ARTIST PASS

BANNER IMAGE: WHITE RHINO ARTSPACE (2019) PHOTO BY MEG HEWITT

Our Artist Pass scheme is a loyalty program which affords artists heavily-subsidised hire of our spaces, free skills development training programs, priority access to our residencies, discounted tickets to our Flying Nun shows and opportunities to promote your skills, work and outcomes through our website. Use your login to access these benefits.

An Artist Pass supports Brand X as a not for profit organisation for 12-months.

To apply for an Artist Pass, you must identify as a professional performing, recording or visual artist (emerging or established). Please complete the application form and submit.

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Meet the Artist by Brand X Tina Fox

Tina Fox is a visual artist and designer working in textiles and craft, her current work explores hand crafted techniques to reflect on digital printing, manufacturing and the future of craft in the modern age.
ARTIST OPPORTUNITY

An opportunity has arisen for performing artists and community members who are seeking playful development - the Poetry of Nonsense Virtual Clown Lab.
Introducing our new Marketing Manager - Jaz Lynch

Brand X are thrilled to welcome Jaz Lynch as our new Marketing Manager, taking the reins from Ricardo who is returning to his homeland of Spain. Jaz's interests lie in the arts, travel, fashion for expression, motion graphics, branding and e-commerce.
"MEET THE ARTIST" by BRAND X: JIM DENLEY

Jim Denley is an artist working in experimental and improvised sound, he has a studio space at the old Tempe Jets club now managed by Brand X as an experimental music hub. Find out more about Jim Denley.

BRAND X’s REHEARSAL SPACES

We are proudly COVID SAFE! Our Rehearsal spaces in St Leonards and Darlinghurst are now available for bookings. These spaces are designed for Performing Artists preparing for production, training or building their creative practice as well as being a venue suitable for classes and workshops.
New to the ProtoSHOP: Barangaroo 12 by Ben Morley

The ProtoSHOP is a unique showcase of limited edition curiosities made by local artists. Fascinated by the city’s ever-changing urban landscapes, Ben's work captures portraits of the city as it evolves.

Performing arts residency

The Flying Nun program at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC) in Darlinghurst, Sydney showcases outcomes from our performing arts residencies alongside local fringe performance that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day. Application rounds happen twice yearly. Risk Everything.
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Introducing our new Marketing Manager - Jaz Lynch

Brand X are thrilled to welcome Jaz Lynch as our new Marketing Manager, taking the reins from Ricardo who is returning to his homeland of Spain. Jaz's interests lie in the arts, travel, fashion for expression, motion graphics, branding and e-commerce.
The Flying Nun

Celebrating the fringe, alternative and local contemporary counter-culture, come and be the first audience to witness new performance work fresh out of the rehearsal room and by doing so, support Independent Artists to propel their work on to stages across Sydney.
Short Term Empty Property

The City of Sydney and Brand X match properties available on a temporary basis with short term creative projects including creative working studios, exhibition space, creative retail and temporary office space for project work.
What is Brand X?

Brand X is a not-for-profit arts organisation run by Artists for Artists who are in the business of making space for Artists by re-purposing under-utilised properties in Sydney so performing, recording and visual art communities can practice their craft.
Meet the Artists: Lisa Kotoulas

Lisa Kotoulas is a visual artist working out of Brand X Incubator studios in St.Leonards. Her work is haunting, playful, slightly unnerving and completely intriguing. Primarily working in oil on canvas her works use deep, rich colour, the human body, and sometimes involves installation and mixed-media. She is currently continuing a body of work she began at her Athena Standards Residency in Athens in 2018.
Meet the Artist by Brand X Tina Fox

Tina Fox is a visual artist and designer working in textiles and craft, her current work explores hand crafted techniques to reflect on digital printing, manufacturing and the future of craft in the modern age.
The Power of the Holy Spirit: Best Experimental

Harriet Gillies has been awarded the "Best Experimental Show" at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival for her new work "The Power of the Holy Spirit" coming to The Flying Nun for 2 nights in November (15 & 16).
A2A Training Program

Free exclusively to Artist Pass holders, Brand X offers a program of peer-to-peer training for artists to build the practical skills required to work as a freelance multidisciplinary professional in Sydney. The program aims to foster self-reliance and self-determination for the sector by skill-sharing technical knowledge in different fields of the creative industry.