Mudgee Arts Precinct
Highlights
- Explore the Mudgee Arts Precinct's main gallery, showcasing artistic excellence from local and international talents.
- Engage in cultural workshops within versatile spaces, equipped for a variety of creative activities and professional meetings.
- Wander along the nearby Mudgee Sculpture Trail, immersing yourself in outdoor art amidst stunning landscapes.
- Relax at the on-site café, enjoying refreshments while soaking in the vibrant atmosphere of the arts precinct.
Mudgee Arts Precinct (MAP) is the Mid-Western Region’s 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 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.
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Accreditations
- NSW – Mudgee Region Tourism
Features
Tags
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).