Past Events

Save the date for our biggest Twilight Market of the year

Saturday 6 June 2026, 4pm for markets, food trucks, live music, fireworks and our legendary bonfire!

There will be all your favourite stalls, great food and great music and our big fireworks show and bonfire will be back to keep you warm!

With all your favourite stalls, the Twilight Market is one of the largest in the region and you will be sure to find something that takes your fancy, or just head down for a bite to eat and some great fun!

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Lead Artist in Residence Harrie Fasher’s major solo exhibition at Orange Regional Gallery.

Harrie Fasher, Lead Artist in Residence at The Portland Foundry and Harrie Fasher Studios, opened her major solo exhibition “Before Dawn” at Orange Regional Gallery, running from 29 November 2025 to 22 February 2026. The exhibition featured monumental bronze, steel and concrete sculptures, marking a decade of artistic and technical research developed largely at The Foundations.

Orange Regional Gallery Director Brad Hammond described the work as “ambitious, extraordinary and personal” at the opening. Harrie Fasher was assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

A day connecting our creative community with practical business support.

The Foundations hosted a Creative Business Day in The Annexe in partnership with Arts OutWest and Creative Plus Business, funded by Service NSW Business Connect. The session brought together a wide cross-section of the region’s creative small businesses, including graphic designers, ceramic artists, musicians, event producers, filmmakers, visual artists, theatre makers, a costume maker and a puppeteer.

“It isn’t very often that one room of small business owners includes graphic designers and ceramic artists, musicians and event producers, film makers, visual artists, makers of local theatre, a costume maker, and a puppeteer!” – Creative Plus Business

An outdoor sketching event at our heritage-listed Bottle Kilns.

Draw Portland brought local artists to sketch the heritage-listed Bottle Kilns at The Foundations, two rare surviving brick kilns (out of the original eight) built around 1889, constructed with iron ties and turnbuckles.

Opening night of our alumni exhibition as part of Makers Month.

The Creative Foundations Alumni Exhibition opened in The Annexe as part of Makers Month at The Foundations in October 2025, a four-weekend program that also included the October long weekend markets, Draw Portland, Leather and Threads and a Firey Finale, supported by Lithgow City Council.

Opening speeches were given by Harrie Fasher, Lead Artist in Residence at The Foundations, Rich Evans, Reactivation Officer, and Kylie Shead, Executive Officer of Arts OutWest.

A ceramics and wellbeing workshop supporting our regional community.

The Bathhouse was activated with a “Wellbeing & Ceramics” workshop in association with Rural Adversity Mental Health, supported by an onsite mental health worker. A second session, including a raku firing, was held in Harrie Fasher’s studio.

First Nations Auntie Barb Quayle from Menindee, Barkindji Country, attended as part of her Residency Exchange and Mentorship program with Harrie Fasher, while studio artists Annabel Mason and T C Overson were mentored by Harrie to help run the sessions. The workshop was supported by a Country Art Support Project managed by Arts OutWest through Create NSW.