BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Bathurst Region Tourism - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Bathurst Region Tourism X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Bathurst Region Tourism REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260404T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260404T230000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004877-1775300400-1775343600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-04-04/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260331T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260331T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260316T022513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T022513Z UID:10005008-1774960200-1774963800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:All About Women Festival - Satellite Streaming DESCRIPTION:All About Women is one of the Sydney Opera House’s flagship festivals\, a day of talks and discussions exploring ever-evolving questions on gender\, culture and equality. \nWatch three sessions on the big screen at the library\, using our Bluetooth headphones. \nProgram dates and details \nMonday 23 March\, 12.30pm\nZadie Smith\nhosted by Michaela Kalowski \nLiterary powerhouse and north-west London legend\, Zadie Smith unpacks our cultural chaos with both subtlety and precision. When the best ideas risk being flattened into feed-friendly takes\, she dares us to resist the comfort of simple narratives. \nBuckle up for an eye-opening conversation inspired by her latest essay collection\, Dead and Alive\, which spans politics on both sides of the Atlantic\, cinema\, galleries\, Glastonbury and the question of who gets to make art. With her trademark mix of intellect and irreverence\, Smith unpacks our culture. Expect razor-sharp insight and a reminder that in a fractious\, doomscrolling world\, curiosity is always our best line of defence. \nMonday 30 March\, 12.30pm\nRaising Boys\nJess Hill\, Zac Seidler\, moderated by Jamila Rizvi \nFrom Andrew Tate to algorithmic rabbit holes\, this panel will unpack the real forces shaping boys today – and what parents can do beyond panic and blame.\nBringing up boys isn’t getting any less complicated. One minute they’re sweet\, funny little humans. The next\, they’re parroting some podcast bro who insists “patriarchy isn’t real” and “grindset” is a personality. Shows like Adolescence and books like The Anxious Generation tapped a nerve. As toxic masculinity is loudly (and often rightly) called out\, a generation of boys is confused and ashamed – and the algorithm is happy to lead them down dark alt-right rabbit holes. It’s part of the reason the Australian government introduced age restrictions for social media accounts\nSo how do we cut through the bro-fluencer noise to raise resilient\, emotionally literate boys?Investigative journalist Jess Hill (See What You Made Me Do) and clinical researcher and men’s mental health expert Zac Seidler unpack the cultural forces shaping boys today and how adults can guide them with compassion. \nTuesday 31 March\, 12.30pm\nInside the Epstein Files\nEmily Maitlis\, Amy Wallace\, moderated by Louise Milligan \nThe Epstein Files are not just about one man’s crimes\, but about the systems that protected him and failed women and girls for decades. Calls for the Epstein Files to be released have dominated headlines\, fuelled presidential campaigns and instigated an Act of Congress mandating their release. Despite all that\, to date only about one per cent of the millions of documents\, photographs and other evidence collected in several federal US FBI and Department of Justice investigations have seen the light of day. \nAmerican journalist and writer Amy Wallace collaborated with Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her memoir Nobody’s Girl\, published months after her death\, while British journalist Emily Maitlis famously put Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the record about his involvement with Epstein’s dark world. Join them for a critically important discussion that looks beyond spectacle to examine the institutions that turned a blind eye\, the lawsuits now seeking redress and what justice looks like when perpetrators evade consequences but survivors live with lasting harm. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/all-about-women-festival-satellite-streaming/2026-03-31/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260330T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260330T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260316T022513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T022513Z UID:10005007-1774873800-1774877400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:All About Women Festival - Satellite Streaming DESCRIPTION:All About Women is one of the Sydney Opera House’s flagship festivals\, a day of talks and discussions exploring ever-evolving questions on gender\, culture and equality. \nWatch three sessions on the big screen at the library\, using our Bluetooth headphones. \nProgram dates and details \nMonday 23 March\, 12.30pm\nZadie Smith\nhosted by Michaela Kalowski \nLiterary powerhouse and north-west London legend\, Zadie Smith unpacks our cultural chaos with both subtlety and precision. When the best ideas risk being flattened into feed-friendly takes\, she dares us to resist the comfort of simple narratives. \nBuckle up for an eye-opening conversation inspired by her latest essay collection\, Dead and Alive\, which spans politics on both sides of the Atlantic\, cinema\, galleries\, Glastonbury and the question of who gets to make art. With her trademark mix of intellect and irreverence\, Smith unpacks our culture. Expect razor-sharp insight and a reminder that in a fractious\, doomscrolling world\, curiosity is always our best line of defence. \nMonday 30 March\, 12.30pm\nRaising Boys\nJess Hill\, Zac Seidler\, moderated by Jamila Rizvi \nFrom Andrew Tate to algorithmic rabbit holes\, this panel will unpack the real forces shaping boys today – and what parents can do beyond panic and blame.\nBringing up boys isn’t getting any less complicated. One minute they’re sweet\, funny little humans. The next\, they’re parroting some podcast bro who insists “patriarchy isn’t real” and “grindset” is a personality. Shows like Adolescence and books like The Anxious Generation tapped a nerve. As toxic masculinity is loudly (and often rightly) called out\, a generation of boys is confused and ashamed – and the algorithm is happy to lead them down dark alt-right rabbit holes. It’s part of the reason the Australian government introduced age restrictions for social media accounts\nSo how do we cut through the bro-fluencer noise to raise resilient\, emotionally literate boys?Investigative journalist Jess Hill (See What You Made Me Do) and clinical researcher and men’s mental health expert Zac Seidler unpack the cultural forces shaping boys today and how adults can guide them with compassion. \nTuesday 31 March\, 12.30pm\nInside the Epstein Files\nEmily Maitlis\, Amy Wallace\, moderated by Louise Milligan \nThe Epstein Files are not just about one man’s crimes\, but about the systems that protected him and failed women and girls for decades. Calls for the Epstein Files to be released have dominated headlines\, fuelled presidential campaigns and instigated an Act of Congress mandating their release. Despite all that\, to date only about one per cent of the millions of documents\, photographs and other evidence collected in several federal US FBI and Department of Justice investigations have seen the light of day. \nAmerican journalist and writer Amy Wallace collaborated with Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her memoir Nobody’s Girl\, published months after her death\, while British journalist Emily Maitlis famously put Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the record about his involvement with Epstein’s dark world. Join them for a critically important discussion that looks beyond spectacle to examine the institutions that turned a blind eye\, the lawsuits now seeking redress and what justice looks like when perpetrators evade consequences but survivors live with lasting harm. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/all-about-women-festival-satellite-streaming/2026-03-30/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260329T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260329T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004888-1774778400-1774792800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-03-29/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260328T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260328T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004876-1774695600-1774699200@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-03-28/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260326T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260326T183000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260213T055854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T055854Z UID:10004951-1774546200-1774549800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ From Awareness to Allyship - workshop and information session DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, 26 March 2026 | 05:30 PM\nFrom LGBTQ+ Awareness to Allyship\nCreating safe spaces for everyone\nBookings: 6333 6281 \nPresented by Pride in Diversity \nPride in Diversity will provide participants with; \noverall understanding of why LGBTQ+ inclusion is important to an organisation\, community and an individual \nexplore challenges often faced by members of the LGBTQ+ community \nprovide awareness on the impact that a culture has on the lived experience \nWe will focus on what an ally is and how we can be allies in the workplace\, school yard and beyond. \nThis workshop builds participant knowledge\, comfort\, confidence\, skills in intervention as well as their understanding of what makes a good ally. \nInformation presented by Pride in Diversity Relationship Manager\, Chris White. \nPride in Diversity is part of ACON’s Inclusion programs. Together\, these programs work to create safer\, more inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ people across sport\, workplace and health services. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/lgbtq-from-awareness-to-allyship-workshop-and-information-session/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-8.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260323T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260323T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260316T022513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T022513Z UID:10005006-1774269000-1774272600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:All About Women Festival - Satellite Streaming DESCRIPTION:All About Women is one of the Sydney Opera House’s flagship festivals\, a day of talks and discussions exploring ever-evolving questions on gender\, culture and equality. \nWatch three sessions on the big screen at the library\, using our Bluetooth headphones. \nProgram dates and details \nMonday 23 March\, 12.30pm\nZadie Smith\nhosted by Michaela Kalowski \nLiterary powerhouse and north-west London legend\, Zadie Smith unpacks our cultural chaos with both subtlety and precision. When the best ideas risk being flattened into feed-friendly takes\, she dares us to resist the comfort of simple narratives. \nBuckle up for an eye-opening conversation inspired by her latest essay collection\, Dead and Alive\, which spans politics on both sides of the Atlantic\, cinema\, galleries\, Glastonbury and the question of who gets to make art. With her trademark mix of intellect and irreverence\, Smith unpacks our culture. Expect razor-sharp insight and a reminder that in a fractious\, doomscrolling world\, curiosity is always our best line of defence. \nMonday 30 March\, 12.30pm\nRaising Boys\nJess Hill\, Zac Seidler\, moderated by Jamila Rizvi \nFrom Andrew Tate to algorithmic rabbit holes\, this panel will unpack the real forces shaping boys today – and what parents can do beyond panic and blame.\nBringing up boys isn’t getting any less complicated. One minute they’re sweet\, funny little humans. The next\, they’re parroting some podcast bro who insists “patriarchy isn’t real” and “grindset” is a personality. Shows like Adolescence and books like The Anxious Generation tapped a nerve. As toxic masculinity is loudly (and often rightly) called out\, a generation of boys is confused and ashamed – and the algorithm is happy to lead them down dark alt-right rabbit holes. It’s part of the reason the Australian government introduced age restrictions for social media accounts\nSo how do we cut through the bro-fluencer noise to raise resilient\, emotionally literate boys?Investigative journalist Jess Hill (See What You Made Me Do) and clinical researcher and men’s mental health expert Zac Seidler unpack the cultural forces shaping boys today and how adults can guide them with compassion. \nTuesday 31 March\, 12.30pm\nInside the Epstein Files\nEmily Maitlis\, Amy Wallace\, moderated by Louise Milligan \nThe Epstein Files are not just about one man’s crimes\, but about the systems that protected him and failed women and girls for decades. Calls for the Epstein Files to be released have dominated headlines\, fuelled presidential campaigns and instigated an Act of Congress mandating their release. Despite all that\, to date only about one per cent of the millions of documents\, photographs and other evidence collected in several federal US FBI and Department of Justice investigations have seen the light of day. \nAmerican journalist and writer Amy Wallace collaborated with Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her memoir Nobody’s Girl\, published months after her death\, while British journalist Emily Maitlis famously put Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the record about his involvement with Epstein’s dark world. Join them for a critically important discussion that looks beyond spectacle to examine the institutions that turned a blind eye\, the lawsuits now seeking redress and what justice looks like when perpetrators evade consequences but survivors live with lasting harm. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/all-about-women-festival-satellite-streaming/2026-03-23/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260205T012224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T012224Z UID:10004924-1774173600-1774188000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Make a Japanese Box DESCRIPTION:During this class you will construct a Japanese-style box using authentic Japanese papers.\nYou will need to bring:\nThin but strong cardboard 40 cm x 30 cm (Officeworks have them cost $2.99 a sheet)\nElmer’s glue in clear\nPencil\, rubber\, ruler\, paper\, scissors\n1/2-inch flat paint brush\nStiletto to make a hole with\nStanley knife or Alfre cutter & mat to cut cardboard\nA roll of Micropore tape 5 mm wide (can get at the chemist)\nA piece of foam 1/3 inch thick mostly used for packing\, if you have\nlunch\nBOOKINGS ESSENTIAL\nTutor: Mary Miller\nContact: 0408 788 796\nmarymiller@live.com.au\nCost: $30 (BDA members)\n$35 (non members)\nPay by direct deposit to:\nBathurst & District Artisans\nBSB 659-000\nA/c 500163946\nRef: (name)Box2203 \nThere will be a $20 materials fee payable on the day. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/make-a-japanese-box-2/ LOCATION:Perthville Community Hall\, 20 Rockley Street\, Perthville\, NSW CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20240420_095047-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst and District Artisans":MAILTO:presbda@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004887-1774173600-1774188000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-03-22/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260321T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260321T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004875-1774090800-1774094400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-03-21/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260211T020328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T020328Z UID:10004935-1773498600-1773504000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Tea and Talks at T.Arts with the Bathursts Arts Trail DESCRIPTION:The Bathurst Arts Trail will have an exhibition at T.Arts Gallery 75 Keppel St from 13th to 27th March 2026. In conjunction with this the artists from the Arts Trail will give a presentation about the Trail and their art in the Gallery along with High Tea. This will be a great opportunity to meet the artists and share their passion for their work while enjoying delicious food. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/tea-and-talks-at-t-arts-with-the-bathursts-arts-trail/ LOCATION:T.Arts Gallery\, 75 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, NSW\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/artstrail-invite-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004874-1773486000-1773489600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-03-14/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260314T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260316T022513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T022513Z UID:10005003-1773484200-1773489600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Our Journey's Connect - Creative Workshop DESCRIPTION:Our Journeys Connect – Workshop\nNext date: Saturday\, 14 March 2026 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM \nYou’re Invited to Help Create a Living Map of Belonging. \nBathurst Library invites community members of all ages and backgrounds to take part in a new participatory exhibition exploring the themes of home\, belonging and journeys and being in Bathurst here and now. From mid March 2026\, our floor-to-ceiling windows will become a shared canvas — visible both inside and out — filled with community reflections displayed on cards. \nTo get started\, join Fiona Howle in this creative session for all ages where we pose the question “What is home to you?”\, and find ways to express the answer on postcard sized art papers to find their place on the road alongside others. \nChildren under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. \nFree participation. All ages. All backgrounds. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/our-journeys-connect-creative-workshop/2026-03-14/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art,Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-10.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260311T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260311T123000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004868-1773225000-1773232200@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Talks and Tea // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Talks and Tea // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition\nJoin Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) Volunteer Guides for a spotlight talk and walk through of our current exhibitions\, followed by morning tea. \nTour of exhibition \nMorning tea by donation\, RSVP essential \nDates: \nWednesday 11 February\, 10:30am-12:00pm \nWednesday 11 March\, 10:30am-12:00pm \nWednesday 8 April\, 10:30am-12:00pm \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/talks-and-tea-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-03-11/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260308T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260308T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004886-1772964000-1772978400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-03-08/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260307T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260307T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004873-1772881200-1772884800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-03-07/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260301T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260301T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004885-1772359200-1772373600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-03-01/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260228T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260228T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004872-1772276400-1772280000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-02-28/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260228T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260228T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260205T012225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T010043Z UID:10004923-1772272800-1772287200@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Learn how to make and use a gelli plate DESCRIPTION:During this session you will be learning how to create prints using: \nBotanical PrintingStencils and MasksFound items \nThere will be ample time for experimenting. \nYou will also receive a recipe to make your own gelli plate at home \nWhat to Bring:LunchHand wipesGelli plate and brayer if you have one (small plates and brayers available to borrow) \nCost: 35 (members)$40 (non-members) \nPay by direct deposit to: \nBathurst & District ArtisansBSB 659-000A/c 500163946 \nRef: (name)print2802 \nThere will be a $20 materials charge payable on the day URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/learn-how-to-make-and-use-a-gelli-plate/ LOCATION:Perthville Community Hall\, 20 Rockley Street\, Perthville\, NSW CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20240124_125937-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst and District Artisans":MAILTO:presbda@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260226T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260226T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260105T211002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T211002Z UID:10004268-1772101800-1772105400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:AUSLAN Conversational Skills DESCRIPTION:Join accredited teacher Wendy Daly for a series of lessons to learn conversational AUSLAN skills in an informal\, no pressure environment.\n4 x 1hr sessions in February.\nAges 12+\n\nBookings for each session are essential as spaces are limited.\n\nProgram Dates\nThurs 5 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 12 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 19 February 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 26 February 10.30am-11.30am URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/auslan-conversational-skills/2026-02-26/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-7.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260224T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260213T055853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T055853Z UID:10004952-1771956000-1771959600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:The Library That Made Me - LIVE Stream from SLNSW DESCRIPTION:The Library That Made Me – LIVE event 24 February 2026\nLive streamed onto the BIG screen at Bathurst Library\nBookings: 6333 6281 \nLeading storytellers Bruce Pascoe\, Shankari Chandran\, Thomas Keneally AO\, Grace Karskens and Kate Evans will reflect on the libraries that have shaped them as readers and writers in a special event in the State Library Auditorium on Tuesday 24 February 2026 from 6 to 7pm.\nFrom tiny mobile libraries to the grand Mitchell Library\, the seriousness of university libraries or the tragedy of Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Public Library\, hear about how these spaces for reading\, creativity and refuge sparked something magical in some of Australia’s finest thinkers. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/the-library-that-made-me-live-stream-from-slnsw/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-9.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260222T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260222T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260205T012225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T012225Z UID:10004922-1771754400-1771772400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Make a felted hat\, bag or bowl DESCRIPTION:You will be creating a bag\, hat or bowl in one piece using a resist. There is a choice of styles to create. \nWhat to bring:\nlunch\nseveral old towels\nsmall bucket for water\ncake of soap\napron \nFor hat:\nMALE foam head\nSewing pins \nCost: $35 (BDA members)\n$40 (non-members) \nPay by direct deposit to:\nBathurst & District Artisans\nBSB: 882-000\nA/c: 10016 3946\nRef: (name)Felt2202 \nThere will be a $30 materials charge payable on the day. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/make-a-felted-hat-bag-or-bowl/ LOCATION:Perthville Community Hall\, 20 Rockley Street\, Perthville\, NSW CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250503_125948-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst and District Artisans":MAILTO:presbda@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260222T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260222T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004884-1771754400-1771768800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-02-22/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260221T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260221T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004871-1771671600-1771675200@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-02-21/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260221T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260221T123000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004866-1771669800-1771677000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Workshop // Experimental Mark Making with Rebecca Sciroli DESCRIPTION:Saturday 21 February\, 10:30am-12:30pm \n$10 members\, $15 non-members\, ALL AGES\, no experience required\, Bookings essential \nJoin Rebecca Sciroli\, a We Are Studios artist\, for an immersive and playful workshop that invites you to refresh your relationship with artmaking. This experimental session encourages artists to reconnect with joy\, curiosity and process through interactive exploration. Working with recycled\, found and everyday materials\, participants will invent their own drawing and painting tools and experiment with mark making using materials including paint\, ink\, charcoal and pastel. This relaxed and supportive workshop is ideal for artists\, art lovers and anyone interested in experimentation\, play and discovering new techniques to add to their creative toolbox. \nThis workshop is supported by We Are Studios. \nAbout the Artist\nRebecca (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist\, facilitator and advocate. She works primarily in sculpture and installation\, wearables\, performance\, painting and drawing. Rebecca’s work often touches on memory and emotional connection through sensory stimuli\, femininity\, sensuality and empowering feminist work. The fine balance of fragility and resilience is explored through Rebecca’s conceptual and performative practice\, expressed through a sensory connection of energy and touch. Rebecca uses improvised experimental drawing devices (IEDD) for mark making that records her disabled body and how it can move. Rebecca has an ongoing practice of producing self-portraits throughout her recovery from a D.V. assault\, and life in a disabled body. Rebecca is an artist and board member at We Are Studios. \nAbout the Exhibition\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nBanner image courtesy Rebecca Sciroli and We Are Studios. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/workshop-experimental-mark-making-with-rebecca-sciroli/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Rebecca-Sciroli-Workshop-Image-scaled.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260219T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260219T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260105T211002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T211002Z UID:10004267-1771497000-1771500600@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:AUSLAN Conversational Skills DESCRIPTION:Join accredited teacher Wendy Daly for a series of lessons to learn conversational AUSLAN skills in an informal\, no pressure environment.\n4 x 1hr sessions in February.\nAges 12+\n\nBookings for each session are essential as spaces are limited.\n\nProgram Dates\nThurs 5 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 12 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 19 February 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 26 February 10.30am-11.30am URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/auslan-conversational-skills/2026-02-19/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-7.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260215T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260215T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004883-1771149600-1771164000@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Sunday Sketch Sessions at BRAG DESCRIPTION:Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) every Sunday for a FREE\, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! \n– Materials and stool provided\n– FREE\, self-guided session\n– No experience required \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. Through these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge.\nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/sunday-sketch-sessions-at-brag/2026-02-15/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260214T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260214T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260128T234244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T234244Z UID:10004870-1771066800-1771070400@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours // Acts of Inheritance & Pattern Recognition DESCRIPTION:Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for a FREE tour of our current exhibitions every Saturday at 11am! \nAbout the Exhibitions\nWe Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance\nActs of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived\, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small\, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others\, families\, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us. \nSome artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability\, mental health\, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here\, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined\, but enacted through the choices we make\, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another. \nThrough these works\, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been\, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us. \nWe Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led\, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive. \nArtists: Aili Brenton\, Virginia Bucknell\, Ria Cirera-Cruz\, Taylah Devlin\, Holly-lee Dickson\, Georgina Evans\, Nina Frankie\, Leanne Larwood\, Timothy W. Martin\, Grazia Napoletano\, Adrienne Proud\, Rebecca Sciroli\, Kiri Smith\, Jane Thatcher\, Miah Tito-Barratt\, Jordan Valageorgiou\, Eden Young. \nCurated by We Are Studios Collective. \nThe project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body. \nLiz Bryan: Pattern Recognition\nLiz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing\, painting\, textiles\, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge\, mythologies and ritual\, and engages with themes of womanhood\, place\, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft\, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science\, mysticism and material knowledge. \nFor Pattern Recognition at BRAG\, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus\, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth\, water\, air\, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm\, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning\, underpins the work. \nThrough this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape\, line\, colour and form. Historic textile motifs\, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns\, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings\, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter\, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world. \nBathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/exhibition-tours-acts-of-inheritance-pattern-recognition/2026-02-14/ LOCATION:Bathurst Regional Art Gallery\, 70-78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, 2795 CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRAG-Jan-2026-Humanitix-Opening-Banner-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Regional Art Gallery":MAILTO:brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260213T123000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260108T001535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T001535Z UID:10004272-1770980400-1770985800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:Geoff Parkes In Conversation DESCRIPTION:Hear Geoff in conversation at the library for his brand-new book! \nThe First Law of the Bush is Geoff Parkes’ new rural noir set in New Zealand’s rugged King Country. \nA year after Bill Dickerson fell to his death on a worksite\, his widow has received no explanation about what happened. \nShe hires Ryan Bradley\, who has just returned to the remote town of Nashville as a lawyer\, to get answers. Was it suicide? An accident? Or murder? In small towns\, nothing is quite what it seems. \nAbout the author \nBorn and raised in rural New Zealand\, Geoff Parkes has written a weekly opinion column for The Roar\, Australia’s leading on-line sports website for 12 years. He is the author of two crime novels. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase and signing on the day. URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/geoff-parkes-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/geoff-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260212T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260212T113000 DTSTAMP:20260405T091214 CREATED:20260105T211002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T211002Z UID:10004266-1770892200-1770895800@www.bathurstregion.com.au SUMMARY:AUSLAN Conversational Skills DESCRIPTION:Join accredited teacher Wendy Daly for a series of lessons to learn conversational AUSLAN skills in an informal\, no pressure environment.\n4 x 1hr sessions in February.\nAges 12+\n\nBookings for each session are essential as spaces are limited.\n\nProgram Dates\nThurs 5 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 12 February\, 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 19 February 10.30am-11.30am\nThurs 26 February 10.30am-11.30am URL:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/event/auslan-conversational-skills/2026-02-12/ LOCATION:Bathurst Library\, 70 -78 Keppel Street\, Bathurst\, New South Wales\, 2795\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bathurstregion.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-BVIC-TEMPLATE-7.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bathurst Library":MAILTO:library@bathurst.nsw.gov.au END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR