Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival 2026
SCULPTURE TRAIL | 16 DAYS | 3 WEEKENDS | OVER 150 WORKS | MULTIPLE EXHIBITION SPACES Discover leading Australian and international sculptors alongside emerging artists Works ranging from large-scale outdoor installations to intimate indoor pieces Curated sculpture trail across villages and valley sites Indoor exhibitions in historic buildings full of charm A welcoming program…
WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL STARTS 14th SEPTEMBER
For an opportunity to view the cream of Australian and international sculpture in a relaxed rural environment, the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival is second to none. Now in its 21st year, the festival has blossomed in recent years and attracts an ever-increasing range of respected sculptors. This year’s festival will feature 180 works in…
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GOVERNOR’S PRIZE ANNOUNCED AT WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
Prominent Australian sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann was announced as the winner of the prestigious new Governor’s Prize at the opening of the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival on Saturday night. Entitled Nijinsky, Ron’s bright yellow painted steel work references the celebrated Russian ballet dancer. ‘When he leaps in the air, there’s a point where he seems…
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20TH ANNIVERSARY FOR BIGGEST-EVER WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
The Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival’s 20th anniversary exhibition, to be held over 16 days from 10-25 September, promises to be the biggest and most successful yet. One of the oldest and largest sculpture exhibitions in rural NSW, the festival has overcome the recent flooding of the historic Wollombi village to curate a stimulating and…
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AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD 2022
The Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival has been recognised as the ‘The Australia Day 2022 Community Event of the Year’ by the Cessnock City Council at an Australia Day Awards Ceremony. Festival Director Susan Leith-Miller, Festival President Graham Skeates and Festival Founding Members Phillipa Heslop and Jane Hamshere attended the Australia Day Ceremony and were…
WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL GOES ONLINE
The 2021 Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival is adapting to current circumstances and will become an online event this for year. Finalists had already been selected for exhibition at this year’s festival when NSW was plunged progressively into lockdown from late June. Rather than deprive the community of the fantastic collection of works that had…
2021 WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL – CALLING FOR ENTRIES
Sculptors keen to enter the 2021 Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival can start preparing their works! Entries for one of NSW’s most scenic arts events will open on Saturday 1 May and close on Wednesday 19 June. The festival is going from strength to strength, becoming one of the prominent dates in the arts calendar…
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NSW GOVERNOR VISITS WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
The Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival was honoured by a visit from the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, on Thursday 29th October. Governor Beazley, accompanied by her husband Mr Dennis Wilson, was greeted by Cessnock City Mayor Bob Pynsent, Festival Director Susan Leith-Miller and Curator Wendy Black.…
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SCULPTURE IN THE VINEYARDS COMES BACK TO WOLLOMBI IN OCTOBER
18th WOLLOMBI VALLEY SCULPTURE FESTIVAL17th October – 1st November 2020 For its 18th year, the highly acclaimed cultural festival, Sculpture in the Vineyards, is coming back to Wollombi, a charming historic village situated in the lower Hunter Valley. Ranging from sophisticated, modernist art works set against a backdrop of hillsides and valleys, to whimsical…
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