Utp Reading Room

We are welcoming artists, curators, researchers, students and freelance professionals with a desk-based practice to work alongside us in our newly-furnished reading room – a space for reflection and research. 

We have curated a selection of books and catalogues on socially-engaged practice, contemporary and community art, poetry and Western Sydney fiction. This is a non-lending library. Please feel welcome to browse our collection and/or bring your own projects to work on. 

Free to visit with essential booking

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The Reading Room is currently open from: 

Wednesdays 10:30am – 5pm

The space includes one adjustable standing desk, one chair (an adjustable office chair can be available), two armchairs, natural light, floors space with a rug and cushions, powerpoints, windows that open, and air-conditioning. The reading room is separated from our office with floor-length glass. It is possible to take private meetings by closing the door. We will accommodate one booking at a time, so you won’t be sharing the space with other visitors. 

The entrance to the reading room is located in our office on the 2nd floor of Bankstown Arts Centre, with lift access for wheelchair users. The Reading Room is accessible to manual and power wheelchair users. For more venue access information, visit our Access page. 

You are welcome to use the library as a base to explore Bankstown, visit exhibitions at the Arts Centre. We are surrounded by local restaurants, parks, and just a 15-minute walk from Western Sydney University’s Bankstown campus and Bankstown Centro shopping centre. 

We are about a 7-minute walk away from Bankstown station. Free 4-hour parking is available in the Olympic Parade carpark behind the Arts Centre.

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

These projects are supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Neilson Foundation.

This projects have been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Utp is supported by venue partner City of Canterbury Bankstown.