Emma Beer, ' ...... , getting to know thy self from the kitchen table, or not', in 'Homebound', at CCAS from 13 March to 02 May 2021. Photograph by Brenton McGeachie.

Emma Beer, ' ...... , getting to know thy self from the kitchen table, or not', in 'Homebound', at CCAS from 13 March to 02 May 2021. Photograph by Brenton McGeachie.

Romany Fairhall, 'Weft Belt', in 'BLAZE FOURTEEN', at CCAS from 05 September to 01 November 2020. Photograph by Brenton McGeachie.

Romany Fairhall, 'Weft Belt', in 'BLAZE FOURTEEN', at CCAS from 05 September to 01 November 2020. Photograph by Brenton McGeachie.

Jacqueline Bradley, 'Apricot Niche', 2020, in 'The Unsolicited Proposals Unit' at CCAS, from 05 December 2020 to 28 February 2021. Photo by Brenton McGeachie.

Jacqueline Bradley, 'Apricot Niche', 2020, in 'The Unsolicited Proposals Unit' at CCAS, from 05 December 2020 to 28 February 2021. Photo by Brenton McGeachie.

CANBERRA’S CENTRE FOR INNOVATION, NEW IDEAS AND DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS

 

Welcome to Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS). CCAS acknowledges the traditional and original owners of the land, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. We pay our sincere respects to the ancestors who have passed before us, and acknowledge the ongoing contribution of Elders and today’s ACT Indigenous communities, who are the custodians of these lands on which we live and work.

Since its establishment in 1981 CCAS has become one of Australia’s leading spaces for the creation and presentation of contemporary art. Working with artists both inside and outside of the ACT across a range of disciplines, CCAS provides opportunities for artists to create and show new, ambitious and daring work. CCAS is a space for collaboration, consultation and conversation and an opportunity for emerging and established practitioners to experiment and exhibit.

CCAS is one of a national network of Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOA), that can be seen as centres of innovation, testing new ideas and directions for the contemporary visual arts. The CCAS program of exhibitions, performances, artists’ talks, public programs and publications generates an environment in which artists can produce work of the highest quality in the context of current national and international practice. CCAS exhibitions and related public programs run over two spaces at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in Parkes and CCAS Manuka. Read our Constitution here and some of our history here.

Now in our 40th year CCAS stands poised on the brink of a new era, developing exciting projects that will place us in a national and international context, together with a far-reaching strategic plan and vision for CCAS into the future.