Kyneton Community House will soon become the town’s new art hub.
Chief executive Claire Rawlinson said the house already runs multiple art classes, but with more people wanting to engage with art through the house, it is ready to expand and host artist’s own classes.
“We have four classes running that are always full to capacity, so we thought that with the new space we’re creating … we really thought we could activate that space in a really creative way and give local artists the opportunity to run classes in it as a startup and potentially make it a dedicated art space,” she said.
The new art space sits where the childcare space used to be, which will be refurbished and will allow the house to run six sessions.
The project is also funded through Macedon Ranges council’s Community Funding scheme, which awarded Kyneton Community House with $10,000.
“We’ve had lots of people approach us and lots of artists approaching us all the time and we’re kind of a capacity for our classes in terms of running them ourselves so it’s really good to be able to facilitate local startups and people looking to get into running more classes,” Ms Rawlinson said.
“We’re really grateful for getting the opportunity to roll this project out through Macedon Ranges Shire Council, it would’ve been hard for us to refurbish the space without the funding.”
She said she hopes by term four some new classes will be added to the line up, and will continue adding more into the new year.
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