Creative Futures Lab - Public Showcase

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Over the past months, we’ve been in deep conversation with artists, makers, performers, producers, educators, and creative workers of all kinds — listening, asking questions, and co-designing something real.

Now we want to share what we heard.

The Creative Futures Lab Public Showcase is a free morning event where we open up the co-design process — sharing the themes that emerged from our workshops and Innovation Sprint, and offering a preview of the ideas and resources informing the Creative Wellbeing Playbook: a practical wellbeing resource shaped with Sydney’s creative community.

Come along to hear what the community told us, see what we’ve been building together, and be part of the conversation about what comes next.

What’s on

• A sharing of what we heard through the co-design process — the themes, the tensions, and the things people kept coming back to

• A look at what emerged from the Innovation Sprint

• A preview of the ideas and resources informing the Creative Wellbeing Playbook

• Space to connect, reflect, and respond

Who’s this for?

Anyone who works in, around, or alongside the creative industries — and anyone who’s ever wondered if what they’re feeling is normal, or whether things could be different. Come curious, come as you are.

The details

📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026
🕘 10:00am — 12:00pm
📍 119 Redfern Street, Redfern NSW 2016
💸 Free to attend

Networking and catering to follow.

About Creative Futures Lab

Creative Futures Lab is a Hey Mate initiative exploring burnout, wellbeing, and sustainability in the creative industries — through research, community co-design, and the people who live it every day.

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Hey Mate acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we gather and work, and pays respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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