Cementa

28/05/2026

Four months to go!

Cementa26 is creeping closer, and we are very much counting down to September.

What are you most looking forward to? The art? The road trip? The people? The weird and wonderful things you’ll stumble across in Kandos and surrounds?

Image: Remember Casablanca by Kathryn Cowen and Gareth Jenkins at Cementa24. Photo by Alex Wisser.

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

22/05/2026

meet them!

Meet the artists of Cementa26!

These artists will bring new work, conversations, provocations, collaborations and moments of wonder to Kandos this September.

Alana Wesley, Alex Tálamo, Alice Blackwood & Maddi Obi, Alrey Batol & Sarah Poulgrain, Amy Jane Parker, Anastasia Murney, Chris O’Brien, Debbie Taylor-Worley & Sophie Taylor, Deborah Kelly, Diane Pirotta, Ellie Hannon & Peter Parslow, Emma Syme & Leanne Wicks, FILTH, Fiona Lee, Frewen Awen, Grace Herbert & Misha Hardwick, Gus Armstrong, Hoang Tran Nguyen, Jessie McCall, Jo Clancy & Renee Ford, Joy Zhou, Keila Terencio de Paula, Kim Williams & Lucas Ihlein, Lichen Kelp & Dylan Martorell, Love Bank, Merindah Funnell, Nikita Shtepa, Parks Anonymous, Penrith Miers Archive, Radical Fields, Rest & Repair Space, Sophie Dumaresq, Susie Anderson & Jannah Quill

More details about the full festival program will be shared soon.

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos, NSW

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

21/05/2026

Have you been online yet?

The Cementa26 website is now live, with our festival look, curator statement and artist announcement all in one beautifully squiggly place.

https://cementa.com.au

This is just the beginning. More program details are coming soon, but for now you can jump in, meet the artists and start getting excited for September.

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos, NSW

Website by
Graphic design by

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

21/05/2026

The Cementa26 website is now live!

https://cementa.com.au

You can now jump online to explore the festival look, read Sebastian Henry-Jones’ curator statement and meet the artists who will be part of this year’s festival.

A huge thank you to Studio Joan Shin for bringing the website to life, and to Marilena Hewitt for the C26 graphic design.

More program details will be shared soon, but for now, go and have a look around. September is getting closer.

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos, NSW

Website by Studio Joan Shin: https://joanshin.com/
Graphic design by Marilena Hewitt: https://www.instagram.com/hewittmarilena/

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

20/05/2026

Here they are!

Say hello to the artists shaping Cementa26!

This September, these artists will bring new works, conversations, experiments, performances, installations and encounters to Kandos and surrounds, shaping four days of contemporary art that is specific to place, community and Country.

Alana Wesley,
Alex Tálamo ,
Alice Blackwood & Maddi Obi ,
Alrey Batol & Sarah Poulgrain ,
Amy Jane Parker ,
Anastasia Murney ,
Chris O’Brien ,
Debbie Taylor-Worley & Sophie Taylor ,
Deborah Kelly ,
Diane Pirotta ,
Ellie Hannon .hannon & Peter Parslow .parsley,
Emma Syme & Leanne Wicks ,
FILTH
Fiona Lee ,
Frewen Awen ,
Grace Herbert .herb & Misha Hardwick,
Gus Armstrong ,
Hoang Tran Nguyen ,
Jessie McCall,
Jo Clancy & Renee Ford ,
Joy Zhou ,
Keila Terencio de Paula ,
Kim Williams & Lucas Ihlein ,
Lichen Kelp & Dylan Martorell ,
Love Bank ,
Merindah Funnell ,
Nikita Shtepa ,
Parks Anonymous ,
Penrith Miers Archive ,
Radical Fields ,
Rest & Repair Space ,
Sophie Dumaresq ,
Susie Anderson .nina & Jannah Quill

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos and surrounds

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

20/05/2026

Meet the artists of Cementa26!

These artists will bring new work, conversations, provocations, collaborations and moments of wonder to Kandos this September.

Alana Wesley, Alex Tálamo, Alice Blackwood & Maddi Obi, Alrey Batol & Sarah Poulgrain, Amy Jane Parker, Anastasia Murney, Chris O’Brien, Debbie Taylor-Worley & Sophie Taylor, Deborah Kelly, Diane Pirotta, Ellie Hannon & Peter Parslow, Emma Syme & Leanne Wicks, FILTH, Fiona Lee, Frewen Awen, Grace Herbert & Misha Hardwick, Gus Armstrong, Hoang Tran Nguyen, Jessie McCall, Jo Clancy & Renee Ford, Joy Zhou, Keila Terencio de Paula, Kim Williams & Lucas Ihlein, Lichen Kelp & Dylan Martorell, Love Bank, Merindah Funnell, Nikita Shtepa, Parks Anonymous, Penrith Miers Archive, Radical Fields, Rest & Repair Space, Sophie Dumaresq, Susie Anderson & Jannah Quill

More details about the full festival program will be shared soon.

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos, NSW

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

19/05/2026

Cementa26 is curated by Sebastian Henry-Jones.

We are excited to be working with Sebastian as he brings his vision for this year’s festival to life across Kandos and surrounds.

For Cementa26, Sebastian is interested in art as a way of revealing what is already there: local forms of culture, creativity, histories, stories, Wiradjuri culture and Country. His vision considers how art can act as a lens or frame, helping audiences pay closer attention to the value of what is already in front of us.

He is also thinking deeply about the role of art in responding to climate change, cultural and environmental health, and the possibilities of collective, place-specific practice.

Cementa26 takes place from 17 to 20 September 2026.

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

18/05/2026

The countdown to Cementa26 is officially on!

This September, Cementa returns to Kandos and surrounds for four days of strange, beautiful, experimental and place-shaped art.

Artists are coming. Program details are coming. The website is coming. The festival is very much coming.

Cementa26
17 to 20 September 2026
Kandos and surrounds

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

18/05/2026

The countdown is on. Cementa Festival returns to Kandos and surrounds this September.

We’re kicking things off with the first look at the visual identity for Cementa26, designed by the brilliant Marilena Hewitt.

It’s bold, playful, squiggly, a little bit strange, and very ready to carry us into four days of experimental contemporary art across Kandos and surrounds.

Cementa26 takes place from 17 to 20 September 2026, with artists, program details and plenty more festival goodness to come very soon.

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

14/05/2026

Calling all local artists for Cementa Salon!

Cementa26 is coming in September, but the fun is starting early!

This year, the Cementa Salon, the jewel of the festival, is getting its own moment in the gallery. We’re opening in July to build the buzz, warm up the walls and give local artists a full two months in the spotlight before the festival week rolls into town.

The Salon is open to all artists from the Mid and Central West of NSW, with special priority given to artists local to Kandos, Rylstone and surrounds.

So consider this your early warning: start making, finishing, framing, stretching, polishing, photographing or finally pulling that work out of the corner. Artwork delivery will be 11-12 July, so there’s your date to aim for.

More details coming very soon!

Photo: Cementa24 Salon Opening Event. Photo by Alex Wisser.

Cementa is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia.