un Projects is now calling for proposals for un Magazine 12.2, co-edited by Maddee Clark and Neika Lehman with sub-editor Daniel Browning, to be published in November 2018.

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The Women’s Art Register have partnered with volunteers from Melbourne University’s Grimwade Centre to embark on a conservation project which will rehouse 8000 photographic slides which form part of the WAR archives. The slides contain images of artists work from the 1970s until the 90s. 

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Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library has won a gold prize at the 2018 Melbourne Design Awards, beating three other shortlisted projects in the public and institutional architecture category.

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Our Victoria Park projector is on the move. Since 2011, the projector has been lighting up the Bob Rose Stand at the former home of the Collingwood Football Club. In 2016, the projector relocated to Peel Street Park in Collingwood for a very popular series of projections over the winter months before returning to the Bob Rose Stand in 2017.

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Entries are now open for the 2018 Australian National Brooch show. This exhibition is an initiative of the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, and will be on display in the Fitzroy library from 6 July to 31 August. 

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A new mural by Mike Makatron, Andrew Bourke and Bryan Itch has been painted in Clifton Hill. Wilderness on Wellington depicts animals and plants of the Great Forest National park, alongside a tribute to the buildings' former life as a bookshop. 

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Next Wave is a biennial festival of contemporary art made by emerging artists from around Australia with a focus on creative risk taking. The 2018 Next Wave program includes performances, exhibitions and events across a number of locations around Melbourne. 

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Applications are now open to exhibit, and to be part of the emerging writers program at SEVENTH gallery. Applications close on Sunday May 20th. 

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The Emely Baker Centre will be used for the upcoming exhibition Wayfind, as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2018.

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Registrations to participate in the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival (13-30 SEPT 2018) are now open, and close on 28 May.

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The Print Council of Australia are now inviting submissions from emerging and established art historians, curators and writers, to write an original research essay that considers an aspect of Australian print culture over the past 50 years. 

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Congratulations to Melanie Lane, winner of the 2018 Keir Choreographic Award, and Amrita Hepi, winner of the Audience Choice Award.

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SEVENTH Gallery has operated as an Artist Run Space on Fitzroy’s Gertrude Street since 2000. In 2018, SEVENTH has launched a new professional development program called Career Arcs conversation series, exploring ways in which artists build a career in the arts beyond the gallery and studio, through complementary vocations such as curatorship, publishing, festivals and design. 

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Nominations for the 2018 Sally Isaac Memorial Scholarship Fund Award* are now open and will close on Monday 7 May. Nominations are being be accepted via an online submission process. 

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Yarra City Council is seeking Expressions of Interest for an Artist-in-Residency program, at one of two sites, Hugo Wertheim Room – Studio One Community Hub, Richmond and Florence Peel Centre - Meeting Room, Fitzroy. Both spaces are venues managed by the City of Yarra.

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Drop Zone by Troy Innocent, Joel Collins, Indae Hwang and Yun Tae Nam was one of three public art works installed in Yarra, in 2011, under the banner of The Environmental Public Arts Project which responded to key features of Council's Environment Strategy: Towards Local Sustainability 2008-2020.

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The Women’s Art Register is Australia’s living archive of women’s art practice (non-binary and trans inclusive) and a National, Artist-Run and Not-for-Profit community and resource.

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The Melba Spiegeltent is seeking expressions of interest from independent artists and small to medium companies who would like to be a part of the second festival of innovative and experimental circus work at The Melba Spiegeltent, Sidesault at the Melba.

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Artbank will launch its new Collingwood premises by opening its doors to all on Saturday 24 March, offering the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and view one of the largest collections of contemporary Australian art in the world.

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