Join the Temperance Hall Society!
Supporting embodied artistic practices across dance, choreography, performance and interdisciplinary forms, Temperance Hall provides a simple structure and a clear context for the essential experimental work of making new art.
We invert the traditional presentation house model by investing directly in the early work – the initial dreaming, the building blocks, and the outlandish experiments that are vulnerable to failure, but necessary for the extraordinary discoveries that usually follow.
And we couldn’t do it without you.
Your support has allowed us to trial new programming models that respond to artists’ needs and sector gaps. Cumulatively, these programs have re-shaped our organisational model.
In 2024, your contribution enabled the piloting of the Front Studio Residency.
In 2025, your contribution gave us the confidence to convert the on-site studio apartment into the Apartment Studio Residency for visiting artists.
In 2026, under the banner of 'Temperance Movement', we are developing new programs focused on discourse and practice exchange – vital for the health of any artistic ecology, enabling artists and community members to gather, exchange ideas, and learn from and question each other.
This year, we are asking you to ‘join the Temperance Hall society’ by committing to regular monthly donations.
A gift of $42/month or $500/year places you among our Temperance Hall Members. A gift of $1,000+ places you among our Founding Members.
An audience member recently described Temperance Hall as:
“A gift… a lifeline… vital to any hope of artists continuing to survive.”
Please consider joining the Temperance Hall Society today by making a tax-deductible donation. Every contribution strengthens Temperance Hall.
Image: When It Is Finished by Deanne Butterworth, photograph by Gregory Lorenzutti
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Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
We respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which Temperance Hall is located, the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations people.
Join the Temperance Hall Society!
Supporting embodied artistic practices across dance, choreography, performance and interdisciplinary forms, Temperance Hall provides a simple structure and a clear context for the essential experimental work of making new art.
We invert the traditional presentation house model by investing directly in the early work – the initial dreaming, the building blocks, and the outlandish experiments that are vulnerable to failure, but necessary for the extraordinary discoveries that usually follow.
And we couldn’t do it without you.
Your support has allowed us to trial new programming models that respond to artists’ needs and sector gaps. Cumulatively, these programs have re-shaped our organisational model.
In 2024, your contribution enabled the piloting of the Front Studio Residency.
In 2025, your contribution gave us the confidence to convert the on-site studio apartment into the Apartment Studio Residency for visiting artists.
In 2026, under the banner of 'Temperance Movement', we are developing new programs focused on discourse and practice exchange – vital for the health of any artistic ecology, enabling artists and community members to gather, exchange ideas, and learn from and question each other.
This year, we are asking you to ‘join the Temperance Hall society’ by committing to regular monthly donations.
A gift of $42/month or $500/year places you among our Temperance Hall Members. A gift of $1,000+ places you among our Founding Members.
An audience member recently described Temperance Hall as:
“A gift… a lifeline… vital to any hope of artists continuing to survive.”
Please consider joining the Temperance Hall Society today by making a tax-deductible donation. Every contribution strengthens Temperance Hall.
Image: When It Is Finished by Deanne Butterworth, photograph by Gregory Lorenzutti
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
We respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which Temperance Hall is located, the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations people.
