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An independent artist-run, not-for-profit org supporting diverse artists in Sydney's Inner West.

Inner West Creative Network gratefully acknowledges seed funding and start-up grants from Inner West Council.

03/10/2026

𝗜𝗪𝗖𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗘 — 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗽𝗼𝗽

STEAMpop is a creative organisation co-directed by Dr. Melissa Silk and Annette Mauer, in creative partnership with Lisa Giles. They bring together 𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 through playful, hands-on making experiences.

Their workshops explore innovative ways of integrating the Arts with STEM, creating unique transdisciplinary experiences for community groups, education and corporate audiences. Their projects are primarily paper-based and grounded in simple mathematical concepts, combining the beauty of handmade processes with ideas from science and technology.

At the heart of STEAMpop's practice is 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — finding new ways for people to understand and engage with complex ideas through making.

They also collaborate with other creators to develop imaginative STEAM experiences, contributing to current research around transdisciplinary learning and transformative experiences.

✨ This October, we're excited to feature 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗽𝗼𝗽 as part of the IWCN Creative Profile series and celebrate their approach to bringing creative practice and STEM together.

✨ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 on our website — 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼.

📩 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 to discover a new creative from our community every month.

11/09/2026

🎨 September Artist in Residence at Hopsters: Pamela Woods

Pamela Woods is a visual artist and educator based in Stanmore. Through her alter ego, Classbunny, she runs art workshops across Sydney, bringing her love of creativity, experimentation and community arts to thousands of people each year.

For September, Pamela is bringing a new series to the Hopsters walls: 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀. 🐟🦩🦆

“I like absurdity, I like portraits.” After experimenting with abstracts and landscapes, Pamela keeps finding her way back to her illustration roots. For this exhibition, she’s created five portraits exploring where this idea might take her.

🎨 Catch Pamela’s art from 1 to 30 September, making the Hopsters walls a little more absurd.

📍 Hopsters Cooperative Brewery, Enmore
🖼️ Exhibition from 1 to 30 September
📅 IWCN Monthly Meetup — Wednesday 16 September

Come meet Pamela, discover more about her practice and join us for our September meetup as we celebrate another creative from our community.

11/09/2026

𝗜𝗪𝗖𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗘 — 𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦

Pamela Woods is a visual artist and educator based in Stanmore. Beginning her creative journey as a print illustrator with an interest in animation, Pamela later moved into teaching and writing, bringing her broad artistic experience into a practice centred around 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Through her alter ego, Classbunny, Pamela runs art workshops for the City of Sydney, festivals, councils and private clients, teaching more than 2,000 people each year. Her approach is all about staying curious, taking risks and constantly learning — values she brings into both her teaching and artistic practice.

Her current artistic obsession? 𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. 🐟 Pamela has spent the last few years painting them as still-life subjects, exploring colour, composition and form. Beneath their seemingly jaunty appearance, however, is something darker, with traces of blood reflecting the precarious times we live in.

Pamela is also a regular Art Battle competitor and became the 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 2024. Her work has been exhibited across Australia, including a solo exhibition at the 2024 Frost Over Barraba festival.

🖼 This September, Pamela will be joining 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 as their 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁, come visit the exhibition.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 on our website -> 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼.

📩 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 to discover a new creative from our community every month.

17/08/2026

✂️ August Artist in Residence at Hopsters: Deby Cann

Deby’s inclusive collage practice works with fragments of cultural memory: vintage books, magazines, sewing patterns, text and found imagery. During her residency, Deby brings conversation with other artists and creatives, exploring the beautiful crossovers between collage, poetry, film and sound.

Catch Deby’s art from 1 to 31 August, making the Hopsters walls a better place.

🎞️ On 18 August, during our meetup event, join Deby in conversation with Angie & Penny from The Salons, Rivkah & the Salonistas Trio, and Ester McDonald of Zenith Paltrow for an evening of short film and music video screenings, conversation and live music.

📍 Hopsters Cooperative Brewery, Enmore
✨ Exhibition from 1 to 31 August
📅 Meetup Tuesday 18 August from 6:30 pm

Come meet Deby and discover more about her practice, collaborations and creative world.

17/08/2026

✂️ 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻

Deby Cann is a self-taught artist working from Soundworks Studio Arts Hub in Marrickville and Iluka in Northern NSW. Her practice has developed through immersion in creative environments across Australia, the UK and Europe, where she has refined an intuitive approach that allows images, cutting and collage to express what words sometimes cannot.

Working with found imagery, cultural memory, satire and burlesque, she transforms rage, frustration and observations about the world into a fluid and often healing creative process. Images sourced through her travels bring layers of nostalgia, while conversations and connections with creative communities have shaped her understanding of different cultural perspectives and influences.

The inspiration for Deby’s continued growth comes from 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, particularly younger creatives, and from 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 where people are living lives of love and kindness beyond gender constructs, and are creatively inspired to explore and express their authentic selves.

At the heart of her practice is an ongoing frustration with the 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻-𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 — and a desire to challenge the narratives and assumptions that shape how gender is seen, taught and remembered.

✨ 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘆’𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 throughout August, from 1–31 August.

🎞️ On 18 August, she will also be joining us for the Inner West Creative Network meetup, in conversation with Angie & Penny from The Salons, Rivkah & the Salonistas Trio, and Ester McDonald of Zenith Paltrow, at Hopsters Brewery.

10/08/2026

✨ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 — 𝗜𝗪𝗖𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗣𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗬! ✨

Come hang with us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 at the wonderful Hopsters Co-op Brewery for our next Inner West Creative Network meetup.

This month, we’re joined by 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻 Deby Cann with Angie & Penny from The Salons, Rivkah & the Salonistas Trio, and Ester McDonald of Zenith Paltrow, for an evening of 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🎞️🎶

Come spend the evening with 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 from across the community. Bring your latest project, a new idea you’re excited about, or simply come along for good conversations and fresh inspiration.

Everyone is welcome — whether you’ve been part of the community for years or you’re joining us for the first time. 🤝

And from 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, we’re making it a regular thing!

✨ 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 ✨

📍 Hopsters Co-op Brewery Enmore
🎟️ 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 | 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 💫

10/07/2026

NAVA MAKES A STAND, DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND

Hey Creatives,

OK, so we’ve all had a good chuckle as we watch those crazy cats on Instagram, or (my guilty pleasure) Wayno the smoking koala living his best ocker life. While we acknowledge there is some really great AI content out there, and some seriously talented digital creators, the problem we have with AI is this, as summed up so succintly by Penelope Benton from NAVA:

“We make the songs that end up on every streaming platform, the photographs that document our lives, the books and scripts and artworks that define our culture, the TV and film productions that light up our screens, and the stories that uncover and tell the truth about our nation. Our work is the fuel that powers the AI economy. Without it there are no large language models, no AI products of any kind. All of it has been fed into AI systems without asking us and without paying us.”

If this strikes a chord, then get onboard and please sign NAVA’s petition:

https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2026/open-letter-australias-creators-are-not-tech-subsidy/

03/07/2026

Meet Justine Wahlin Justine Wahlin a multidisciplinary musician and visual artist whose practice spans music, sculpture, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage, film and animation.

Raised in a family of artists, Justine grew up surrounded by creativity, developing a deep appreciation for both visual art and music from an early age. Her work explores the intersection of nature and human experience, drawing from a life shaped between two worlds.

Born in Sweden to a Swedish father and an Australian mother, Justine’s practice reflects themes of belonging, displacement and identity, inspired by the contrasting landscapes of both countries.

After playing bass in bands throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s, Justine has spent the past decade carving out her own path as a songwriter and performer. Her latest album, *A Pair of Dreamers* (2019), showcases her distinctive voice, and she’s currently working towards releasing a new self-produced album.

We’re excited to have Justine as part of our creative community and don’t miss her exhibition at Hopsters Brewery throughout July. 🎶🎨

01/07/2026

Hello creative community!

Please join us and Justine Wahlin Justine Wahlin for the launch of her exhibition “Wild Calm”, at Hopsters Brewery Hopsters Co-op Brewery tonight from 5.30 pm.

There will be also live music 🎶

6.45 pm Justine Wahlin

8.00 pm Hiske Weijers (Fables)

Come along!

15/06/2026

Come hang! We’ll be gathering at the wonderful Hopsters Co-op Brewery for our June meetup.

Spend the evening with artists, makers, and creative minds from across the community. Bring your latest project, a new idea you’re excited about, or simply come along for good conversations and fresh inspiration. Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve been part of the community for years or you’re joining us for the first time.

This month, Hopsters Artist-in-Residence Smith will be sharing insights into their residency and artistic practice.

📅 Tuesday 16 June
📍 Hopsters Co-op Brewery

See you there!

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