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Future Culture: Artist-in-residence, Cassandra Li – Reflections

On the 18th of June 2025, we wrapped up our first iteration of Future Culture – our pipeline program that embedded two early-career artists (Cassandra Li & Emma Pham) as …
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Future Culture: Artist-in-residence, Emma Pham – Reflections

On the 18th of June 2025, we wrapped up our first-ever iteration of Future Culture – our pipeline program that embedded two early-career artists (Cassandra Li & Emma Pham) as …
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Wrapping up Future Culture 2025

Last week, we wrapped up our program Future Culture and what can we say – the future is indeed BEAMING! Over the past nine months, we have had the privilege of learning …
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Meet the HOLDING SPACE 2025: Rituals of Welcome artists

Our HOLDING SPACE program recently kicked off! On the 5th of May 2025, a few of the selected artists came together to share their own ritual of welcome and collective intention for …
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Future Culture: Marketing Session with Rizcel Gagawanan

This blog was written by Future Culture Arts Worker Intern, Kirsten Maglalang, and has reflections from Future Culture Artist in Residence, Emma Pham. On April 16th, CuriousWorks had its second …
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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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Testing Grounds + Mental Landscapes

Testing Grounds last meeting of the year included reflection and evaluation across the past year and a mental landscape exercise.
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Last Utopia Workshop of the Year

Students from Liverpool Boys and Liverpool Girls have been creating new works at the Utopia workshops.
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CuriousWorks at the 2024 New Beginnings Festival

Artists Ali Resvani, Leila Beigli and Khishkok Abdo will be showcasing new work at the SSI New Beginning's Festival.
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Travelling with Homelands Tour 2023

CuriousWorks partnered with SSI for the Homelands Regional Arts Tour, showcasing artworks from Stories of Welcome and the Refugee Artist Development Program.
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CuriousWorks introduces the 2023 Testing Grounds Artists

CuriousWorks is proud to introduce the 2023 cohort of Testing Grounds artists: Kayla Hill, Nicole Cadelina and Sarah Leigh Carroll.
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Testing Grounds Applications Open Now!

Applications are now open for Testing Grounds, a CuriousWorks creative development and personal mentorship program for early career Western Sydney-based creatives.
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Urban Stories: En Route Celebrates 2022

CuriousWorks held their annual showcase, Urban Stories: En Route, celebrating grassroots and emerging artist projects and programs of 2022.
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Urban Stories: En Route farewells CuriousWorks CEO

Urban Stories: En Route was a celebration of artists, works-in-progress, process, and a farewell to our CEO, Vanessa Hyde.
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Urban Stories: En Route Coming Soon!

CuriousWorks annual end of year showcase, Urban Stories, is coming to Blacktown Arts!
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Meet the folks in Testing Grounds

Testing Grounds is an experimental creative development and mentorship program run by CuriousWorks. Meet the Testing Grounds participants for 2022!
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GEN2168 is Building Creative Futures at Liverpool

The CuriousWorks Gen2168 Youth Arts Festival in Miller invited changemakers and dreamers from the Liverpool area to be creative.
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Mount Druitt Press Conference: First Nations

On June 11th, the Museum of Contemporary Art hosted the 1st 2021 Mount Druitt Press Conference, featuring First Nations youth.
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Mount Druitt Press Conference – Applications NOW OPEN

FUNPARK is looking for speakers for 2021’s Mount Druitt Press Conference program. Applications now open!
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Claymation Characters at Learning Ground

Learning Ground participants are making fantastical clay creatures at their Term 1 workshops.
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CuriousWorks goes Digital with Urban Stories: WFH

CuriousWork's Urban Stories: WFH celebrates the end of 2020 with its annual showcase livestream.
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Bidwill’s FUNPARK: A Documentary Premieres Online

Bidwill's FUNPARK, a documentary about the first FUNPARK, premiered online on December 5th, 2020.
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The Social Revolutionaries Return!

The 2020 FUNPARK Online program hailed the return of the Mt. Druitt Press Conference, a curated conversation between young community leaders in Bidwill.
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FUNPARK is Online!

FUNPARK 2020 is on - bringing magic, creativity and togetherness to Bidwill and beyond online.
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ReFILL on Record for 2019

ReFILL 2019 program was jam-packed this year!
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My Name Is… Around the World

My name is Mohamed and Raghad We don’t exist here anymore has continued to reach audiences around the world.
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Curious Creators at ChangeFest!

ChangeFest19 - Be the Change!
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Urban Stories: Prototype

Urban Stories: Prototype, CuriousWorks 2019 Annual Showing was a generous, welcoming look at CuriousWorks past, present + future.
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Spring 2019 | Watch Us Bloom at Urban Stories

CuriousWorks Sprint 2019 newsletter and an invitation to Urban Stories: Prototype.
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Fighting for 2770

"We shouldn’t just be known for bad news headlines or a shitty documentary that dramatizes our lives." Daisy Montalvo on why programs like FUNPARK matter.