Centre of Contemporary Arts
Home in Cairns

The Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns is a significant piece of arts infrastructure developed by the Queensland Government and operated by Arts Queensland. The Centre is unique in being the only State Government funded centre of contemporary arts located outside a capital city, and demonstrates the Queensland Government's commitment to developing contemporary arts in regional centres, and specifically in Far North Queensland. By facilitating innovative partnerships the centre seeks to support, develop and present the finest in contemporary arts practice in the Far North. The Centre also provides a home for End Credits Film Club which presents non-mainstream cinema, and support for the Indigenous Performing Arts Circle - a collective of professional indigenous performing artists based in the Cairns Region. It comprises two performance based venues, a gallery shop, two international standard A-class galleries, (a large flexible open performance and rehearsal space), The Theatre (244 seat black box theatre) and The Space, an artists studio and office accommodation for small to medium funded companies JUTE Theatre Company and KickArts Contemporary Arts. (more).