Meet The Artists

Artists supported in our Creatives Program include professional developments and projects that are in their first or second stage of development.

All projects are headed by Central Coast based Artists and are from a wide range of artforms from musical theatre, dance, poetry, visual arts, clowning, music, circus, theatre, digital, literature and more.

2025

Top: Jana & Bryden McLeod (Visual Arts & Music), Marnie Lane (Circus), Ian Wells & Luke Carman (Poetry & Theatre), Lacey Bilger (First Nations – Dance)
Middle: Daniel Widdowson (Theatre), Roundabout Circus – Rachel Peters & Sarah Bloom with Arc Circus (Mentors) The Lab Ensemble - Nadia Townsend (Lead Creative) & Benjamin Hauptmann (Music),
Bottom: Melinda Retford (Visual Arts), Jessica Irwin (Visual Arts), Minka Gillian (Visual Arts), Luke A Gallan (Visual Arts), Anna-Karina Hermkens (Visual Arts), Chenoa de Vries (Dance)

2024

Top: Alicia Gonzalez, Andrew Worboys & Cypress Bartlett, Hitlon Denis, Emily Taylor, The Nano Symphony - Catherine & Neil Thompson
Middle: Grant Molony & Will Small, Ian Wells, Christine Johnson, Dorian Mode
Bottom: Ross Mueller & Vanessa Bates, Joel Leggett, Curtain Bounce – Ruth Tiffen & Andrew Sampford, Danielle Brame Whiting

2023

Top: Ruth Tiffen and Andrew Sampford, Andrew Worboys and Cypress Bartlett, John AD Fraser, Kat Alexander, Joshua Maxwell, Melinda Arnold and
Jerry Retford
Middle: Yantra de Vilder, Alex Alexander, Luke William Wright, Danielle Brame Whiting, Mike McCarthy, Kassidy Waters, Kris Reddaway
Bottom: Luke Gallen, Daniel Widdowson, Stuart Smith, Hilton Denis, Marnie Lane, Sophia Ndaba, Emily Taylor, Will Small