You have until Friday 10 April to apply for HomeGround 2026.

Chances are, if you’re a local Dubbo artist, you’re already across the opportunity this presents — but here’s a clear look at what it’s about, including what’s asked in the application and some of the recent exhibitions.

Featured Image is from HomeGround Exhibition A Journey by Artist Jennifer Moore.

Exciting opportunity has opened through Screen NSW called The Crew Development Program. This program offers intensive training and paid production placements (with mentorship) for NSW entry-level and mid-career crew from underrepresented backgrounds.

A new opportunity has opened to support community music right across regional NSW, with the Regional NSW Community Bands Program now open.

Self (with A.I. and glitches) by Andrew Robards explored identity, distortion, and digital image-making through a powerful HomeGround exhibition earlier this year titled “Now Screening” at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo.

The immersive exhibition, Daydream by Linda Chant, runs through to mid-June at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s your invitation to step into a mildly familiar space where memory and imagination gently blur - and witness another extraordinary HomeGround artist.