About
Carriageworks is one of Australia’s most renowned and significant contemporary multi-arts organisations. We support artists and producers to develop and present major new works in performance, visual arts and related artforms. Reflecting the diverse communities of urban Sydney, our artist-led program is ambitious, radical and always inclusive.
Carriageworks Farmers Market is a Sydney institution, providing the freshest seasonal produce every Sat from 8am – 1pm.
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PROGRAM
History
Carriageworks was built between 1880 and 1889 as part of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. By the 1900s several thousand people worked here, building and maintaining locomotive engines and carriages for the expanding rail network. Those workers shaped the development of our city for over 100 years.
The Carriageworks site was one of the first places to employ Aboriginal people on an equal basis. It is also the place where generations of new migrants were first employed. In 1917, it was within these walls that the Great Strike started, which saw thousands of workers march on NSW Parliament and, through sheer power in numbers, shut it down.
In 2007, the site was redeveloped as a cultural precinct. Today, Carriageworks is one of Australia’s most renowned and significant contemporary multi-arts organisations.
RESIDENT COMPANIES
Team
BOARD
Cass O’Connor (Chair)
Geoff Ainsworth AM
Michael Gonski
Andrew Maiden
Matthew McCarron
Gitanjali Bhalla
Sani Townson
Cameron Honey
Timothy Snape (Observer)
EXECUTIVE
Chief Executive Officer Blair French
Executive Assistant Chantel Bann
Director, First Nations Programs Jacob Boehme
Director, Partnerships & Communication Enid Charlton
Director, Commercial Andrew Demetriou
Director, Events & Production Kri Leitner
Director, Corporate Services Mike Worner
Test
Senior Curator, Performance
Claire Hicks
Curator, Programs
Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley
Assistant Curator, Visual Arts
Stephanie Berlangieri
Education Officer, Solid Ground
Debbie Higgison
Senior Producer, First Nations Programs
Pippa Bailey
Program Assistant, First Nations Programs
Katherine Stone
Performance Program Producer
Lillian Silk
Head of Marketing
Electra Foley
Digital Marketing Manager
Ben Allison
Ticketing and Customer Relations Coordinator
Lena Li
Marketing Assistant
Jayce Carrano
Visitor Services Officer
Eddie Gock
Eleni Vergotis
Fundraising Manager
Camilla Chapman
Partnerships Manager
Jannah Anderson
Commercial Account Manager
Michelle Cao
Commercial Account Manager
Emma Carson
Commercial Coordinator
Ruby Goldman
Manager, Major Events
Chantel Bann
Producer, Events
Blake Robinson
Producer, Events
Cynthia Loh
Visitor Experience Manager
Georgina Grisold
Production Manager
Dominic Hamra
Technical Manager
Dean Odgers
Technical Supervisor
Jared Wilson
Farmers Markets Creative Director
Mike McEnearney
Producer, Food Events
Jessica Abrahams
Assistant Producer, Food Events
Spencer Morrow
Finance and Administrative Manager
Janine Peukert
Finance and Administrative Manager (Maternity Cover)
Alex Malinowski
Head of Operations
Megan Davis
Building Facilities Assistant
Rodrigo Arriaza
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Key images top to bottom: Matthew Day, Keir Choreographic Award, Carriageworks, Image Gregory Lorenzutti 2014; Eveleigh Railyards, Sydney, Image Supplied; St. Vincent, Carriageworks, Image Daniel Boud 2018