Following the success of the 2021 Bursary Round, Bakehouse Studios is launching a new round of bursaries commencing 25th October 2022 and concluding 25th February 2023.

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In 2021, Alphington Community Centre ran an outside gallery on the fence featuring 10 artists including painters, photographers, and poets. This street gallery proved a wonderful way for the local community to keep connected during lockdowns. Still.Life is the follow up project, a living 3D artwork which continues to provide a focal point for the local community.   

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Kids’ Own Publishing launch ‘Somewhere in the Middle’ – a wordless picture book created by children and their parents from Carringbush Adult Education.

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Older residents in Yarra are in for a treat this Christmas.

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Students from 3/4 Reggio at Collingwood College team up with local community radio station 3CR to make their very own podcasts talking with some local heroes. 

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Calling all singers and community choirs! We are looking for acts to sing on the steps of Fitzroy Town Hall this December.

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disorganising is a project between West Space, Liquid Architecture and Bus Projects; an open and expanding conversation that looks to experiment with divergent ways of organising and creating. Listen to recordings from the first disorganising dinner at Hope Street Radio, Collingwood Yards.  

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The Memory-Go-Round project was driven by the stories of disabled artists from VALID led by artists Zya Kane and Takashi Takiguchi in partnership with Belgium Avenue House and Yarra City Council. The creative team presented the work of Memory-Go-Round, intended to be a live immersive multisensory performance the team were able to pivot to create a series of short films, presented on zoom accompanied by a sensory pack delivered to audience goers. 

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Mini Quilting Workshop at Collingwood Yards with the WWW Guild

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EOI submissions to exhibit your art at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre are now open.

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In 2023 the Room to Create Program will support two innovative and emerging projects with access to free studio space for 12 months. Room to Create’s Artists In Residence stream supports artists and arts organisations to keep working and thriving in Yarra.

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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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Yarra has awarded funding to 20 artists and arts organisations to support projects including writing residencies, community theatre, circus, exhibitions, immersive theatre for children and several festivals ranging from contemporary dance to autumn celebrations on the Collingwood Housing Estate, as part of the 2019 Annual Grants program.

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2020 Yarra Annual grants are closing soon.

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Do you have something to say about arts and culture in Yarra? We would like to hear from you through our Your Say page, where you can do a short survey or share your story about the arts in Yarra.

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We are delighted that two artistic groups were recognised through Yarra City Council's 2019 Yarra Community Awards – the LGBTI+ Elders Dance Club and Girl Zone.

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Artist registrations for @melbfringe are now open. Melbourne Fringe Festival is proudly open access, which means anyone can get involved.

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2020 Leaps and Bounds Music Festival wraps up

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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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The Mayor, Cr Gabrielle de Vietri officially launched Council’s new affordable creative studios on 9 December after six years of fundraising and planning.

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