Our History team has been amassing a rich collection of oral histories of Sydney since the 1980s – preserving the fascinating stories of Sydney’s finest inhabitants, who have lived, worked, …
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This year commemorates 100 years since the start of the First World War. It is thought that around 1,000 of the 450,000 Australians who fought in WWI alone were Aboriginal …
The Year of the Horse is fast approaching. As a large portion of our Asian community celebrates one of the biggest events of the year, we’re excited to see the …
If you have an idea for a short-term creative project, but your laptop-in-the-dining room or friend’s backyard just isn’t cutting it, share your idea with us and we might have …
If you’re partial to taking voyeuristic adventures through some of the best interiors in the country, you surely know about hugely successful design blog, The Design Files. Just looking at …
Guest Author: John Wardle, Live Music and Live Performance Taskforce chair It’s no secret that live music in Sydney has seen better days. In light of this, a series of …
We spend a lot of time talking about festivals and new arts and cultural projects, but the memorable and enduring urban design and architecture that makes up much of the …
The cost of rent in Sydney is a justifiably popular conversation topic at the moment. Particularly for artists and others working in a creative field, living in the inner city …
2014 marks the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar and preparations for the Sydney Chinese New Year festival are well underway. We’d like to introduce Hu Ming, a renowned …
Arresting slow-moving images of an Aboriginal woman draped in cloth are currently being projected onto the grand, 20-metre sandstone façade of the Australian Museum until early 2014. The muted, sepia-toned …
You may have noticed we’re in the midst of a plague. The city’s being overrun (although ‘run’ is probably a bit ambitious!) by gigantic neon snails. But before you reach …
We are in the most important race of the century – a sprint to create a low-carbon city by 2030. Our target is pretty ambitious – a 70% reduction in …
The annual spring event takes art outside the white box confines of a traditional gallery and uses the city’s parks, laneways, squares and railways as canvas. Our hope is that …
Ever thought about what that little green man that blinks you to walk looks like in Dresden or Montreal? The universally rendered ‘man’ is both symbolically identical across the world …
Over the next ten years, our City Centre and George Street in particular, will be transformed through one of the most significant public works projects to occur in Australia in generations. In …
We own a number of properties throughout the city that are ideally suited as workspaces to artists and others working in creative industries. We chat to Amelia Holliday, one half …
Darlinghurst natives would be familiar with the beautiful old Burton Street Tabernacle, sitting on the corner of Burton and Palmer Streets. The church was a favourite place of worship for …
This month’s Instagram gallery showcases the textures and patterns that create Sydney’s urban fabric. Use the #creativecitysyd hashtag on your Instagram photos and next month, we’ll showcase the colour blue.