shopfront 2012 annual report

Shopfront 2012 Annual ReportContemporary Arts and Performance for under 25s

Chair ReportThis year, we opened our minds to explore new and diverse ideas, perspectives and artforms: theatre, music, visual art, digital media and more were brought together to culminate in expressions of culture by our members and broader community.

We found our way through mazes and stories in Arcade Assembly, saw the past echoed in our present and future in Dance Hall Daze, and witnessed young and emerging artists nurture extended inquiries in a collection of works in Between Us.

Shopfront in 2012 was a time, place and space for ongoing reflection, learning, evolution and renewal.

Membership, staff and Board together shared and embraced creative and governance processes. We strengthened our strategic pillars: creating beautiful expressions of art and culture; investing in our place and infrastructure; developing our cooperative and the values that underpin it through member participation; enhancing professional development and practice for our artists; and promoting sustainability.

As always, it’s an honour to be part of Shopfront and what we achieve – connecting people, places and events, memories, hopes and dreams.

To make this all possible, we offer gratitude beyond words for the exceptional commitment of our inspirational team and company artists, lead by our co-Artistic Directors/Chief

Executive Officers, Caitlin Newton-Broad and Howard Matthew, and the expertise, time, energy and enthusiasm offered by our Board.

We also extend deep appreciation to our key funding partners, including Australia Council for the Arts, Community Partnerships and Theatre Board, Arts NSW, NSW Government Family and Community Services, local government supporters and the visionary philanthropic organisations and individuals that offer support.

We are grateful for the outstanding service of Iain Crossing, who stepped down as Chair in May, and Alesha Elbourne and Tara Morris, who stepped down from our Board this year, as well as Nerida Woods and Saskia Vromans, longstanding and remarkable core staff, who we also farewelled.

We warmly welcomed all those who joined our community – among them, our new members (too numerous to mention by name), new Directors, Liz Hill, Glenn Murray, Tasha dal Bianco, Chris Lloyd, Gordon Makryllos, and new core staff, Amanda Foote and Hannah Strout.

As we look to what the future holds for Shopfront, I am excited by the continuing cycle through our membership and community next year and beyond.

I trust that you will join us and that together, we will continue to explore and reflect, discover and learn, evolve and renew and, above all, connect.

Elizabeth Hristoforidis

Artistic Director/CEO Report“Cooperatives offer a model that not only mobilize young people in their own productive enterprises, but facilitates their broader engagement with their communities.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Address to International Year of Cooperatives closing ceremony 2012

2012 was an important milestone for Shopfront; the UN International Year of The Cooperative reminds us that we are part of a global movement with more than 1 billion members worldwide. The cooperative sits at the heart of Shopfront; it is the currency for the creation of theatre and multi-media art work by young people.

2012 marks our second year in post as a co-Artistic Director team, a year filled with inventive, interdisciplinary work, new and sustained partnerships to enhance an established program. Cooperatively young people have helped create the giant cardboard maze of Arcade Assembly, a fluorescent dancefloor for Zombie vs Bird and come together through art explosions and a digital exquisite corpse for Harmony Day.

This work would not have been possible without dedicated, skilled artists. Core associate artists Michael Pigott, Michael Moebus, Margot Politis,

Katja Handt and Stephen Hawker who have facilitated youth-led arts practice at Shopfront. Alongside this experienced team we are proud to support a fresh wave of artists and technicians, whose energy and enthusiasm have propelled us through a packed program.

In 2012 we said farewell and thank you to two longstanding members of staff, Saskia Vromans, Producer and Nerida Woods, General Manager who served 4 and 7 years respectively. We welcomed a new General Manager, Amanda Foote and extended our staff team with an Accessibility Associate, Margot Politis and Membership Coordinator, Hannah Strout. Through this change we had the ongoing support and unique work of Outreach Director, Sarah Emery and Site Manager, Artist and long time member, Kevin Ng. Underscoring the work, Shopfront’s Board has been a touchstone, with the leadership of Chair, Elizabeth Hristoforidis. Together it has been a strong team supporting a diverse and action packed program for children and young people.

Looking ahead we embrace future cooperation in all its forms; its diversity, hand-made glory, its raw story, and wild invention. These are but a few of the components which gives Shopfront its vibrancy and impetus.

Howard Matthew & Caitlin Newton-Broad Co-Artistic Directors/CEO

James Brown | Arcade Assembly | 2012

Workshop Program “Our experience at Shopfront was beyond expectation. The (artists) teachers are wonderful, the friendliness & creativity exudes from the walls of the building.” Local family, feedback

Multi-Arts Workshop ProgramOutreach scholarships: Club Grants, Hurstville City Council; ArtStart TAFE, NSW Department of Education and Communities.

Outcomes: Shopfront’s onsite workshop program supports skills development for young people aged 8-25 years. In 2012, Shopfront offered a diverse range of programs for young people in performance, animation, video, experimental mobile technologies, photography (chemical and digital), 3D sculpture, puppetry, movement, musical theatre, writing, sound, and visual arts.

Across the year there were a total of 400 enrolments for our onsite program. Each termly program is eight weeks long and is 2 or 3 hours in duration. At the end of terms 2 and 4 we hold End of Term Performances for family, friends, and the general public.

Families contribute to the cost of this program through fees and Shopfront fundraises Outreach Scholarships

to ensure access and equity for members. In 2012, Citylights, Arcade Assembly and Bodylines were free to the community.

Artists: Matt Prest, Annabel Osborne, Alice Osborne, Nat Rose, Rosie Dennis, Skye Loneragan, Chris Ross, Kate Walder, Grant Moxom, Sarah Emery, Kay Yasugi, Victoria Hunt, Caitlin Newton-Broad, Kevin Ng, Doug Niebling, Margot Politis, Lucy Watson, Erica Brennan, Alhassan Sankoh, Sarah Agarzharmian, Howard Matthew, Nick Atkins, Cindy Rodriguez, Alyssa Jee, David Kirkpatrick & Anna Kuroda

The Piper with My Darling Patricia Partners and Supporters: My Darling Patricia, MMP Productions, IO Myers UNSW, St George Home-schooling group

In the April School Holidays, 6 pairs of children and parents took part in My Darling Patricia’s creative development for The Pied Piper, a contemporary retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Young people 6-12 years of age had the opportunity to take part in the puppetry, staging and theatrical dramaturgy of an early stage of this work, with one of Australia’s most dynamic visual theatre companies.

Lead Artists: Alice Osborne,Clare Britton, Halcyon McLeod, Sam Routledge Community Liaison: Lucy Watson

John Doe | 2012 Sarah Emery | End of Term Performances | 2012

Partners & Supporters: Kogarah Council, Hurstville Council, Rockdale Council, Kogarah Seniors Centre, Hurstville Seniors Centre.

Outcomes: 2012 Junior Company Show, Dance Hall Daze took the building and its history as a starting point; from Dance Hall, Cabaret Night Club, Grocer’s Shop and Engineering Workshop.

Across five months, 31 young people aged 8-15 years created an original piece of devised performance. The work incorporated the wider support of Shopfront’s local community through interviews with local older people

connected with the building or the dance hall culture of St. George. This gave the project real intergenerational input from the youngest performer aged 8 through to dance hall veterans aged 98.

For Dance Hall Daze young people lead the audience on a tour of the building, recreating subtitled performance for the grocers shop and building a large scale box wall silhouette of animals and vegetation.

Artists/Facilitators: Howard Matthew (Research, Design and Direction), Nat Rose (Direction), Michael Moebus (Sound), Kevin Ng (Production)

RAW– Absolutely RawfulPartners & Supporters: Australia Council Theatre Board, Artstart TAFE.

Outcomes: A season of work conceived, written, directed, and designed by young artists aged 15- 25 years.

RAW is a truly integrated collaboration between young people with and without disability, and young people from diverse backgrounds. Throughout RAW, the conventions of theatre were put to the test, new ideas were seeded for future Shopfront Projects and long term friendships and collaborations were forged.

Artists/Facilitators: Michael Pigott (Season Director), Kevin Ng, Hannah Strout, Caitlin Newton-Broad

YAK - All About MeLead Artists: Tim Spencer and Zoe Norton Lodge

Outcomes: Two week residency program for 6 emerging artists. Six original theatre scripts/scores were developed for an audience of peers and their supporters.

YAK is a project lead by young artists, who define their frame of reference with a window of time, scant resources and a vibrant network of peers. In 2012, YAK “All About Me” was an exploration of autobiography as performance, writing and event.

Junior Company:Dance Hall Daze

Emerging Artists Programs

Annabel Osborne | Raw | 2012

Sarah Emery | Dance Hall Daze | 2012

Artists in Residence: 5 new works were created during Artslab12 and presented in a season, Between Us:

Life Death Food by Ava Karuso – an exquisite forest of sweet delights

Sonorous by Sepy Baghaei – an electronic score with escalating everyday action

The Laughter And The Crow by Tanja Thaweeskulchai – an exploration of the limits of body and language

Modern Secular Reasons To Sing by Maria White. – a collaboration with community choirs and the audience

Somniloquy- A young man haunted by the memory of a memory. by Pollyanna Nowicki – a performance about relationships, time and dreams

Partners & Supporters: Australia Council For The Arts, Theatre Board, AADA Industry Placement program

Lead Artists/Facilitators: Michael Pigott (Lead Facilitator) with Yana Taylor (version 1.0) & Saskia Vromans (Shopfront Producer)

Mentors: Caitlin Newton-Broad, Simon Wellington (Griffin Theatre), Katja Handt (film & theatre designer) Rosie Dennis (Urban Theatre Projects), Annette Tesoriero (opera project & CAC Music), Victoria Hunt (Movement Mentor), Michael Moebus (Music)

Outcomes: ArtsLab is a six month intensive program for emerging artists to engage with a dynamic community arts cooperative, develop their artistic practice and create their own work. They worked on Arcade Assembly and contributed to the life and energy of the Shopfront community. In residence from April to November through the 3 phases of the program, this group of artists committed upwards of 15 hours per week to be onsite, in research, development and rehearsal.

ArtsLab12 Residency:Emerging Artists Program

Citylights街の灯

Name of Project: CITYLIGHTS ~ 街の灯, creative development, commission for Murasaki Penguin.

Partners & Supporters: ST Spot, Japan, IZAYOI Yoshidamachi Studio, Steep Slope Studio, Japan Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts OYEA Commissions, MotherPort Yokohama City Grants, Performance Space, Asahi Group Foundation, Hurstville City Council, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

Outcomes: 9 free workshops for 12 young people in Sydney aged 14-25 years and a series of workshops for 7 young artists in Yokohama, leading towards an international collaboration between Sydney and Yokohama.

CITYLIGHTS ~ 街の灯 is a Shopfront commission for a longstanding Shopfront artist, David Kirkpatrick who has been making innovative multi-media interfaces and artworks at Shopfront since he was 15 years old.

In 2009 David forged an artistic partnership with Anna Kuroda, a dancer from Japan. Their company, Murasaki Penguin, is an international collaboration that explores the interface of dance/movement, time and technology. Citylights kicked off at the Discovery Festival, Hurstville City Council and invited a range of young people who were interested in intercultural exchange to take part. David and Anna developed an engaging process for young people to consider their environment, through dance, video, and exchange.

In 2013, Citylights will be realised as a performance and live stream event between Sydney and Yokohama.

Artists/Facilitators: David Kirkpatrick (Interactives, Sound & Video), Anna Kuroda (Design & Dance), Daniel Potter (Production), Kei Ikeda (Support Dance), Bec Dean (Industry Mentorship).

Howard Matthew | Citylights | 2012Lucy Parakhina | Artslab12 | 2012

Minto, aWestern Sydney and Alma Public in Broken HIll, regional NSW, exchanged ideas, stories, and questions over two weeks in October. Connections were made through letters, photographs, videos and animations using a live video link and interactive blog, hard copy book was created to record the event.

Project Artists: Tom Christophersen, Sarah Emery, Kevin Ng, Nicole Barakat.

Walking Project Partners & Supporters: Woniora Road School (SPS); Australia Council for the Arts; Arts NSW and the Department of Education and Communities through the ConnectED Extended Residency Program

Outcomes: 12 young artists from Woniora Road School participated in the first phase of a project exploring the journey between Woniora Road in Hurstville and Shopfront’s venue in Carlton. Participants developed sensory, audio, and visual responses to this journey as they explored surrealist techniques of content generation. The project is continuing in 2013 and culminating in an event in late March. This is part of a four year partnership between Woniora Road School and Shopfront.

Project Artists: Sarah Emery, Michael Moebus.

In 2012 Shopfront’s Outreach Program engaged 460 young people through 19 community partnerships with health, education, disability, cultural, welfare, and youth organisations. Highlights included a regional and metropolitan arts exchange between two primary schools; an extended residency program with Woniora Road School, and ongoing initiatives engaging intensive English centres and specific purpose schools. In addition, Shopfront ran three free initiatives and awarded 19 outreach scholarships to ensure young participants have ongoing access to artistic engagement and cultural opportunities through Shopfront’s residential programs.

Late Night Shopping Partners & Supporters: Gl@M (Manly Youth Services), Sydney Mardi Gras and Music NSW Indent

Outcomes: Emerging artist, Tom Christophersen, led two workshops with GL@M, a t-shirt making stall at Fair Day and a sold-out cabaret event at Shopfront as part of Sydney’s Mardi Gras Youth Festival. As part of Late Night Shopping acclaimed singer and ex-Shopfront member, Paul Capsis, donated a stellar performance that wowed audiences with his version of Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day.’

Project Artists: Tom Christophersen, Sarah Emery, Sarah Agarzharmian, Em Lockey, Blair Dutney.

Alchemy: A Program for Harmony DayPartners & Supporters: Sydney Region NSW Dept. Education and Communities Equity Team, Woniora Road School, Carlton Public School, Kogarah High School, Athelstane Public School, Moorfield Girls High School.

Outcomes: For Alchemy, a team of 6 artists delivered a program of workshops over five weeks with a total of 100 young people. Working across a range of media including puppetry, photography, video, visual arts and chemical experiments this project explored diversity and integration. An online blog enabled the young people to follow each other’s progress and the project culminated with a sharing day at Shopfront to create art together and share Halal Pizza.

Project Artists: Howard Matthew, Sarah Emery, Bernice Ong, Alice Osborne, Kevin Ng, Skye Loneragan.

Hidden Galaxies Partners & Supporters: Arts NSW ConnectED Outreach Initiative, Alma Public School (Broken Hill), Sarah Redfern School (Minto)

Outcomes: This was the last of a three year regional engagement in Bourke and Broken Hill, connecting with a participating school in far South Western Sydney. 110 young people from two primary schools, Sarah Redfern Public in

OutreachProgram

Annabel Osborne | Harmony Day | 2012

AccessibilityProgramAn Arts NSW Strategic Initiative Grant enabled the co-operative to develop a core staff position for Accessibility, supporting community access, participation and process. The impact of this support for the program has been profound, proving its viability, and forging sustainability for future access for all young people at Shopfront.

2012 saw the growth of the integrated workshop program, and increased provision of integrated workshops in movement and drama to the wider South Sydney community and increased participation of new audiences.

Bodylines Partners and Supporters: Arts NSW, Accessible Arts, NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

Outcomes: Engaged 10 young people with disability over 32 workshop sessions, performed with Arcade Assembly, received Delineate Grant, performed at National Arts Activated Conference Chatswood, made our first film Zombie vs Bird - featured event of Don’t DIS My ABILITY campaign.

Artists/Facilitators: Margot Politis, Sarah Emery, Lucy Watson, Michael Moebus, Daniel Foeldes, Katja Handt and Tanya Thaweeskulchai

Community PartnershipsPartners and supporters: William Rose School (Seven Hills), Engadine High School Support Unit, Kogarah High School Support Unit, Parents of Deaf Children Education Association (Sydney-wide), Cerebral Palsy Alliance (Penshurst)

Outcomes: Engaged over 50 young people with disability over 30 workshop sessions, one young artist with disability employed in co-tutor role. Primary mediums of dance, movement, drama and visual arts.

Strengthened our artistic relationships with local schools and community groups, forging a mutual exchange of ideas and enjoyment. Fostered self confidence, autonomy, ownership and performance skills.

“Just a quick note to compliment you on the outstanding engagement, creative work quality and social experiences you provided for all the young people yesterday. It was very obvious that their experiences were first rate and reflected great planning, inclusive teaching and child centered action.” Stephen Cooper, Principal, Carlton Public School

Hannah Strout | Bodylines | 2012

Arcade Assembly Integrated Major Project“Arcade Assembly fused ideas in a rich mixture of performance, artwork, music and video to create an interactive labyrinth for all ages....Passing through Arcade Assembly’s thoughtfully structured mayhem with a smile intact was prize enough.” Oliver Downes, Realtime

Partners & Suppporters: Beverly Hills Intensive English Centre, Fairfield Intensive English Centre, Lomandra School and St. George Community Mental Health, Heaps Decent, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, Matana Foundation, Visy Board, Australia Council For The Arts, Coummunity Partnerships.

Arcade Assembly engaged 110 young people across 62 workshops with 4 community partnerships and two onsite ensembles of 26 young people from diverse backgrounds to make a large scale multi-media installation.

The project started with a series of questions: if you could meet anyone in the world, who would you want tomeet? If you could create a game to be played with others, what would it look like? If you could design a meeting place of the future, what could you do there?

In response, Arkan from Fairfield IEC recorded a Turkish love song, Mick from Beverly Hills IEC made a cork game piece avatar that looked like John Travolta,

young artists from St. George Community Mental Health painted surrealist portraits and Caine from Lomandra School made an intricate marble maze with trapdoors and trick pathways. Young artists came from across South and Western Sydney to Shopfront for a group making day to test ideas and curate their work. Bodylines showed their first version of Zombie VS Bird developed for the Arcade.

An ensemble of 20 Shopfront members worked on live games and psychological spaces, setting real tests and physical tasks for audiences in a surreal quest for companionship. This group also integrated the prolific Outreach artists’ work and were the live interface with over 100 dynamic art objects created for Arcade Assembly, taking 500 players through the game.

The end result was an interactive play space for audiences to engage in real and fictional meetings and original games. The event ran to daytime audiences of schools and community groups and at night time, with the whole 20 person ensemble for a general audience curious players.

Artists/Facilitators: Caitlin New ton-Broad (Direction & Production), Sarah Emery (Outreach Direction & Video) Kevin Ng (Facilitation & Production), Margot Politis (Bodylines Director), Michael Moebus (Music Facilitation), Katja Handt & Jessica Sinclair Martin (Design), Howard Matthew (Visual Arts), Blair Dutney (Emerging Light Design), Grant Moxom (Emerging Interactives & Movement), Ashley Scott (Audio) James Brown | Arcade Assembly | 2012

2012 Statistical Snapshot

Community Engagements

Across 2012 Shopfront was an active participant in the community running workshops, events and contributing to a local and national dialogue about the role art plays in the lives of young people. Highlights include:

Animating Africa: Weekend workshop and digital lab with 6 young people from the Sierra Leone Cultural Performance Group looking at African animals in Sierra Leonean traditional stories

Creative Characters: A series of text and character workshops with 14 young people from Fairfield Intensive English Centre.

Night And Day: A three day holiday program engaging 10 girls 10-13 years at Arncliffe Community Centre. Young people used visual art, digital media, and storytelling to create a short film based on their ideas of day and night.

Parents of Deaf Children, 50th Anniversary Celebrations: A whole day workshop series in animation and model making engaging 50 children with

hearing impairments, their friends and family.

YPAA Symposium (Speaking In Tongues): Shopfront presented at two events across the three day symposium engaging in critical dialogue about youth arts within Australia’s cultural landscape.

Cancer Council Workshops: Two sessions with Vietnamese students at Fairfield Intensive English Centre looking at the stigma of Hepatitis B in South East Asian communities.

Pixel Playground Pilot Program: Students from Kogarah High came to Shopfront to explore digital art and technology. These were test workshops for a larger program in 2013, supported by Career Connections.

Shire-Wide workshops: Shopfront delivered reflective art workshops to a Project Youth intervention program for young women aged 15 at risk of exclusion from school in Sutherland Shire.

Annabel Osborne | Harmony Day | 2012

Howard Matthew | End of Term Performances | 2012

Young people participating in programs 864

Emerging artists mentored 8

Emerging artists employed 17

New works created 24

Number of performances 36

Audience numbers 2455

Shopfront Theatre for Young People Co-op Limited.Statement by Directors

Shopfront Theatre for Young People Co-op Limited.Independent Auditors Report

The above Statement of Financial Position and the following Statement of Comprehensive Income are to be read in conjunction with the attached notes to the financial statements.

Note 2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Current Assets

Cash 2 367,751 157,021

Receivables 3 2,101 -

Other 4 8,777 6,320

378,629 163,341

Non Current Assets

Property, Plant & Equipment 5 1,898,243 1,687,128

Total Assets 2,276,872 1,850,469

Current Liabilities

Creditors & Borrowings 6 28,163 19,086

Provision 7 30,000 5,000

Other 8 241,589 97,933

Total Liabilities 299,752 122,019

Net Assets 1,977,120 1,728,450

Members’ Equity

Asset Revaluation Reserve 1,657,200 1,467,200

Retained Profits 319,920 261,250

Total Equity 1,977,120 1,728,450

Shopfront Theatre For Young People Co-Op. Limited Statement of Financial Position at 31 December, 2012

Shopfront Theatre For Young People Co-Op. Limited Statement of Comprehensive Income For The Year Ended 31 December, 2012

Note 2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Income

Grants 10 508,087 388,741

Performances & Community Delivery 11 18,806 62,507

Other Funding 12 23,327 30,000

Interest Received 11,270 8,847

Other 13 75,410 65,854

636,900 555,949

Expenditure

Project Costs - Artists’ Fees 115,451 101,495

- Expenses 25,562 66,834

Accounting Fees 1,980 945

Advertising & Promotion 7,395 9,911

Audit Fees 3,750 3,300

Bad Debts - 1,752

Computer Supplies 4,146 2,322

Consultancy Fees 5,542 663

Council Rates 6,305 5,119

Depreciation 12,501 11,016

Financial Charges 572 465

Insurance 13,267 13,197

Light, Power & Water 5,173 4,571

Minor Equipment 3,198 5,001

Postage & Courier 626 772

Printing/Photocopying/Stationery 7,493 7,165

Professional Development & Training 5,134 2,984

Repairs/Maintenance/Replacements/Cleaning 9,041 8,029

Staff Recruitment 362 236

Staff Salaries & Contractors 252,433 239,641

Subscriptions/Licence Fees 2,194 2,088

Sundry Expenses 6,570 3,684

Superannuation 30,812 21,380

Telephone/Fax/Internet/Website 6,042 4,184

Travel & Accommodation 20,893 20,299

Workers Compensation Insurance 6,788 9,417

Provision - Annual Leave 13,000 5,000

- Other 6,000 -

- Building Repairs 6,000 -

Assets Purchased and transferred to Statement of Financial Position 32,390 -

610,620 551,470

Profit for the year 26,280 4,479

Increase in Land Value 190,000 -

Total Profits for the year 216,280 4,479

The above Statements of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows are to be read in conjunction with the attached notes to the financial statements.

Shopfront Theatre For Young People Co-Op. Limited Statement of Changes In Equity for the Year Ended 31 December, 2012

Shopfront Theatre For Young People Co-Op. Limited Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December, 2012

Note 2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Retained Earnings

Total Profits for the year 216,280 4,479

Less

Transfer to Asset Revaluation Reserve 190,000 -

Assets transferred to Statement of Financial Position (32,390) -

157,610 -

Profit for the Year 58,670 4,479

Retained Profits Brought Forward 261,250 256,771

Retained Profits Carried Forward 319,920 261,250

Asset Revaluation Reserve

Opening Balance 1,467,200 1,467,200

Add

Transfer - Increase in Land Value 190,000 -

Closing Balance 1,657,200 1,467,200

Note 2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Inflows

Grants Received (Net of GST) 665,143 335,190

Other Income (Incl GST) 173,724 249,974

Less

Outflows

Wages, Suppliers, GST (639,407) (604,553)

Net Cash Used/ Provided by Operating Activities 199,460 (19,389)

Interest Received 11,270 8,847

Net Cash Used/ Provided by Operating and Investing Activities 9 210,730 (10,542)

Cash at beginning of Year 2 157,021 167,563

Cash at end of Year 2 367,751 157,021

Shopfront Theatre For Young People Co-Op. Limited Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 December, 2012

2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Note 2: Cash

Cash on Hand 1,267 250

Cash at Bank - Cheque Accounts 17,639 9,558

- Cash Management Account 273,845 147,213

- Term Deposit 75,000 -

367,751 157,021

Note 3: Receivables

Sundry Debtors 2,101 -

Note 4: Other Current Assets

Prepayments 8,777 6,320

Note 5: Property, Plant & Equipment

Land & Buildings – Council & Building Valuations 1,760,000 1,570,000

Building Improvements – Cost 105,212 105,212

1,865,212 1,675,212

Accumulated Depreciation (13,345) (10,715)

1,851,867 1,664,497

Furniture & Equipment – Cost 132,906 101,052

Accumulated Depreciation (86,530) (78,421)

46,376 22,631

1,898,243 1,687,128

Note 6: Creditors and Borrowings

Trade Creditors & Accruals 11,584 10,290

GST Payable (Net) 16,579 8,796

28,163 19,086

Note 7:Provisions

Annual Leave 18,000 5,000

Other 12,000 -

30,000 5,000


2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Note 8: Other Current Liabilities

Grants for Future Expenditure - Other 19,323 16,539

- NSW FACS - Operating ( & one-off) 14,266 24,648

- Department of Trade & Investment 70,000

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- ArtsNSW 130,000 -

- TAFE NSW - Artstart - 5,000

- Australia Council 8,000 51,746

241,589 97,933

Note 9: Cash Flow Information

Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Operating Surplus

Profit for Year 26,280 4,479

Non Cash Flows in Operating Surplus

Depreciation 12,501 11,016

Changes in Assets and Liabilities

Decrease/(Increase) in Receivables (2,101) 1,752

Decrease/(Increase) other Assets (2,457) 173

Increase/(Decrease) in Creditors 9,077 516

Increase/(Decrease) in Provisions 25,000 5,000

Increase/(Decrease) in Other Liabilities 143,656 (18,260)

Net Cash (Used)/Provided by Operating and Investing Activities 211,956 4,676

Purchase of Assets/Building Improvements (1,226) (15,218)

Net Cash Provided by Activities 210,730 (10,542)

Purchase of depreciable assets during the year totalled $ 33,616. Refer to Statement

of Financial Position for treatment of the balance of the purchase $32,390.


2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Note10: Grants Received

ArtsNSW - -Annual Program 84,000 80,000

-Connected 34,500 -

-Strategic Initiative 25,000 -

NSW Family & Community Services - Operating 57,602 54,414

NSW Family & Community Services -"One Off" 10,000 -

TAFE NSW - Artstart Program - 26,850

NSW Dept.Youth & Disability - 3,636

NSW Department of Education & Training 21,500 -

Australia Council - Theatre Fund 85,000 76,127

Australia Council - Key Producer 103,492 102,772

Australia Council - Geek in Residence - 12,500

Australia Council -Opportunities for Young & Emerging Artists 22,000 -

NSW Office of Communities 33,754 -

MusicNSW 2,500 -

Hurstville City Council 3,800 6,000

Kogarah City Council 5,000 8,250

Marrickville Council 2,300 1,400

Rockdale City Council 4,339 7,092

Sutherland Shire Council - 7,000

Community Development & Support Expenditure Scheme 13,300 2,700

508,087 388,741

Rockdale City Council is reviewing its funding of community organisations

and has not reimbursed the rates paid, as in prior years.

Note 11: Performances & Community Delivery

Box Office 9,918 8,846

Bar Sales 1,013 992

Merchandise Sales 266 325

Contract Workshop Fees 7,609 52,344

18,806 62,507


2012 ($) 2011 ($)

Note 12: Other Funding

Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation 10,000 -

Sydney Myer Fund - 10,000

Matana Foundation 10,000 10,000

Besen Family Foundation - 10,000

Accessible Arts 2,227 -

Mardi Gras 1,100 -

23,327 30,000

Note 13: Other Income

ArtsLab Fees 3,575 3,450

Workshop Fees 48,702 39,167

Donations 8,355 2,615

Membership Fees 2,812 2,056

Venue & Equipment Hire 4,439 1,466

Crack Festival - 1,500

Miscellaneous 3,350 8,479

Fundraising 4,177 131

Project Management Fees - 7,000

75,410 65,864


Staff, Board& AcknowledgementsBoard: Elizabeth Hristoforidis (Chair), Augusta Supple (Secretary), Glenn Murray (Treasurer), Katherine Shortland, Caitlin Newton-Broad, Tasha Dal Bianco, Iain Crossing, Gordon Makryllos, Chris Lloyd Tara Fedoriw-Morris, Elizabeth Hill

Staff: Artistic Directors/CEO: Howard Matthew & Caitlin Newton-Broad General Manager: Amanda Foote Outreach Director: Sarah Emery Producer: Saskia Vromans Membership Coordinator: Hannah Strout Site Manager: Kevin Ng

Artistic Associates: Michael Pigott (Senior Company)Margot Politis (Accessibility)

Shopfront would like to thank the following donors for their generous support: Elizabeth Hristoforidis, Augusta Supple, Katie Shortland, Nadia Lindop, Paul Heath, Michael Wilkins, BCE Construction Group Pty Ltd, AON Services Pty Ltd, SR Construction Pty Ltd, Errol Bray, Rodna Jankovic

We would also like to thank all the parents, friends and members who have volunteered their time to assist with barbeques, costumes, maintenance and all the other odds and ends across the year. We couldn’t do it without you!

Shopfront Acknowledges The Assistance Of: The Federal Government through the Australia Council for the Arts – Community Partnerships Committee, and Theatre Board, the Commonwealth Government Arts Funding and Advisory Board, Arts NSW, NSW Government Dept Family and Community Services, the Matana Foundation, Accessible Arts, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, University of New South Wales, Creative Practice Lab, Casula Powerhouse, Blood & Thunder Press, Bundanon Arts Trust Hurstville City Council, Kogarah City Council, Sutherland Shire Council, Rockdale City Council, NSW TAFE and Artstart Program University Of New South Wales, Visy Board.

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Front Cover: Howard Matthew | Dance Hall Daze | 2012 Back Cover: Sarah Emery | Arcade Assembly | 2012

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