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Ten Years of Excellence: A Creative Precinct Retrospective

Celebrating ten years of artistic practice, cultural exchange and creative excellence within the Creative Precinct.

Over the past decade, the Creative Precinct has been more than a place where artists made work. It has been a site of experimentation and encounter, where artists, ideas and cultures came together.

For many artists, working within this environment meant being open to different ways of seeing, making and thinking. It meant engaging with different histories, different humour, different working methods and different ways of moving through the world. At its heart was a genuine exchange between cultures, expressed not only through finished works, but through the relationships, conversations and shared experiences that informed them.

That exchange lives within the work. Art made in the company of others carries traces of dialogue: a passing conversation, a shared meal, a new perspective, a friendship that quietly alters the direction of an artist’s thinking. These relationships are not separate from the creative process; they are often central to it.

As ACAR looks toward its next chapter, this exhibition offers a moment to pause, reflect and celebrate what has been built. It honours the artists who have contributed to the life of the Creative Precinct, and recognises the enduring importance of friendship, dialogue and cultural exchange in shaping what comes next.


Abdul Abdullah

Yu Cao

David Charlie

Gelin Chen

Todd Fuller

Xue Geng

Michaela Gleave

Cheolyu Kim

Kim Leutwyler

Charles Levi

James Little

Debbie Mackinnon

Paul McDonald

Sidney McMahon

Yong Peng

Caroline Rothwell

Kien Situ

Mike Staniford

Ziyao Sun

Oliver Watts

Rose Wong

Abdul Abdullah Yu Cao David Charlie Gelin Chen Todd Fuller Xue Geng Michaela Gleave Cheolyu Kim Kim Leutwyler Charles Levi James Little Debbie Mackinnon Paul McDonald Sidney McMahon Yong Peng Caroline Rothwell Kien Situ Mike Staniford Ziyao Sun Oliver Watts Rose Wong

Exhibiting artists:

  • Abdul Abdullah

  • Yu Cao

  • David Charlie

  • Gelin Chen

  • Todd Fuller

  • Xue Geng

  • Michaela Gleave

  • Cheolyu Kim

  • Kim Leutwyler

  • Charles Levi

  • James Little

  • Debbie Mackinnon

  • Paul McDonald

  • Sidney McMahon

  • Yong Peng

  • Caroline Rothwell

  • Kien Situ

  • Mike Staniford

  • Ziyao Sun

  • Oliver Watts

  • Rose Wong


Exhibition Dates 26 September - 18 December, 2026

ACAR Arts Centre, 62 Atchison Street, St Leonards, NSW, 2065

Wednesday: by appointment only
Thursday – Friday: 11am – 4pm
Saturday: 11am – 3pm

How to get to ACAR?

3 minute walk from Crows Nest Metro Station and St Leonards train station. Local street parking unregulated on weekends

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