A new government scheme aimed at writers and artists will seek to stem an exodus of creatives from Sydney.
The NSW government and the City of Sydney will join forces to create a pool of affordable working spaces for artists and creatives currently locked out of Sydney by soaring rents.
Hayes Theatre Company rehearsing in the City of Sydney’s creative studios on Bathurst Street on Wednesday. It features 30 spaces across five storeys of the Greenland Centre and includes rehearsal spaces, recording and editing suites, visual art studios, workshop and screening rooms.Sydney’s proposed Creative Land Trust is closely modelled on the same-name scheme launched by the City of London in 2019 to fix its acute shortage of rehearsal and studio spaces.
“Like other major world cities, Sydney is finding that creative spaces are getting squeezed out. We’re losing that battle.” Its first permanent building opened in March 2023, providing 180 long-term affordable workspaces for 400 artists, with another two buildings to open later this year, as it advances to its goal to help secure affordable studio space for more than 1000 artists.
Moore said the trust would work as an independent, not-for-profit entity with a board of trustees that take land out of the private market and place it in the hands of the cultural sector in perpetuity.
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