We're excited to announce Queerways: Retracing Queer Yarra has been shortlisted for a Victorian Community History Award. 

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The Flood by Ruth Höflich at Gertrude Glasshouse

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The Relationship is the Project, Recording, Yarra City Council, Jade Lillie, Dr Ruth De Souza, Tania Canas, Aldolfo Aranjuez, Community, Community Arts, Panel, Abbotsford Convent, Arts,

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Sharpen your skills by joining our free community training program.

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Creatives can access concession booking fees for select venues under the Create Rate scheme until the end of 2023.

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The 2024 annual grants are now open and close Monday January 22, 2024, for projects and activities held from Jul - Dec 2024. 

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The North Carlton Railway Community House have been busy with their local community welcoming people safety back to the centre through a community language ‘Welcome Sign Project’. 

The project saw the development of new community welcome signage to be placed at the front entrance to the House. Painting workshops with the local community created a safe, creative and fun way for the local community to come together again.  

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The Wellington is calling for submissions by local artists to be part of their online 2021 Gala Ball. 

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In 2020 Council declared its support for the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. A number of actions were generated from this decision; one of which was for Council to commission a large-scale mural that aligned with the movement.

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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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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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We are pleased to offer a limited range of venues for hire. Community venues are currently open for groups of less than 10 people for all socially distanced events.

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Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is returning to Yarra for its 11th edition and once again we are offering support to local venues and record stores to contribute to the festival line-up. Venues and record stores can submit to be part of the festival and receive support from Yarra City Council.

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If you work in the arts, entertainment or media industries, what impact has COVID-19 had on you? Share your experience via one of these arts and creative sector surveys.

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Womens Art Register Wikipedia Edit a Thon 2024

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The Sportsmens War Memorial was erected in memory of members of the local sporting clubs who died in the First World War.

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The Yarra Youth Services Artist in Residence (AIR) program presents annual opportunities to early career artists aged 20 – 25 years to develop their studio practice, build workshop facilitation experience, collaborate and continue creative conversations with peers and mentors.

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We're planning for the future by reviewing how we manage bookings of our facilities, from small meeting rooms to large events in Town Halls.

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Are you a local artist, Arts organisation or business offering classes, online content or alternative methods of engagement? Then we want to know about it!

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As part of our $7.46 million community and business support package in response to coronavirus (COVID-19), on April 9, Council launched two creative grants programs.

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