Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centre, Carriageworks, says the sudden cancellation and postponement of six months of works due to the Covid-19 lockdown has caused an irreparable loss of income, giving it no other choice but to appoint voluntary administrators.
“With restrictions on social gatherings likely to remain in place for some time to come, the board determined that it had no alternative but to place the company into voluntary administration,” Carriageworks CEO Blair French said in a statement.
“Following the earlier loss of shifts for casual staff, in early April we stood down almost half of our core staff and asked those remaining to move to a three-day week. Focussing on essential work only, we have been striving to find a way through the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown.”
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The inner-west arts company, which presents work by hundreds of artists and companies from around Australia and the world each year, generates 75 per cent of its revenue outside of government funding, primarily through on-site events and programs.
The arts hub opened in 2007 and each year hosts one million visitors –…
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