Announcing the sad news that the Centre for Contemporary Photography will be forced to vacate its home of nearly 20 years at 404 George St, Fitzroy, after a dramatic withdrawal of multi-year funding by both Creative Australia and Creative Victoria.
The CCP will host no further exhibitions at the current premises, and will move out at the end of August 2023.
This decision by the Federal and State funding bodies to turn their backs on CCP comes despite impressive visitor numbers, community and education events, public engagement, impact, and self-generated income in 2023. The CCP has always relied on a combination of government and private funding, and a broader supportive community to ensure its sustainability; without the adequate levels of government support necessary to operate, the CCP Board has been forced into taking this drastic step.
The decisions taken by these Federal and State funding bodies have also directly resulted in the loss of jobs at CCP, sadly our Gallery Manager Tyler Meredith and Curator Catlin Langford have recently departed due to a lack of funds to retain them.
Our planned exhibition: ‘Homecoming’ featuring 12 Australian and international artists, has been postponed; and we are in discussion with RMIT to present our remaining planned exhibition ‘Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits’ in 2025. Further announcements on programming will follow.
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