As well as being a popular fundraising initiative for our organisation, the Firstdraft Auction has become an important platform for distributing wealth back to artists.

The last 18 months have demonstrated and exacerbated the precarity of our communities, and over this time Firstdraft took steps to address this: we doubled artists' commissions to 50%, and transitioned to an online event – enabling us to connect more artists with more supporters, across Australia and around the world.

2021 marked our most successful auction ever, a result that enabled Firstdraft to pay $76,486.50 in commissions directly back to artists. We thank the artists and supporters who contribute to the success of the auction every year, and we look forward to reinstating a live event in the future.

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Caity Reynolds appointed General Manager

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Caity Reynolds as Firstdraft's new General Manager.

Announcing the 2023–24 Firstdraft Board of Directors

We are delighted to announce the 2023–24 Firstdraft Board of Directors: Kym Elphinstone, James Little, Geirthana Nandakumaran, Monica Rani Rudhar, Michelle Wang, and Olivia Welch.

Bootlegging through the creative wilds with Visaya Hoffie

“These spaces of imaginative and creative wildness are rare in a world that wants to compartmentalise and control all forms of cultural production.”

The beginning and end of Sofiyah Ruqayah

“We all have our own experiences of moving toward or away from connection, and for me, part of navigating these experiences necessarily involves a questioning of where I begin and end, what or who I consist of, and how the impacts of mutuality and difference influence how I move through the world.”

Firstdraft pays over $76,000 to artists

As well as being a popular fundraising initiative for our organisation, the Firstdraft Auction has become an important platform for distributing wealth back to artists.

2021 marked our most successful auction ever, a result that enabled Firstdraft to pay $76,486.50 in commissions directly back to artists. We thank the artists and supporters who contribute to the success of the auction every year, and we look forward to reinstating a live event in the future.

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information for visitors during COVID-19

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which Firstdraft is built and operates.

13–17 riley street
woolloomooloo
nsw 2011
info@firstdraft.org.au

(02) 8970 2999

Open 11am–5pm
Wednesday–Sunday

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Firstdraft pays over $76,000 to artists

As well as being a popular fundraising initiative for our organisation, the Firstdraft Auction has become an important platform for distributing wealth back to artists.

2021 marked our most successful auction ever, a result that enabled Firstdraft to pay $76,486.50 in commissions directly back to artists. We thank the artists and supporters who contribute to the success of the auction every year, and we look forward to reinstating a live event in the future.

keep reading