Award winning poet Robyn Sykes is very excited to announce that the Binalong Banjo Paterson Bush Poetry Prize has been awarded the NSW Championships for 2014. That means a wonderful weekend of poetry in Binalong on September 12-14. Planning is well under way, and details will be announced soon. In the meantime, please mark the date in your calendar!

With a growing demand for event organizers and funding bodies for various levels of cover for artists, Southern Tablelands Arts (STARTS) have been working hard with a number of insurers and are excited to now offer the first in a new range of Public & Product Liability cover aimed specifically to individual artists. This is not just for visual artists but writers, musicians and performers of all persuasions. You may be suprised just how vunerable you can be as an arts practitioner so we advise you to attend this forum. Click on image for further details.

Yass Valley sculpture is featuring both nationally and internationally this month! The latest edition of the National Trust magazine carries a story about the highly successful ‘Sculpture in the Paddock’ expo mounted by YASSarts in 2013 and is featured on their cover. On top of this, sculptor Al Phemister (one of the primary organisers of Sculpture in the Paddock) has had his work and home featured in the current issue of ‘Australian Country’ magazine and an international client install his work in a public space in Kuala Lumpa. Well done one & all!

Just a reminder from Robyn Sykes, performance poet extraordanaire, that the Yass Show Poetry Comp (written) closes on Monday Feb 10th.

Performance and Junior entries close Monday Feb 24. Click here for adult entry forms. Click here for junior entry forms