In 2026 Gasworks turns 40. 

That’s 40 years of being a home for creativity. Gasworks is unique in enabling people to be participants as well as consumers of art and culture.  

And that’s 40 years of being the place where creativity starts. So many journeys have commenced at Gasworks – shows, stories, and even whole lifetimes of making or experiencing art.   

Much of what has happened here has been made possible through your generosity and gifts to the Gasworks Foundation. This includes landmark experiences like: 

• Renewal, a classic ‘only at Gasworks’ event that brought together our resident artists for a group exhibition in the main theatre
• Danish Shiekh’s Much to do with law, but more to do with love, which made concrete our passion for pathways with the world premiere of a show developed through the Queer Playwriting Award  
• Public art works like Matthew Harding’s Midden, that have activated our precinct and been sanctuaries for hundreds of thousands of people (and pets) 

But while we are proud of our past and energised about our present, we need your help with our future.

That’s why we are launching the Gasworks Creators Fund. 

The Gasworks Creators Fund is the vehicle through which we will fulfil our vision and realise our ambition. Gasworks is founded on the belief that everyone has the right and the ability to participate in creativity. Put another way, at Gasworks, everyone can be a creator. This includes creators of opportunity – those supporters who make participation (especially free participation) in arts and culture possible.  

The Gasworks Creators Fund will continue the extraordinary work of the Gasworks Foundation. To celebrate the landmark of our 40th birthday in 2026, The Gasworks Foundation made a landmark donation to Gasworks. We are building on and extending that legacy for the next 40 years through the Gasworks Creators Fund. 

Please consider donating to the Gasworks Creators Fund at the end of the financial year. With your support, we can: 

• Give more people the chance to actively participate in creativity for free. Just $100 can help provide hands-on making activities for kids at one of our Seasons in the Park Events.
• Give more young people a transformative encounter with creativity. $500 can help subsidise high-quality family programming, such as a first experience of theatre for an infant under 12 months.
• Give more next generation creatives their breakthrough professional opportunity. $1000 can support one of our pathways programs, such as Open Studio, which gives independent artists free access to our theatre. 

 Any donation makes a difference. We are so grateful. Thank you for your support. 

To explore all the ways you can support Gasworks, please visit our website - https://gasworks.org.au/support-us/