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CLIFTON SCHOOL OF ARTS

OPEN NOW! at Clifton School of Arts – The Gentle Project – exhibitions, a publication and a film. Visit this page for details of events or to make a comment. Please support this extraordinary project with a donation via the Australian Cultural Fund and/or order your copy of Ian Gentle: The Found Line.

 

The Clifton School of Arts has served the Northern Illawarra as a centre for cultural, educational and community events for over 140 years. The iconic building, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, provides a spectacular venue for exhibitions, workshops, art and yoga classes, small concerts, film screenings and wide range of education and community events.

Clifton School of Arts stands on Dharawal country. We acknowledge the Wodi Wodi people as the Traditional Custodians of this Land. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community, and pay our respects to Elders past and present. 

  • Unique and Beautiful Building

    The Clifton School of Arts is a unique and beautiful building nestled between the ocean and escarpment....a proud and beautiful structure that is 'other timely' and nice to have in the present

    - Rosie Welch

  • A Beautiful Building

    The school of Arts is a beautiful building set against the picturesque back drop of the mountains

    - Anna Scott

  • A Great Call!

    Holding my exhibition at Clifton was a good call. The space and abundant natural light is perfect for displaying artwork and the audience loved the building.

    - Robert

  • Flooded with light!

    Flooded with light, with that view of the ocean and the escarpment brought the best of the natural world inside and added a bit of drama.

    - Caroline

  • It has Soul

    It has a soul, it has a history of people coming together there for reasons of community and art appreciation and I think that vibe makes itself felt down the ages. You don’t get that from a contemporary box in a suburb.

    - Anonymous

EVENTS
BOOKINGS

The Clifton School of Arts is available to hire for art exhibitions, workshops and all kinds of educational and community events.
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Order your copy now – Ian Gentle: The Found Line – published by Clifton School of Arts 2023
HISTORY

The original Clifton School of Arts was established in 1880 when Andrew Stuart, a local coal mine and later premier of NSW…

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In community hands since 1880