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Murray Arts’ Smart Arts Creative Forum & Networking events are designed to bring together artists, arts organisations, and creative professionals from the Murray region to share knowledge, collaborate, and foster connections. These events provide a platform for discussions on industry trends, creative opportunities, and skill-building workshops, aiming to inspire and support the local arts community. Through these forums, participants can expand their networks, exchange ideas, and gain insights into new funding opportunities, creative practices, and the broader arts landscape. Smart Arts is a partnership between Murray Arts and Wodonga Council.

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Workshops & Talks
SMART ARTS: Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance Creative Rights Roadshow – Empowering Arts Workers

A series of co-designed and curated Arts Law workshops, delivered by Suzanne Derry, an esteemed legal expert formerly with Artists in the Black. This initiative, driven by feedback highlighting the need for increased capacity-building and are designed to meet the specific needs of each region, focusing particularly on the professional development of Aboriginal Arts Workers…

May 13, 2025 – May 13, 2025

The PumpHouse Albury – 9 Boundary Road,  East Albury 2640 NSW,
Music Concerts
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Workshops & Talks
Singing Facilitator’s Workshop with Leanne Murphy

Supported by the Murray Arts UNLOCKED program, community music leader Leanne Murphy will share a range of simple and effective techniques for helping to facilitate group singing, such as modelling, call and response, using hands to indicate pitch, cueing entries and cutoffs, understanding vocal ranges, choosing appropriate songs, setting group boundaries, listening for ways to…

May 22, 2025 – May 22, 2025

Yackandandah Courthouse – 4A William St, Yackandandah,
Smart Arts
Workshops & Talks
SMART ARTS: Wodonga Council – AI’s Impact on Creativity

Forum event featuring local creatives debating the for and against arguments regarding AI and it’s influence and use in the creative sector.

June 19, 2025 – June 19, 2025

Hyphen – 126 Hovell St, Wodonga,
Music Concerts
Performances
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SMART ARTS: Music NSW Listening Party (17/07/2025 – TBC)

(17/07/2025 – TBC) Opportunity for local musicians to submit their original music to a playlist which will be played at the networking event where 3-4 artists will be chosen to speak about their music in depth and discuss the process from composition to release.

July 17, 2025 – July 17, 2025

Sodens Albury – 459 Wilson St, Albury,