Watch on YouTube: The Relationship is the Project: Working with Communities Conversation Series #1

Jade Lillie hosted a panel including Adolfo Aranjuez, Dr Tania Cañas, and Dr Ruth De Souza. They shared experiences around access and inclusion, cultural safety, and representation and how to manage the 'epic fails'.

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Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, Tools For After, a Festival of Ideas bringing the brightest minds in design, architecture and climate science from Italy to Melbourne in September.

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Nominations are now open for Yarra City Council’s annual Community Awards – recognising those who make a difference in their community.

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The 2024 Annual Grants opened for applications on Tuesday 13 June 2023 and close on Monday 31 July 2023 for projects and activities held in 2024. 

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We are seeking innovative and engaging artists to exhibit as part of our 2024 exhibition program at: Fitzroy Library, Bargoonga Nganjin - North Fitzroy Library, Carlton Library Light Boxes.

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EOI submissions to exhibit your art at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre are now open. 

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View our artist talk with Australian Photographic Portrait Prize winner Rod McNicol on YouTube.

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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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Expressions of Interest to hold a major event in the City of Yarra from January 2024 to December 2024 are now closed. Thank you for your interest. 

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The Room to Create 560 Church Street Pop up Studio artists and partners came together late June for a celebration of the new pop up studio space, courtesy of the Alfasi Property Group.

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The Yarra Arts Fellowship is a $10,000 grant to be awarded to an individual artist. 

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City of Yarra’s annual winter music festival, Leaps and Bounds, is heating up the streets again this July. In its 11th year, with over 40 events, spanning a diversity of live music acts, arts activities and cultural celebrations, this year’s festival is set to bring the City of Yarra to life.

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Keep an eye out for a series of delightful mosaics by local artist Dawn Anderson along the Yarra Bend Park. Inspired during the COVID lockdowns and her enjoyment of the many walks she took in the park with her dog, Dawn wanted to celebrate the area and her newfound love of mosaics.

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Disabled and d/Deaf within Victoria are invited to submit a work towards an exhibition that will showcase the unique lens that Disability provides around the issues of climate change.

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Rent Free High Quality Spaces Available. We are looking for creatives to takeover a whole floor of high quality spaces in the Bryant & May Heritage Buildings at 560 Church Street, Cremorne.

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Yarra City Council is calling for Expressions of Interest Edinburgh Gardens Plinth Program.

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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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Workshops with Yalinguth creative team engages Sacred Heart Primary School students and teachers in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history of their neighbourhood. 

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In 2023 the Room to Create Program will support two innovative and emerging projects with access to free studio space for 12 months.

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Fitzroy based artist Darien Pullen has been announced, to commission the statue honouring the lives and legacies of music legends Uncle Archie Roach AM AC and Aunty Ruby Hunter.

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