Blue Mountains Creative Spaces

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Over the past six months, Council's Cultural Development Team have been working on new opportunities to support Blue Mountains artists and creative people—including affordable work spaces, studios, and even performance laboratories. It's all part of our strategy to do more things that support local artists, creative people, and cultural projects. We've put together this form to make it easy to express interest in the projects we have in the works.

First up—open now—are the Braemar Creative Spaces, located in Springwood 's historic Braemar House (and just across the hall from our Braemar Gallery). Blue Mountains City Council has renovated three rooms, and we are now offering them to creative people as affordable day studios, project desks, or low-impact development space. The interior also includes toilets, kitchenette, WiFi, basic furnishings (as well as connections to the Springwood Library in back and Blue Mountains Theatre next door).

Our team are also working to develop additional creative spaces in the coming year—including opportunities and studios in the revitalised Katoomba Civic Arcade, a recycling-based artist residency at Council's Katoomba Resource Recovery & Waste Management Facility, and potential music rehearsal spaces in Blaxland. And for 2025, we are working to turn Wentworth Falls School of Arts into a laboratory for new stage work, performing arts residencies, and a readily accessible venue for Blue Mountains musicians, dancers, and theatre artists.

If you are a local artist in need of creative space, then please keep reading. To let us know you are interested in our upcoming Braemar Creative Spaces (or other future possibilities), simply complete and submit the following form. Our Cultural Development team will get back to you with information about the next steps!

Your Name

Your Village/Suburb

Website (if you have one)

Mobile Phone:

Optional: Tell us a bit about your background and recent creative work.

Which of the following would you need at Braemar Creative Spaces?

A dedicated studio/room for myself (7 days per week)

A dedicated studio/room for myself (a few days each week)

A dedicated studio/room for my organisation, group, collective, creative team (7 days per week)

A dedicated studio/room for my organisation, group, collective, creative team (a few days per week)

A dedicated desk for myself in a shared studio/room (7 days per week)

A dedicated desk for myself in a shared studio/room (several days per week)

A hot desk that I could use occasionally or without a set schedule, and on-site locker/storage

A hot desk that I could use occasionally or without a set schedule, without locker/storage

Occasional board, committee, or group meeting space (room and large table) as scheduled use

Creative project presentation space (intended for an invited/public audience)

I don't want a studio or desk at Braemar Creative Spaces, but am looking for project, workshop, performance, or studio space

Other:

Briefly describe how you would utilise the space (e.g. compose music, work at a desk, develop a project, create animation, edit video, etc).

Beyond the opening of Braemar Creative Spaces, our team is also planning other potential artist studios, temporary project spaces, and performing arts development platforms. Select any of the below, and we will try to match you up or support your need.

Studio space in downtown Katoomba with sink/wet facilities

A comfortable space to deliver workshops, creative development sessions, life drawing, performing arts classes, etc

Dedicated creative development space at a waste treatment facility for art that utilises reclaimed materials

I want to create and present new work at Wentworth Falls School of Arts

A smaller black box or theatre space to develop small-scale stage works

A music rehearsal or recording studio

An industrial space or warehouse

Meeting space for a board, book club, poetry discussion, etc

I am looking for something else to support my projects or new work

Other:

Costs for our new creative spaces will be affordable and based on use, venue, on-site support, and other factors. To help us with pricing, if you have a comfortable monthly budget limit for (temporary or ongoing) future creative space, please indicate below.

$0 — I need space and require support/subsidy

$50-100 / month — I only need a small space and shared/collective venue

$100-300 / month — dedicated small space, desk, regular/ongoing use

$300-500 / month — larger or fully dedicated space

$500-1000 / — entire studio, daily use, etc.

Other:

And finally, do you have any suggestions or ideas to share (anything really) with our Cultural Development Team?

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