CAQA Studio Aurora: simulated design studio, gallery, screen and live performance workplace by CAQA

About CAQA Studio Aurora: simulated design studio, gallery, screen and live performance workplace by CAQA

Studio Aurora is a multi-disciplinary creative company that brings design, visual art, screen and live performance together under one roof.

Studio Aurora is a multi-disciplinary creative company that brings design, visual art, screen and live performance together under one roof. From a converted warehouse in Collingwood it runs a graphic and spatial design studio that serves commercial and cultural clients, a public gallery with six curated exhibitions a year, and a 180-seat black box theatre that presents music, dance, theatre and comedy seasons. A Docklands unit produces short-form screen content, documentary and branded video with full post-production. Studio Aurora also tours work to regional Victoria through its Bendigo venue partnership.

The company is organised into six departments: Design Studio, Gallery and Exhibitions, Screen Production, Live Production and Events, Audience and Marketing, and Studio Operations and Finance. Core staff work weekdays, while gallery front of house, theatre crew and screen crews work rostered evenings and weekends around seasons and shoots. Freelance designers, artists, performers, camera operators and technicians are engaged by contract for each project. Every project starts with a brief and a job number and moves through the Project and Job Board from concept to delivery, invoice and archive.

Work is finished properly, checked by a peer and delivered to specification every time.

The studio takes creative risks with intent and learns openly from what does not land.

Safety, consent, access and the wellbeing of artists, crew and audiences come before the schedule.

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