Artisan Trail: Discovering Craftsmanship across the Mudgee Region

Convent and Chapel Wool Shop is an iconic rural wool shop in Central West New South Wales providing luxury yarns to discerning knitters.

Unlike many other wool shops, they sell beautiful local and international yarns from independent dyers and small mills. This is a mecca for knitters worldwide.

Hand knits are also on display and for sale created by local knitters.

Mudgee Arts Precinct (MAP) is the Mid-Western Region’s new cultural home, delivering an exhibition program that features artistic excellence from the community and beyond. Shared with the award-winning Mudgee Region Tourism, the precinct is a starting point for the many tourists that come to the region, whilst the gallery space is enjoyed by visitors and the local community alike.

Exhibition spaces at MAP consist of a purpose-built main gallery housing the primary exhibition program along with a community gallery and seminar space upstairs in the refurbished section of the historical Cudgegong Chambers building.

Mudgee Arts Precinct's Cultural Workshops offers a range of hireable spaces suitable to a variety of activities, the facility includes a digital classroom/technical suite with recording and editing facilities, large and small workshop and co-working spaces, internal and external breakout areas, professional meeting facilities, and kitchenette, all serviced by high-speed Wi-Fi.

From Mudgee Arts Precinct you can also enjoy exploring the Cudgegong River and Mudgee Sculpture Trail.

Rosby is a destination for those wanting to immerse themselves in Mudgee life and culture. A working vineyard property in Mudgee where two passions for art and wine have entwined to create a sanctuary for those seeking a more creative experience.

Rosby Wines and Gallery is a truly unique Mudgee wine and art experience where cellar-door wine tastings are conducted casually outdoors in the Sculpture Garden or at the newly built cellar-door bar.

Feel free to drop by for a tasting with Gerry or experience a guided Sculpture tour with Kay and embrace the Rosby experience. Throughout the year the Rosby Gallery and Sculpture Garden exhibits work from a range of emerging and established artists.

Rosby is also the home of a major outdoor sculpture exhibition called Sculptures in the Garden which showcases the best regional and emerging outdoor artists across Australia. Sculptures in the Garden was the dreamchild of Kay Norton-Knight, who was passionate about providing a new and unique platform for the exhibition and sale of sculptors' works.

Held from the second weekend of October, Sculptures in the Garden has become a hallmark event on the Central West’s artistic calendar and a major tourist attraction.