River Studios
Nestled on the edge of the Maribyrnong River, 41-59 Sims St West Melbourne was transformed and refurbished by Creative Spaces in collaboration with award winning Breathe Architecture in 2010. After sitting vacant for over 20 years, River Studios now holds 63 artist studios, with nearly 80 emerging and established artists working over three levels.
Through a new unprecedented model of development, the City of Melbourne was able to lease the 3000m2 building from the private sector to provide affordable workspace for artists. River Studios is a partnership between the City of Melbourne, Creative Victoria and the owner of the building (Tabilk Nominees). Each party contributed $100,000 towards the building’s refurbishment, which included a lift for disability access.
Building work occurred over a period of 16 weeks. Adaptive re-use of buildings is a sustainable practice that the City of Melbourne actively promotes through its 1200 Buildings program, and as a result the project used recycled materials and prioritised low-cost innovative use of space.
In 2011, River Studios won the Australian Institute of Architecture (VIC) award for Small Projects. Projects in this category were constrained by space or cost restrictions, but had achieved a level of invention, creativity and craftsmanship.
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Featured Artists
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STEFANIE ROBINSON
Sculptor -
MILOS PELIKAN
Artist -
VINCENZA FAZZALORI
Visual Artist -
MAX LAWRENCE WHITE
Painter -
PAULINE DELANEY
Glass Artist -
ALF CARUANA
Photographic Artist -
SIMONE DECKERS
Textile Designer -
LIN TOBIAS
Visual Artist -
ELOISE LINKLATER
Print-based Artist -
ELKE MEITZEL
Lens-based Artist -
SEAN WHITTAKER
Artist -
LES RABINOWICZ
Painter -
WILL AINGER
Graphic Designer -
MEG STOIOS
Artist -
MARTY GORDON
Designer -
SANDRA VALLIANOS
Jewellery and Object Designer -
ZAN WIMBERLEY
Photographer and Artist -
YOLLK
Fashion Design/Clothing label -
OLIVE MADE
Textile Artist/Designer -
KATIE STARKEY
EMERGING VISUAL ARTIST -
DAVID MORTON
Artist -
TIRION RODWELL
THEATRICAL COSTUME MAKER -
MJ FLAMIANO
Visual artist -
TERRY HARMONY WILKINSON
Portrait Artist -
KATAYOUN JAVAN
Photographer -
INBAL NISSIM
Painter -
JULIE DAMMERY
Artist -
ALLISON ORTON
Painter -
CORALIE KANE
Artist -
STILL NOMADS
Artist -
DIANNE DICKSON
Digital and Film Artist -
ROZE ELIZABETH
Screen Printer -
OSLO DAVIS
Drawer -
GRIS METAL
Fashion Design (Accessories) -
RETROPOPSTOP
Online Retro Store -
OLIVIA MA
Ceramic Artist -
SUSANNAH WILLIAMS
Mixed Media Artist -
JULIA HIGGS
Visual artist -
KATE CRAWFORD
Installation/Sculpture -
TATJANA ESTE
Visual Artist -
KIM SACHS
Artist -
NANCY D LANE
Found object assemblage artist -
LAURA WILLIAMS
Artist -
KAREN BUTLER
Art & Design Practitioner -
EDA TEVRIZCI
Marbling (Ebru) Artist -
EZGI SERT
Marbling Artist -
BRIDGETTE MCNAB
Painter -
MARION ABRAHAM
Painter -
KERRI RYAN
Maker in Textiles -
NICOLE MACDONALD
Visual Artist -
DWAYNE HUTTON
Painter -
BRIDGET BALDWIN
Artist -
FRANCES E ALLEN
Textile Artist & Illustrator -
LAURIE FRANKLIN
Artist -
LANA LOGAM
Artist -
IGNACIO ROJAS
Painter and Art Educator
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