice of angel and songs to melt the hardest of hearts. At 24, she is

Jess Howell

Jess started playing guitar about 7 years ago. She didn’t start singing until she joined the school choir. Soon after sge started busking and realised

Hamish Ta-mé

Creativity is a subtle beast. At times in my creative life I haven’t been able to keep up with the torrent of ideas and possibilities.

Wendy Lees & V&M

The V&M collection is handcrafted and upcycled in our workshop using salvaged materials. Earthy, authentic, individual pieces for a modern aesthetic. Stackable, adjustable, collectable… set your

Michael Simic

Canberra born artist Michael Simic has built a substantial recording and touring career over 20 years under his moniker of Mikelangelo. He has released 11

Kate Butler

Mosaic Artist. Stones whisper stories from the past. Their language travels through touch, smell, sound and their embedded memories. Kate works with a diverse mixture

Tim Snowdon

Painter Tim’s brush work faithfully depicts his subject matter in glorious detail and more than that, somehow in the alchemic process of capturing the bottles,

Rosie Ricketson | Creative Producer

Rosie is a creative producer working across film, theatre, podcast, and community engagement.

Kimi Hall | Author & Teacher

Kimi is a devoted teacher & burgeoning author and illustrator of quality children’s literature. Raised as a biracial child of a single parent home, surrounded

Lisa Stevenson

Lisa is a fibre artist who uses locally harvested natural materials to create beautiful woven works of art.

Harry Laing | Poet

Harry Laing is a poet, children’s author, creative writing teacher and comic performer.