Written by: CuriousWorks
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Creative Producer, Miranda Aguilar’s reflections – Community of Practice | Celebrating CACD Training

This opportunity to join this community of practice program felt like it came at the right time. I didn’t want to apply at first. I had just taken on running …
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The Importance of Check In’s & Check Outs

Miranda Aguilar is a Creative Producer at CuriousWorks, running programs like Everything is Writing, Testing Grounds, Fetch Quest, and more. Here, they share the importance of doing check in’s and check outs …
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Introducing the Future Culture 2024-25 Cohort

On February 12th, CuriousWorks had its first Future Culture session of the year based on sharing learnings around community arts and cultural development. It was great to meet and connect …
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An Interview with Artist, CJ Verita | Open Door Days

During our Open Door Days last year, Kiri & Miranda connected with the incredible CJ Verita, who is an artist/writer with spoken word poetry and digital art being her primary mediums. We recently …
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CuriousWorks Summer Newsletter 2025

Hi everyone, Hope that 2025 has treated you kindly so far! Before we dive into what we have on the horizon, let’s take a moment to applaud Tender which recently wrapped up at …
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Everything Is Writing: We’re Still Here

Everything is writing. Outlining is writing. Brainstorming is writing. Reading is research, and research is writing! Led by facilitator Miranda Aguilar, this year, Everything is Writing: We’re Still Here is …
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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST New Management Committee Members – CuriousWorks

The Management Committee of CuriousWorks is seeking to expand in number and expertise in line with our Strategic Plan 2024-2028 to ensure representation across our communities of focus. The opportunity CuriousWorks is seeking …
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CuriousWorks Welcomes New Senior Creative Producer

The team at CuriousWorks is thrilled to welcome Vandana Ram as our new Senior Creative Producer! Vandana brings deep experience in community-based arts practice and cultural development to CuriousWorks. Vandana has …
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Testing Grounds Has Wrapped Up for 2024

Testing Grounds recently wrapped up for 2024! To celebrate, we took some time out to reflect on what we learned and took from the year. These reflections culminated in these last …
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CuriousWorks Welcomes New Chair

CuriousWorks Welcomes New Chair of the Management Committee CuriousWorks extends a warm and appreciative welcome to the newly appointed Chair of our Management Committee: Ameer Ali. Ameer Ali is a senior …
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Crafting Applications: Learnings from the Future Culture Callout

How do you build a more relevant, equitable, sustainable and future-focused arts culture? You invest time and money in the people; and you create multi-directional opportunities for sharing, learning and …
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CuriousWorks Spring Newsletter 2024: Tender, Future Culture & Senior Creative Producer

Hi everyone, The hills are alive! Hope everyone is soaking in all the warm sunshine. Not only is spring in full bloom, but so are the incredible artists that we’ve …
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CuriousWorks is Hiring: Senior Creative Producer

CuriousWorks is seeking a Senior Creative Producer to join the team.  Role: Senior Creative Producer on a fixed term basis – 1 FTE (5 days/week preferred. Part-time can be considered for …
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CuriousWorks: Wellbeing Day 2024

On the 23rd of October 2024, we had our annual Wellbeing Day where we took ourselves on a day out together to pause, reflect, and rest. We all brought a …
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Fat Chats: The Role & Responsibility of the Artist

CuriousWorks’ last Fat Chats of 2024, led by Jenny Trinh, was all about the following question, “What is the role and/or responsibility of the artist?” Like every other year, it’s …
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Let’s give a warm welcome to the Future Culture 2024-25 cohort!

We’re so excited to have these four wonderful individuals join CuriousWorks for the next 9 months! We welcomed Kirsten Maglalang, Kobra Sayyadi, Emma Pham and Cassandra Li into our team …
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CuriousWorks and Sydney Opera House present TENDER | Opening Night Highlights

The opening night of Tender was the epitome of how art connects us in myriad ways. There’s a special magic in how it brings us together – sparking awe, conversations, tears, and …
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Fat Chats: Purpose

CuriousWorks' recent Fat Chats of 2024, led by Kiriaki Zakinthinos, was all about purpose. The space gave us the golden opportunity to dig deep into our own WHY and CuriousWorks' …
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Future Culture FAQ

Applications close this Sunday for our program Future Culture! We’re inviting EOIs for the following opportunities to work with CuriousWorks that will run as salaried, casual, fixed-term, one-day-a-week positions from …
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Farewell, Diego Murillo

CuriousWorks bids a fond farewell to Diego Murillo as he moves on to Western Sydney University. Friday, 2nd of August 2024 marks his last day at CuriousWorks. Where do we …
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Everything is Writing: 2024 Wrap-up

Everything is Writing has officially wrapped up for 2024!
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Fat Chats: AI & Cybersecurity

CuriousWorks' recent Fat Chats of 2024, led by Miranda Aguilar and Andrea Nealy, were topics that naturally flowed into each other – AI and Cybersecurity. It gave us the space …
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CuriousWorks Staff Updates: Creative Producer & Communications Officer

CuriousWorks' Miranda Aguilar is now fully embodying their role of Creative Producer & we welcome Jenny Trinh as our new Communications Officer.
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CuriousWorks introduces the 2024 Testing Grounds artists

CuriousWorks is proud to introduce the 2024 cohort of Testing Grounds artists: Addy Fong, Cristobal Olguin & Wendy Qi Zhang.
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FunPark & Western Sydney Mixtape presents The Mixtape

On the 8th of June 2024, FunPark and Western Sydney Mixtape joined to forces to present The Mixtape. Photos by Bryana Fe Wicks Mount Druitt Community Hall was buzzing with …
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CuriousWorks Welcomes New Management Committee Members + Separate Governance from Co-Curious

CuriousWorks extends a warm and appreciative welcome to two newly appointed members of our Management Committee: Anthony Lowe and Sonia Chandra. This follows CuriousWorks and Co-Curious separating governance after six …
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Fat Chats: Reflexivity and Evaluation

CuriousWorks' last Fat Chat of 2023, led by Kiriaki Zakinthinos, was on reflexivity and evaluation. It provided an opportunity for everyone to consider our own relationships with our work over …
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Everything Is Writing: A New Workshop Program

Everything is Writing is a series of unserious writing and creativity workshops for adults. Open from April 17th - June 26th - register now!
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Testing Grounds Throwback: Seven Questions with Kim Pham

Kim Pham, a Testing Grounds participant from 2022, answers seven questions about her time with the program.
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2024 Testing Grounds is Back!

Applications are open for the 2024 Testing Grounds program! Applications close Monday, 1 April 11:59PM.