Arts Council of The Dorrigo
Promoting art in all its forms across the Dorrigo Plateau.
The Dorrigo Plateau has a well established reputation as an area of great creativity and is the home of many visual artists, sculptors, musicians, performing artists, writers, highly skilled crafts people and artisans.
The Arts Council of the Dorrigo Inc. (ACD) was incorporated as an Association on 6th August 1990. It is the aim of the ACD to promote the arts in all its forms across the Dorrigo Plateau. It acts as an umbrella group for visual arts and performance arts groups and maintains close relationships with other incorporated and non-incorporated arts groups in the area, not otherwise part of the ACD. It seeks to promote the arts generally to assist local artists and craftspeople in exhibiting their work and becoming widely recognised for their skills.
Member Groups
Subcommittees organise annual and one-off events supporting art and music on the Plateau.
Long-running regular annual events:
The Dorrigo Show Fine Arts Competition.
The Dorrigo Easter Arts Exhibition (DEAE) this exhibition supports and promotes artists living on the Dorrigo Plateau.
ACD Meetings
The ACD Committee meets regularly throughout the year. General Meetings of ACD Members are held periodically, including the Annual General Meeting held in the last quarter of each year. All Members and other interested community members are invited to attend. General Meetings generally include a guest speaker and are followed by refreshments and finger food.
Our special-interest groups and subcommittees schedule their own meetings as they choose, reporting regularly to the elected committee.
Art Groups on the Dorrigo Plateau
We maintain close relations with other creative community groups.
Contact us for more information on any of these local activities.
Visual Arts
Writing
Woodwork
Textiles
Dorrigo Plateau Fibre Group (weaving & spinning).
Misty Mountain Getaway (quilting retreat & monthly patchwork).
Music
Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival.
The Never Never Mind (The Joy of Singing choir, Folk in the Round).
The Never Never Mind Facebook Group.
New Artists
Welcome
We welcome everyone interested in the arts, whether your participation is as a professional, a dedicated amateur, a beginner, or simply as an appreciative audience member.
Join Us – membership form here
Members are free to join any of our groups, and to stand for election or appointment to our committees. Members receive regular updates about Arts Council events.
“Use what talent you possess.
The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang best.”
Henry Van Dyke