Exhibition Profile
The NETAC Festival is now in its fiftieth year and in this time over 6,000 pieces of art have been exhibited. Each year the Festival and exhibition ran throughout the June long weekend.As it's our Golden Anniversary, we have decided on doing something different, and the Festival will be a Spring affair running through from 13th to 15th September 2024.
The James Scott Decorative Arts Society (JSDAS)
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The James Scott Decorative Arts Society is an incorporated association formed in 2012. We are a registered business, have Australian Charities and Not for Profits (ACNC) registration and Direct Grant Recipient (DGR) status. We are annually audited by a registered accounting firm. The first major project undertaken by JSDAS was the restoration and preservation of the Scottsdale Mechanics’ Hall, the venue of the NETAC Festival. After that our first venture into the ‘Arts’ was with the Bakhap Award for Sculpture a $10,000 acquisitive sculpture award run by us to recognise and encourage the development of the arts. The award is named after Thomas Bakhap, a man who had links with the Chinese community in the North East of Tasmania, and who went on to represent the region at the start of the 20th century as a popular politician at both the State and Federal levels. |
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The North-East Tasmania Arts and Crafts Festival (NETAC)
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Beginning in 1973 Scottsdale hosted a NETAC Festival over the June long weekend and for the first 30 years the Scottsdale Mechanics’ Hall was where the exhibition was located. In 2021, the JSDAS Committee stepped in and now run the festival.
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