Three murals by artist Sam Yong were commissioned by Yarra City Council in 2020 and are located on the Collingwood Senior Citizens Centre (CSSC), next to the Collingwood Town Hall, on Hoddle Street in Collingwood.

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Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is returning to Yarra this winter and is looking for local live music venues to take part.

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Anthony Romagnano’s work ‘Celebration Banners’ is currently on display outside Collingwood Town Hall, having recently been a part of our 2021 Festive Celebrations.

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After a 3-year hiatus, Sound Waves returned to Fitzroy Swimming Pool in February 2022. As part of the Rediscover Yarra initiative, this edition of Sound Waves was eclectic, vibrant and unlike any Sound Waves before it, with over 3,000 punters enjoying live tunes around Fitzy’s poolside throughout February. 

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We caught up with Kent Morris to talk about his recent exhibition 'Cultural Reflections - Up Above and Unvanished' at Richmond Town Hall.

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Yarra City Council is creating a new festival to celebrate the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and arts, in June 2022.

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The Plant Society and the Yarra City Council invite you to be a part of the inaugural Garden State festival to celebrate gardening as an art form and to explore the vital role plants play in the art of living.

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Blak Pearl artists studio open to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community at Florence Peel Centre, Fitzroy. 

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Blak Pearl Creative Studio is new creative drop-in space for Aboriginal Peoples in Yarra coordinated by Future Tense and supported through Yarra’s Room to Create Program.

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A former Congregational Church hall and caretaker's residence in Peel Street Collingwood will transform into a First Nations fashion hub, thanks to support from Yarra City Council and the Victorian Government’s Creative Neighbourhoods Partnerships Program.

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The City of Yarra is requesting expressions of interest from not-for profit community organisations for use of 12-16 Peel Street Collingwood.

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We are excited to announce KIN Fashion as the successful applicant to our Expression of Interest for tenancy of 12-16 Peel Street Collingwood.

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We are now accepting Expressions of Interest to hold major events in Yarra for 2022 to 2023.

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ALWAYS LIVE is a brand-new Victoria-wide celebration of contemporary live music set to make global noise in 2022. Expressions of Interest for program concepts are now open!

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The Yarra Youth Services Artist in Residence program presents annual opportunities to early career artists aged 20 to 25 years to develop their practice.

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These workshops will provide artists with the opportunity to learn about the projection art form, gain technical skills, understand projection mapping techniques and develop a proposal for new or existing work.

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We are pleased to announce that in December 2021, Council adopted our new vision for the arts in Yarra, the Arts and Culture Strategy 2022 to 2026.

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Queerways Melbourne are taking the stories of Melbourne’s queer history to the streets by painting a timeline of key events as a mural in Fitzroy, supported by Melbourne Pride - A Road to Pride, Midsumma Festival and the Victorian State Government. 

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The Australian Children’s Choir is thrilled to announce the release of their latest music video, 'All Will Be Well' by Will Todd, which was recorded in Melbourne and filmed at Melbourne’s historic Abbotsford Convent. 

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We are thrilled to announce the incoming residents at our Room to Create Studios at Collingwood Yards!

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