"Drop in and Draw" art lessons, a rock and roll dance class and the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre were some of the highlights for River of Art Festival co-chair Dianne Jay.
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Ms Jay said the union of visual arts, dance, music and other creative arts was critical to a successful festival.
About 1500 art lovers attended the River of Dreams exhibition at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre (the BAS), Moruya, across the 10-day festival that finished May 27.
With 250 people at the exhibition opening, Ms Jay said it was a record for the festival exhibition.
The collaboration between River of Art and the Narooma Rotary Club to organise the Narooma Busking Festival was also at the heart of the art festival.
"That's really what River of Art is about," she said.
"We provide an umbrella for community and charitable organisations, for school groups, those with an interest in hosting an arts event to become part of the program."
Ms Jay said the Kinema Kaberet Burlesque Circus sold 110 tickets for the one-night show, which exceeded her expectations.
"The burlesque girls gave everyone a good belly laugh," she said.
"To see a show that stylish, that pulled-together ... is not something people get to enjoy down here very often."
Ms Jay said the rock-and-roll dance classes and concert "went off like a rocket" with over 100 people at the concert.
"They had people coming as far as Wollongong and Sydney to be a part of that," she said.
"And of course everyone was dressed up in their rock-and-roll outfits."
The "Drop in and Draw" with Ruth Hassell at the Air Raid Tavern was another fun and exciting event.
"There was a live model and people were taught from an experienced artist," Ms Jay said.
"People were drinking beer or glasses of wine and drawing ... it didn't matter if people hadn't picked up a pencil before in their lives.
"Everyone got right into it."
She said there was about 30 open studios this year - a record number.
The "Art on Parade" was also popular, with festival organisers wanting to provide a network next year for artists and businesses to connect.
Ms Jay said the mural paintings Duncan Irving and Bjarni Wark created as part of the parade in Moruya were great ways for members of the public to engage with art.
The "Artists in Conversation" addition to the 2019 program was another hit. Talks with award-winning artists Wendy Sharpe and Graham Fransella were "sell-out events, sold out some days before the actual dinners".
Ms Jay said 13,500 programs were distributed from Wollongong to Bega and there was a high attendance rate from art-lovers outside the region.
"It provides economic development opportunities and a large burst of tourists before everyone hibernates for the winter," she said.
Ms Jay said festival organisers were already discussing ideas for next year's festival.
