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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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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The Women’s Art Register (WAR) 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. In 2018 the Women’s Art Register have partnered with volunteers from Melbourne University’s Grimwade Centre (in the Faculty of Arts), to embark on rehousing 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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‘Casting Off’ Winners of Total Theatre & Jacksons Lane Award for Circus, Edinburgh Fringe 2018.

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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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The Australian Cultural Fund is a fundraising platform for Australian artists. It is managed by Creative Partnerships Australia and was established by the Australian Government in 2003 to encourage donations to the arts.

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Registrations for Fringe Furniture 33 are now open. Artists, designers, visionaries, dream-weavers - Fringe want your beautiful, wild, and outlandish design at Fringe Furniture as part of the Festival in 2019.

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2020 Yarra Annual grants are closing soon.

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Each year, we honour local people who make a difference to the community with our Yarra Community Awards. These awards are presented to individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to Yarra in the past year or over a number of years.

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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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Entries are now open for the 2020 Australian National Brooch show.

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We are committed to providing exhibiting opportunities for artists, as well as inspiring encounters with visual art for all. Stop by one of these Yarra venues to view our current exhibition program showcasing local artists and creative practice.

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The Centre for Projection Art is offering opportunities for artists to undertake new projects over winter and spring through their 2020 Mentorship and Residency program.

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$220,000 has been awarded to artists and organisations in our Stimulate creative grants funding. Twenty-eight projects were awarded funding in our recent Stimulate grant round. We received 201 applications and just over 13% of applicants received funding, in what was one of the most competitive grant rounds to date. Over two million dollars in funding was requested.

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Each year, we honour local people who make a difference to the community with our Yarra Community Awards. These awards are presented to individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to Yarra in the past year

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Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre captures its community with the talents of portrait artist Amir Tehrani. This project was supported by Yarra City Arts.

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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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Yarra City Council is calling for Expressions of Interest Edinburgh Gardens Plinth Program A large, empty plinth stands as a centrepiece of the park in the middle of a circular garden bed in the gardens. Erected in 1901, it was originally the base for a wooden statue of Queen Victoria which stood watch over the gardens for a very short while before going missing. The statue was never replaced, and the plinth has stood bare in the park for over a century.

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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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