Arts Organisations

Addison Road Gallery

(Hut 13)

Representing the best indigenous art for ethical collectors. Gallery space available for rent at reasonable rates. All proposals considered, especially art with a humanitarian aspect. Contact curator Terry Cutcliffe

Phone: (02) 9518 3709 (02) 9569 7056

Fax: (02) 9569 1647

Mobile: 0412 590 779

Aerialize

Sydney Aerial Theatre (Hut 16A and The Great Hall)

Sydney Aerial Theatre is Sydney’s leading aerial and circus training centre and performance company. Aerialize provides a range of classes and workshops for beginners and professionals year round. Aerialize can be found performing at festivals and functions locally and internationally.

Phone: (02) 9560 1233

Art Resistance

(Hut 24A)

Art Resistance is a media organisation, specialising in the production of high quality, affordable video programs. We are experienced in both documentary and drama production and have a wide range of project partners ranging from government organisations, community, health, environment groups, trade unions, non-government organisations and many more.

Phone: (02) 9564 1277

Mobile: 0417 220 504

Bush Music Club

(Hut 44)

Established in 1954, the Bush Music Club was named in honour of the survival in bush areas of that style of self reliant entertainment and sociability that seemed so scarce in the "big smoke". The Club's present, two-monthly magazine Mulga Wire deals with the social aspects of the present-day organisation, reviews and events.

Phone: (02) 9642 7950

EL Taller Art Studio

(Hut 38)

El Taller is an art studio that runs specific classes in sculpture and painting. It also acts as a resource group for non-English speaking background artists looking for venues, materials, tools and support to create and exhibit their work or sometimes an informal chat to exchange ideas in a friendly atmosphere.

Arts About

(Hut 22)

Hut 22 is small rehearsal and workspace for Artists and Performers. It is used by dancers, musicians, costume makers, photographers, community groups and performers to rehearse and make sets, costumes and props etc.

Radio Skid Row 88.9 FM

(Hut 23)

Radio Skid Row is a community radio station broadcasting to the municipalities of Leichhardt, Marrickville and the City of Sydney. The station has been providing access to the community for more than 25 years with more than fifteen different language groups, youth organisations and other special interest groups using the facility every week.

Office: (02) 9560 4254

Fax: (02) 9564 2771

Studio: (02) 9550 9552

Sidetrack Performance Group

(Hut 9)

Sidetrack Performance Group works with theatre artists from diverse cultural and performance backgrounds exploring and developing new ways of making and presenting theatre. Sidetrack's base in Marrickville is one of Australia's most culturally diverse locations. In its 22 years of existence it is Marrickville's diversity which has been the sustaining inspiration for the company's work.

Phone: (02) 9560 1255

Fax: (02) 9560 1255

Ultimo Project

(Hut 24)

Originally from Ultimo, The ULTIMO PROJECT is an artists’ studio collective that evolved out of the artists’ space movements of the late nineteen seventies and early nineteen eighties. These were loose collectives of artists working with an initiative from the Artworkers Union aimed towards securing affordable housing and studio spaces for artists.

Vertebrae

(Hut 39)

Graham Chalcroft has an MA in Public Art and Design for Chelsea UK and specialises in Public artworks and ephemeral installations to map and interpret unique sites of social, cultural, and ecological resonance.

Phone: (02) 9568 4208

Community Organisations

Addison Road Child Care Centre

(Hut 40)

The Addison Road Child Care Centre is a non-profit Marrickville Council run long day care centre, catering for children 0-5 years of age. The centre is open from 7.30am-6pm, Monday to Friday. The centre currently has over 20 different cultural groups represented in the families enrolled at the service.

Phone: (02) 9560 1368

Brazilian Community Association of Australia

(Hut 45B)

The Brazilian Community Council of Australia Inc. is a not for profit association founded in 1994, which aims to provide assistance and to represent the Brazilian Community and to promote Brazilian culture in Australia

Children's Services Central

(Hut 21)

Children's Service Central is the organisation devoted to the needs of the children’s services sector, providing information and training for child care organisations throughout the state.

Phone: (02) 8922 6444

Fax: (02) 8922 6445

Free Call: 1800 157 818

Community Child Care Cooperative

(Hut 6)

Community Child Care Co-operative Ltd (NSW) – (CCCC) is the not-for-profit peak organisation for Children’s Services in NSW that has operated for 30 years. We aim to promote, support and advocate for quality children's services that meet the needs of children, their families and the community.

Phone: (02) 8922 6444

Fax: (02) 8922 6445

Ethnic Child Care

(Hut 3)

ECCF&CS is a non-profit community based organisation. It provides information, resources, referral, advocacy, consultation, training, support and assistance in the areas of children, disability and aged services in order to ensure that every Australian from non-English speaking background is provided with the opportunity to participate and receive services relevant to their linguistic, cultural and religious needs.

Phone: (02) 9569 1288

Fax: (02) 9564 2772

Greek Cultural Association /Hellenic Art Theatre

(Hut 36)

Latin American House

(Hut 47)

Hut 47 is the meeting place of various Latin-American solidarity groups with the purpose of supporting different social and human rights projects in places like Argentina, Chile, Cuba and Uruguay. We support these projects through fundraising, festivals and a classical Latin-American BBQ that is held in the hut every Sunday from midday. Every second Saturday afternoon we hold a forum where there is a discussion of current Latin-American affairs.

Law Consumers

(Hut 36)

Phone: (02) 9564 6933

Fax: (02) 9564 2633

Roomies

(Hut 43)

Roomies is an award winning art group and part of the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre's Boarding House Project. Roomies, the name of previous group exhibitions, takes the tradition of boarding house roomies into a new space, where the roomies share their art experience.

Phone: (02) 9516 4755

Turkish Welfare Association

(Hut 35)

The Turkish Welfare Association was established in 1969 at Marrickville under the name of Sydney Turkish Association. As a result of changes, in 1974 it was renamed the Turkish Welfare Association.

Phone: (02) 9649 7502

Fax: (02) 9649 6548

Yoga Track

(Hut 16B)

At Yoga Track we work with our students to develop their understanding of yoga, and inspire them to become yoga practitioners. We provide classes in the Iyengar Yoga Method and practical and progressive approaches to learning asana and pranayama

Phone: 0405 647 868 (Gary) 0414 558 604 (Don) 0439 877 275 (Claire)

Environment Groups

Bower Reuse & Repair Centre

(Hut 34)

The Bower is a non-profit community cooperative dedicated to the recovery and re-use of household and office waste. We operate a repair centre and re-sale shop from our beautiful straw bale building.

Phone: (02) 9568 6280

Fax: (02) 9564 1034

ARC Community Garden

Located in the south western boundary area behind the Greek and Turkish buildings, the community garden is a delightful space which is currently being developed an organic garden open to the community for participation.

Greening Australia

(Hut 1)

Greening Australia is passionate about protecting and restoring the health, diversity and productivity of our unique Australian landscapes.

Phone: (02) 9560 9144

Fax: (02) 9550 0576

Marrickville Community Nursery

(Hut 2)

Marrickville Community Nursery is a wholesale nursery specialising in growing local native plants for special projects, such as Landcare, school plantings, and council giveaways; and small scale sales to the local community. The Nursery has a small bush garden, a Green and Golden Bell Frog pond and is an environmental education site for local schools and community groups.

Reverse Garbage Co-Operative

(Hut 8)

Reverse Garbage is a non-profit community based collective, dedicated to reducing the amount of waste going to landfill

Individual Artists