The Watershed Wynyard

19/12/2025

30/06/2025

Advising all our beautiful followers that this page for Watershed Wynyard will be closed by the end of this week. If you would like to stay across Big hART activity in North West Tasmania, please ensure you are following Big hART here on Facebook or join our email list here https://bighartinc.createsend.com/h/d/F5DC483163626A0C/preview/638868458427886958

02/06/2025

Public service announcement: Please direct all further venue enquiries for the former Watershed space to [email protected]

19/05/2025

Watershed Wynyard hits the news headlines and Waratah-Wynyard Council shares the reasoning behind their choice to displace this popular community creative hub.

'Community members are contacting us and are very disappointed.'

19/05/2025

If you've missed it in the Burnie Advocate this weekend, check out the Big hART May Newsletter.

May is Family Violence Prevention Month
The landslide Labor win and Liberal leadership angst are momentarily occupying the media landscape. What we will point out is that it took 7 women to die in 5 days from alleged family violence for each of the major parties to put forward their Domestic Violence Policy.
Read more in our May Newsletter…https://createsend.com/t/d-2141DB27CDA983722540EF23F30FEDED

08/05/2025

Special fundraiser in Wynyard Tas.

Tomorrow is Do It For Dolly Day, we’re going BLUE to take a stand against bullying and show our support for those impacted by it.

Using art to make change is simply what Big hART and our community is about. Aaron, Dudley, and Dakota in Wynyard have decided to join together with our Wynyard Tas community orgs and youth centre to raise money for Dolly's Dream.
https://www.dollysdream.org.au/fundraisers/bekindinwynyard

Together, with thousands of Australians, we’ll go BLUE to: Speak up for those who can’t Spark conversations Raise funds to support families If you haven’t already, please donate to our page to help Dolly’s Dream continue providing critical support for young people affected by bullying. Every dollar counts. hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag

We encourage you to support this important course

02/05/2025

📢 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: WATERSHED SPACE LEASE UPDATE

It is with mixed emotions that we share that Waratah-Wynyard Council has chosen not to renew Big hART's lease on the beautiful Watershed space on the banks of the Inglis River.

In 2022, Big hART proposed to name, fund, and activate the new empty space–Watershed–and demonstrate how it might operate to deliver the maximum benefit for our community...And boy, did we over-deliver!!

Since 2022, our talented staff, guest artists, and participants, have transformed this space into a creative industries hub connecting multiple generations across the Northwest Tasmanian community. Whilst our chapter in this physical location comes to a close, we celebrate the incredible impact it has had on strengthening community resilience and connections.

Over the past three years, our programs have combined creativity, physical activities, environmental awareness, education, music, digital literacy and the arts to promote wellbeing and mental health.

Some highlights include: • Our place-based model fostering active participation and collaboration • Successful partnerships with NWSS leading to inclusive programs like Circuit Breaker • Community utilization of our commercial kitchen, event spaces, and workshop areas • Local Chef Isabel Sykes working with WHS Hospitality class on the First Foods initiative

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey, especially our dedicated young people who became irreplaceable members of our tribe, demonstrating dedication and heart at every juncture as they grew in competence and confidence inside the Watershed programs. Thank you to Wynyard High School Tasmania for their support and leaning into our youth programs and initiatives.

Whilst we may be leaving the building, our commitment to the North West Tas community and the growth and possibilities of investing in our young people remains unwavering.