We encourage proposals from innovative and engaging artists, to exhibit at: Richmond Town Hall, Fitzroy Library, Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy and Richmond Library, as well as in the four outdoor light boxes at Carlton Library.

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Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2020 City of Yarra Exhibition Program. We are seeking innovative and engaging artists to exhibit within Richmond Town Hall, Fitzroy Library, Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy and Carlton Library Light Boxes as part of our 2020 exhibition program. Applicants can propose one space only as part of any application. Alternatively applicants can submit multiple applications for distinct exhibitions tailored to each exhibition space.

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Registrations now open for Melbourne Fringe Festival

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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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Incorporating the past, present and future, the artwork - Celebration Dreaming - references Aboriginal identity, connections and culture in Fitzroy and highlights the significance of the area.

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The Emely Baker Centre will be used for the upcoming exhibition Wayfind, as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2018.

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We are reviewing our Creative Yarra Triennial Grant Program and a survey is now open for community feedback. Creative Yarra is our three-year funding scheme offered to individual creative practitioners and organisations.

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2019 City of Yarra Exhibition Program Expressions of Interest

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Contemporary art organisation West Space has been awarded a $30,000 Room to Create grant, which they will use to help foster emerging and underrepresented artists in Yarra.

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Draw the band competition winner 2019

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Artful Dodgers Studios are seeking expressions of interest from young singers and those with an interest to participate in a new vocal ensemble project, Ultravox Choir. EOI are open to all young people aged 14 - 27 with an interest in the project’s theme and/or in group singing and no musical experience is necessary.

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Expressions of Interest to hold a major event in the City of Yarra from June – December 2020 are now open.

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Leaps & Bounds Music Festival is returning to Yarra’s live music venues this winter, and is looking for local venues to take part and receive both cash and promotional support.

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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 2022-2026.

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Do you enjoy the arts? Are you involved in the creative industries in Yarra? Help us shape our next Arts and Culture Strategy.

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We are now accepting applications for the 2023 Artist in Residence through the Room to Create Program.

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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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We are currently reviewing Yarra’s Arts and Heritage Collection Management Policy to see how effectively they support Council’s vision. Consultation with the Yarra community is an essential part of that review. Have your say by completing our brief survey. Your short and long-form answers will form a critical component of our research and inform our recommendations.

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Melbourne-based street-artist, Baby Guerrilla, has transformed the Church Street side of the Richmond Library wall into a large bookshelf. Stacked with a broad range of publications, the shelves run along the length of the building. Engaged in various activities, animals and fictional characters weave their way through the books, attesting to the infinite possibilities that libraries offer.

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As part of Yarra’s revitalisation works to Wangaratta Street Park, located in Richmond behind the Corner Hotel, a larger-than-life bronze statue of local music identity Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum AM stands with his beloved dog Ziggy by his side. Among many things, Molly is celebrated for his role as the presenter of Countdown which aired from 1974―1987.

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