The Artisan Project

The Artisan Project will establish a ONE STOP SHOP where residents can support local artists by shopping for gifts, homewares, clothes and art all created by locals. Artists can provide works for sale at very low commission fees towards the not for profit store along with participating in a monthly market, artists talks and workshops.

The project will bring a much needed space similar to inner city and regional Artist stores and markets that embrace and promote local art and help them establish themselves through retail sales.

The project aims to reduce local spending on imported gifts, homewares and art and encourage buying local. Local residents can engage in a retail/workshop/market space more familiar to their gift shopping experience whilst developing an appreciation of the wealth of talent often limited to community art market spaces.

Local residents need a space that showcases local artisans offerings that is comparable to the retail experience they have become accustomed to in hip inner city and regional towns. The suburban experience needs to replicate that environment to help drive support for local art and crafts.