Shopfront Arts Co-Op

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-108301

Hansard session: Fifty-Seventh Parliament, First Session (57-1)

Shopfront Arts Co-Op

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley) (21:28):

:06 On 15 August I attended the Shopfront Arts Co-op for its foundation laying ceremony to celebrate its expansion to becoming a dedicated youth arts facility serving the St George area. The expansion includes the construction of a new multipurpose performance space and other community rooms that will be shared with community and arts organisations. This significant expansion will allow Shopfront to support an additional 1,160 young people per year, including young people at risk of disengaging from the school system, those at risk of entering the juvenile justice system and emerging artists with a disability.

I am pleased that the New South Wales Government was able to provide much-needed funding through the ClubGRANTS program and Create NSW's Arts and Cultural Funding Program to support this great project. Thank you to CEO Daniel Potter and to the rest of the Shopfront team for providing young people with training and development opportunities to allow them to bring their ideas to life.