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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Bus Projects is excited to call for proposals for the 2020-21 program! This is the inaugural open call for the new venue at the Collingwood Arts Precinct (CAP). This move will allow Bus to drastically improve the way they support artists and engage with communities by removing rental fees paid by exhibiting artists.

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Last night Yarra Councillors renewed their commitment to preventing racism and injustice faced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

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

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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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Gertrude Street Projection Festival Program Announced!

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

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

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Richmond Library Makerspace Artist in Residence

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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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2020 Annual Grants Open : Grant Information Sessions

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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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‘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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