Spotlight on Amy Gopperth
Amy received an Arts and Creativity Grant 2023/24 to expand their business offering to deliver jewellery making workshops that focus on sustainability and connection within the Northern Beaches. Amy continues to deliver workshops as a core part of their business, enabling Amy to share her skills with others and watch participants explore their own creativity. Amy’s workshops sessions aren’t just about making jewellery, they are about slowing down, connecting with the process and experiencing the joy and mindfulness that creativity brings.
Amy is one of the four jewellery makers spotlighted as part of Contemporary Metal on the Northern Beaches, our program for Sydney Craft Week 2025.
Our Local Creatives
Each month we showcase some of the talented people who live and work in our community, exploring the diversity of artistic and creative practices on the Northern Beaches.
Our creative community
The Northern Beaches is home to a higher than average percentage of artists, creatives and cultural workers.
Our local creative community generated $915 million in value added for the Northern Beaches in 2022/23. This is 6.1% of total Gross Value Added, above the Greater Sydney average (5.1%). Our artists and creatives are the drivers of a vibrant local economy.
Architectural Services was the top employing Creative and Cultural industry in the Northern Beaches, and Advertising Services was the top industry for employed residents living in the Northern Beaches. Book and magazine wholesaling employed 2.8 times more people than the Greater Sydney average, and photography was the largest specialised occupation with 2 times more people employed than the Greater Sydney average.
Our creative economy supported 6,992 local jobs (6% of total jobs in the LGA) and provided employment for 11,832 residents (7.4% of all employed residents) in 2022/23.
Download the Creative and Cultural Sector Report 2022-23
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