Yarra Council wants to support artists and arts organisations to create and present artworks in response to the climate emergency.

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The City of Yarra values the creativity that exists in our city and we want to make sure it continues to be an essential part of our neighbourhoods into the future. In a rapidly changing landscape, we recognised the need to take action to keep creative spaces available and affordable.

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We’re reviewing our Arts and Culture grants program to ensure it continues to be accessible, impactful and meet the needs of our diverse communities. We also want to make sure these grants continue to support the creative and social impact these exhibitions, events or programs can provide the wider Yarra community

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Yarra has adopted a new Council Plan, which sets our priorities and direction for the next four years.

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Yarra City Council has adopted its 2017/18 budget and Long Term Financial Strategy, following extensive community consultation.

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Yarra Council has voted unanimously to change the way it marks January 26, from 2018 onwards.

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A group of keen community members with interests in heritage, architecture, urban planning and local history have been appointed to Yarra’s Heritage Advisory Committee.

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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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Cr Danae Bosler has been elected as Yarra City Council’s Mayor for 2018/19.

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Yarra’s latest Pick Me Up Guide is now available and features events from July to December 2019. Pick Me Up is your guide to arts, culture and exciting events in the City of Yarra.

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2020 Annual Grants Open : Grant Information Sessions

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Yarra City Arts latest Pick Me Up Guide January - June 2019 now available.

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Pick Me Up features events, festivals, exhibitions, concerts, opportunities for young people, projects presented by our grant recipients and information about Yarra’s programs such as Room to Create and our Artist in Residence program.

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STUDIO is the collaborative practice of Tamsen Hopkinson and Woody McDonald, producing video interviews, live music events, contemporary art exhibitions, radio and print resources.

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 Lucy Beattie Hughes is an Art Curator and Artist. Hughes' creative practice engages with the intersections of photography, form, material, abstraction and space.

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Richmond Library Makerspace Artist in Residence

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Yarra City Arts is calling for artists who are experienced in creating figurative bronze sculptures to be considered for this project.

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Earth, Body and Soul is a series of collaborations with dear friends and family. Here nature acts as both content and context. In this series, characters inhabit the landscape wearing sculptures they created in collaboration with the artist. The spaces these works exist in are undeniably interwoven within the work itself. Spaces shapeshift us, tell stories and unfold histories, as well as having the ability to become transformed through artistic practices.

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‘Exploring the Blak Queer Frontier’ is an official exhibition presented as part of 'Victoria's Pride 2023', delivered by Midsumma in partnership with the Victorian State Government. Enoki is a proud Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta Non-Binary Blak Fulla who is based on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm (Melbourne), and they’re a multimedia artist with a main focus in digital media. Enoki explores Blakness and queer identity in their practice. They’re inspired by everything from 90s and early 2000s artists, music and pop culture to old classical paintings.

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