The Kiama Old Fire Station was built in 1915 and originally operated as a working fire station.
In 1996 Kiama Council and the Ministry of the Arts helped refurbish the space, allowing the Old Fire Station to be used as a community art gallery ever since.
The Old Fire Station is booked 52 weeks per year and is available to be hired for:
- exhibitions
- workshops
- lectures
- talks
- recitals and
- performances.
The mural on the back walls was painted by Trudi Voorwinden along with TAFE students during a TAFE Outreach Project, which trained 10 locals in mural design and coordination.
The trainees were:
Leonie Barracluff
Maryann Conway
Robyn Drake
Carole Dunn
Emmanuel Fenech
Rachael Kalkowski
Michelle Kent
Vicki Webster
Tanya Bond
Andrew Lawden
Grant Roberts
Warren Hunt.
The side panels were also undertaken as part of the TAFE Outreach Project and depict Daisy the Decorated Dairy Cow in the four seasons of our seaside environment.