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.

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.

RESIDENTS

Team

BOARD

Michael Gonski(Chair)
Geoff Ainsworth AM
Andrew Maiden
Tony Nimac
Gitanjali Bhalla
Cameron Honey
Robi Stanton

Laura Berry

Jake Thomson

Board Biographies

 

EXECUTIVE

Chief Executive Officer Fergus Linehan
Executive Assistant Lucy Hallett
Senior Curator, Visual Arts Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley
Interim Director, Programming Claire Hicks
Director, Corporate Services Mike Worner
Director, Commercial & Partnerships Andrew Demetriou
Director, Events & Production Kri Leitner
Head of Marketing and Communications Miranda Cookman
Head of Philanthropy Camilla Chapman
Head of Safety and Compliance Jack Audas Preston
Major Events Manager Chantel Bann

Interim Director, Programming
Claire Hicks

Senior Curator, Visual Arts
Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley

Producer, Performance
Michelle Cao

Producer, Solid Ground
Felix May

Coordinator, Solid Ground
Tuneah Plumb

Head of Marketing and Communications
Miranda Cookman

Head of Philanthropy
Camilla Chapman

Ticketing and CRM Manager
Ollie Lee

Communications Manager
Marissa Giannone
Digital Marketing Manager
Georgina Ryke

Marketing Assistant
Jayce Carrano

Visitor Services Officer
Eddie Gock
Hannah Roberts

Director, Commercial & Partnerships
Andrew Demetriou

Commercial Account Manager
Hannah Spencer

Commercial Account Manager
Jacqueline De La Rosa

Commercial Account Manager
Emma Carson

Commercial Coordinator
Ruby Goldman

Partnerships Manager
Jannah Anderson

Director, Events & Production
Kri Leitner

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

Director, Corporate Services
Mike Worner

Head of Safety and Compliance
Jack Audas Preston

Finance and Administration Manager
Janine Peukert

Finance and Administration Assistant
Eleanor McLeod

Finance and Administrative Assistant
Alexandra Sava

Facilities Manager
Will Brownley

Building Facilities Assistant
Rodrigo Arriaza

JOIN THE TEAM

View our current vacancies.

Key images top to bottom: Emmanuel James Brown in Jurrungu Ngan-ga. Marrugeku, 2021. Photo by Abby Murray; Eveleigh Railyards, Sydney, Image Supplied; Astral People Party, Vivid Sydney 2023. Photo by Jordan Munns.