Welcome
to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
We specialise in creative residencies, exhibitions, events and specialty retail and hospitality experiences.
We focus on creative projects which bring together socially engaged, situational and interdisciplinary practices to connect diverse audiences and artists in ways that stimulate, inspire and question.
Our passion is connecting people from different disciplines, generations and cultural backgrounds to create lasting social connections through the medium of art and conversation.
We work with leading thinkers, makers and writers from Australia and elsewhere – poets, educators, musicians, visual artists, playwrights, scientists, dancers, designers and crafts/tradespeople.
All income generated through correspondences is re-invested in creating social benefits for the creatives and communities engaged.
Success is measured by:
— artistic development outcomes
— access and participation outcomes
— social inclusion outcomes
— local/regional/international community partnering outcomes.
Head to our News/Stories page to learn more.
In June 2022, correspondences opened its first permanent multipurpose creative space on beautiful Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country at No.39 Sydney Road in Brunswick.
The space extended the organisation’s focus to include an annual creative residency program and related exhibitions/events alongside an ancillary retail and hospitality service that helps us to get to know our communities while funding our activities.
The creative program includes:
— an annual creative residency program featuring four leading artists from diverse generations, cultures and disciplines for three months at a time;
—site-specific research, making, publishing, exhibitions, live performances, workshops, talks and events presented by the residents and collaborating guest artists and thinkers from Australia and elsewhere – poets, educators, musicians/composers, visual artists, playwrights, scientists, dancers, designers and more;
— special print publications, limited edition artist prints and online publishing (text, image, sound and moving image).
—an annual professional development program for early-career producers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Our services include curatorship, exhibition design, publishing, creative production, events/project management, specialty retail and hospitality and advice on buying art for your home or workplace. Find out more via the button below.
No.39 Sydney Road is a site for multi-disciplinary artistic research, making, collaboration, experimentation, exhibition and audience engagement. It is also a gathering point for our resident creatives, patrons, and communities to mingle, meet and be in one intimate, welcoming space.
You can join us for a coffee or glass of sake, find a special gift, acquire artwork, borrow a book from our community library, enjoy an open house talk or workshop/class with one of our residents/collaborators or attend a live performance or reading by an Australian musician or writer.
Our evolving event program is accessible online refer here. For more on our retail, hospitality, community library, and art acquisition services, head to our Initiatives menu from the main welcome page.
The day-to-day operations of correspondences is managed by Emma Thomson with the support of a small skilled team of contracted experts and workers, including a dedicated roster of wonderful volunteers.
For each creative residency and a small selection of associated special projects, an intern from the University of Melbourne is recruited to work alongside Emma and the resident.
Our current and former interns are pictured below with our residents. Head to our Viewing Rooms and Stories pages to learn more about our Creative Collaborators.
Our wonderful partners and supporters evolve on a project by project basis. Some of our regulars are listed below - with some recent changes to be announced soon! We also have many wonderful private patrons who support the work we do.
We extend our warmest thanks to all of our partners, supporters and friends.
We email our supporters regularly with updates on our creative program. To stay in touch, subscribe and follow us on social media. To hire our space for a private event, email info@correspondences.work. Volunteer expressions of interest are warmly welcomed. More details are available on our Support page. We look forward to connecting.
