Redfern’s much beloved 107 Projects located at 107 Redfern Street is on track for its creative re-imagining.
Since 2012, 107 Projects has supported a diversity of cultural and community programs and activities. These included courses, art exhibitions, live music performances, theatre and dance within the multi-venue space. It has hosted some 25,000 artists with over 200,000 visitors.
The venue was handed back to the City of Sydney Council in 2024, and the Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel is playing a lead role in providing advice and guidance on the future of the site, including the development of an expressions of interest process to appoint an Aboriginal manager.
Nathan Moran, CEO of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, which is a member of the Advisory Panel, says: “We are in contact with the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative and Moogahlin Performing Arts, among others, to get the ball rolling.”
Nathan is extremely excited to finally have a community hub which will be run in a collaborative spirit. Locals and visitors will be able to drop by to experience an immersive and authentic Indigenous experience.
The City of Sydney and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel officiated the walk-through in April and the City of Sydney will be looking for formal expressions of interest in the coming months.
