Sunday 9 November4:00pm – Library, The Carrington Katoomba The bentART Annual General Meeting is your opportunity to hear how we’ve performed over the past year, share your ideas for the future, and help elect the committee that will lead us forward. It’s how we stay transparent, give every member a voice, and keep our community strong — […]
Our 2025 Prize Winners Announced! It is with great joy that we share our top artists of 2025. Congratulations to all the prize winners! And to every artist — thank you for sharing your work, your story, and your pride. Huge thanks to our judges, our curator, our committee, and our volunteers — this event […]
Get ready! Submissions for this year’s exhibition open at 12:01am on 1 March, 2025, and close at 11:59 PM on 31 March, 2025. Take advantage of Early Bird pricing at just $25 per entry before regular pricing (1 April to 30 April) at $35—don’t miss your chance to save! We’re shaking things up this year! Our […]
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Barefoot Bowls on Sunday—what an incredible day! From great music (shoutout to DJ Ruby Red!) to dancing, laughter, and some impressive bowling skills, the energy was unbeatable! We also want to give a special thank you to our amazing raffle prize sponsors: Mitre 10 Katoomba, […]
Please welcome the new bentART committee. This team will lead bentART for the 2024 – 2025 financial year and be responsible for holding the 20th bentART visual arts exhibition.You can view the team here:
Thank you to all those artists who contributed to another successful bentART exhibition. For the first time in the 20-year history of bentART the exhibition ran for 10 days! This gave exhibiting artists great exposure and additional sales. A big thank you to our sponsors, volunteers and committee members who make this possible each year.
2024 Winners in order of presentation.
When: Saturday June 15 2024Time: 15:30 – 17:00Where: Rex-Livingston Art + Objects Gallery, 182/184 Katoomba St, Katoomba NSW 2780.This is a special catered event so grab your tickets now to come along and enjoy some food, drinks, and the exhibition and be there when we announce the People’s Choice winner for 2024! Ticketing closes at 5 […]
The bentART 2024 AGM is on Sunday, July 28 from 4 – 5 pm in the Library at the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. Nominations close Sunday, July 21 at 4:00 pm. If you wish to nominate for a position go here for details and nomination form.Completed nomination forms are to be sent to secretary.bentart@gmail.com.The secretary is the returning officer. All current […]
We will once again be hosting the popular Artist’s Talks during the bentART Exhibition. Each artist will talk about themselves and their work for 5 minutes, then panel members will each be asked the same set of general questions.General talks will be held from 2 – 3pm on Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9 […]
Thanks to everyone who came along to barefoot bowls at the Lawson Bowling Club. It was a fabulous afternoon with some excellent bowling. The best team name was Gutter Tramps—the guess the chocolates in the jar was won by Julie D – 166 Lindt chocolates. The raffle was won by Janet, Katrina Bodey (who gave […]
We are very grateful to Malcolm Horner for creating our very bent, bold and eye-catching 2024 poster.
