Apply now to join Unfolding: - a fortnightly series of workshops through which participants will be invited to pitch to the theme of “The State of the Arts” with the intent of resulting in a piece of writing for publication in a collection by the gal
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Join artist Badra Aji to explore the foundations of observational drawing in this mindfulness-focused, relaxing workshop, taking place in the Arts Lab on Wednesday 27 May, 1-3pm.
Wed 13 May 2026
Our GPG x VCA Honours conversation series returns in 2026. EOIs now open for honours students to participate!
Wed 13 May 2026
Applications are now open for the 2026 Winter Arts Lab Residency!
Tue 12 May 2026
Extensions is a presentation of new work across sculpture and movement at MPavilion Parkville, between 19 and 21 May.
Tue 12 May 2026
Join Victoria Perin for this two hour art writing workshop in the Arts Lab!
Tue 05 May 2026
Join us on Thursday 7th May, 6pm, at Cinema Nova for this keynote screening event that brings together film and conversation to reflect on how moving image practices articulate place, memory, and belonging across diasporic contexts.
Tue 21 Apr 2026
On Wednesday 20th May 12-2:30pm, writer and director Angie Kilsby guides participants through a filmmaking journey from from the first written concept to the realities of production.
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Join artist Lilah Benetti on Friday 15 May 1-3:30pm workshop that explores art-making as a relational process shaped by obsessions, perception, and lived experiences.
Mon 20 Apr 2026
The workshop encourages reflection on social and environmental issues while engaging in a collective textile-making process. Participants will have the opportunity to share experiences and contribute to collaborative creative activities.
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Taking place in the Rowden White Library, this hands on workshop explores the histories and possibilities of photocopy art, diy strategies and dissemination.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Join Lucreccia Quintanilla editor of un Magazine 19.1 and contributor Hayden Ryan, in this evening of conversation at the George Paton Gallery.
Thu 09 Apr 2026
Join artist Andrew Seward for a Botanical Drawing workshop!
Wed 08 Apr 2026
Join Rowan McNaught for a workshop that discusses and experiments with language making.
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Join artist Phong Chi Lai for this hand-stitching textile workshop in the Arts Lab!
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Join the Melbourne Art Curatorship Society for this fortnightly reading group in collaboration with the GPG!
Thu 12 Mar 2026
An interactive social artwork by Juliet Phraser, featuring sandpit tables with ceramic objects that people are invited to experience, interact, converse or unwind around. In the Arts Lab Friday 27 March, 1-3pm.
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Join art historian and cultural critic Tara Heffernan on Tuesday 24 March 1-3pm for a writing and criticism workshop in the Arts Lab!
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Want to learn more about the Arts Lab? Feel like ending your week with some self-directed making? Drop into the Arts Lab Friday 6 March to use our open creative studio space.
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Apply now for the 2026 GPG x MPavilion Parkville collaboration, led by artist Laura Banfield. Students will join Laura for a series of three workshops, culminating in a public presentation/activation at MPavilion Parkville.
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Join artist Briony Galligan in the Arts Lab on Wednesday 18 March 1-3PM
for a workshop experimenting with abstract installation as a queer mode.
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Join Christo Crocker in the Arts Lab, Wednesday 11 March 12-3 for an artwork documentation workshop! Learn the basics of photographing your own work!
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Creative making space available for students over the summer!
Wed 05 Nov 2025
Join KINGS Artist Run for the antidote to exhaustion is not rest, it’s wholeheartedness -- an emerging curatorial program taking place Tuesday 21 October 1-4pm between the Arts Lab and KINGS.
Thu 02 Oct 2025
Join artist Christina Darras for this free, hands on workshop! You'll come out of it with your very own, personalised stamp!
Mon 29 Sep 2025
Join artist Grace Culley in the Arts Lab Tuesday 7 October 1-3PM for an expanded drawing workshop.
Mon 29 Sep 2025
Taking place in the Rowden White Library, this hands on workshop explores the histories and possibilities of photocopy art, diy strategies and dissemination.
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Join Christo Crocker for an intro to artwork documentation taking place in the Arts Lab, Monday 6 October, 1-3PM in the Arts Lab.
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Learn from Australian guitarist, engineer, and producer Paul Maybury in this hands-on workshop, Thursday 25 September, 12-2 in the Arts Lab.
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Join Sticky Institute for a zine workshop in the George Paton Gallery as part of the Farrago 100th anniversary exhibition! Celebrate DIY, distribution, and disruption with this hands on making session.
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Join Melbourne based DJ, broadcaster, event producer and cultural curator, Mz Rizk for a free DJ workshop covering everything from gear selection and music curation to refining your technique and building connections. Taking place in the Arts Lab, Th
Tue 09 Sep 2025
Join Murmur Library for this three part workshop series taking place in September. Through collaborative reading, creative zine making, and interactive activities, we’ll unpack why certain books are labelled “dangerous”, who gets silenced, and how co
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Taking place Tuesday 23 September, 1-3PM, and facilitated by artist and sociologist James Hazel, this workshop will focus on creating a series of ‘structural listening’ scores aimed at exploring the social practices, experiences, and embodiments rend
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Apply now for BLOP BLOP BLOP, our annual experimental curatorial intensive. This year, Adam Cruickshank leads Reading Matter.
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Join us on the Burnley Campus with Andrew Seward for this Nature Drawing workshop! Taking place Thursday 4 September, 10.30-12.30. Supported by the Burnley Department.
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Hopeful, political, embodied, and more-than-human... this four-week poetry workshop with writer Emilie Collyer invites you to explore where language meets the world. Suitable for beginners. Wednesdays 4:30–6PM, from 27 August to 17 September at the A
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Join Matt from Troppo for this free two hour screen printing workshop, taking place in the Arts Lab, Thursday 14 August, 1-3PM.
Tue 29 Jul 2025
An opportunity to develop a single large multichannel video artwork, displayed in an exhibition at the George Paton Gallery as part of the MUDfest program in August, under the mentorship of artist Yandell Walton.
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Apply now for a new conversation series presented by the George Paton Gallery, with support of the VCA. Open to current BFA Honours students, applications due Wed 9 July.
Tue 17 Jun 2025
A low-pressure, self-directed studio residency for four current students, held in the Arts Lab through June. Prioritising process, experimentation, and unfinished work, the Winter Residency supports speculative practice, especially in new media. Appl
Tue 20 May 2025
Join us in the Arts Lab for this workshop exploring the basics of reading or performing writing to an audience. Taking place Tuesday 27 May, 1-3PM.
Tue 13 May 2025
Explore the enchanting world of Victorian native flora and fauna through papercutting in this hands-on workshop led by artist Kyoko Imazu. Taking place in the Arts Lab, Saturday 24 May, 1-3PM.
Wed 07 May 2025
Sēmeíōsis is a site-responsive installation disrupting systems of wayfinding and signage at MPavilion Parkville, 13–15 May. In collaboration with Practice Lab.
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Join Ashley Ronning for a creative fanzine making workshop in the Arts Lab! Taking place Tuesday 20 May, 1-3pm!
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Join Julie Ha and Panda Wong on May 21, 1-3PM in the Art Lab to explore the possibilities of digital poetry!
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Join us in the Rowden White Library on Wednesday 30 April, 2-4PM for this workshop exploring the possibilities of concrete poetry!
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Join artist Andrew Seward for this creative print workshop in the Arts Lab, taking place Tuesday 29 April, 1-3pm!
Wed 09 Apr 2025
A workshop with Audax M. Gawler, exploring creative practice through a relational lens. Taking place in the Arts Lab Thursday 17 April, 1-3PM, RSVP now.
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Join artist Azza Zein for "Common Threads Redux" a board game designed for exploring the creative potential of the archive. Part of Landmarks 75/25: 50 years of the Women's Art Register. Friday 28 March, 1-3pm, RSVP now!
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Join us for hands-on workshops presented by Union House Theatre & George Paton Gallery, led by sound scholar Hayden Ryan. Explore the intersection of sound, space, and culture, with a focus on acoustic, digital, and spatial design. RSVP now for 9th &
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Talking Back: a panel-led roundtable with Meredith Rogers, Nur Shkembi, Kate Just and Azza Zein, Thursday 20 March, 6–7pm in the George Paton Gallery.
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Join artist Anna Dunnill in the Arts Lab on Tuesday 15 April, 1-3pm, for this creative textiles workshop!
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Apply now for this multipart creative workshop series with the George Paton Gallery and Practice Lab, culminating in a public art installation and event at MPavillion, Parkville. Applications due Friday 21 March.
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Join philosopher Vincent Lê in the Arts Lab on Tuesday 8 April, 1-3pm, for a workshop exploring "the future" in contemporary popular philosophy, critical theory, and art.
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Join us in the Arts Lab Wednesday 26 March, 1-4pm for Occasional Writing with Rachel Schenberg and Toyah Webb!
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Join Troppo Print Studio for a free Screen Printing workshop! Taking place in the Arts Lab on Thursday 20 March, from 1-3pm.
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Join artist Badra Aji to explore the foundations of observational drawing in this mindfulness-focused workshop, taking place in the Arts Lab on Wednesday 12 March, 1-3pm.
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Come up with your own characters or set design and bring them to life with clay! Taking place in the Arts Lab on Wednesday 5 March, from 1-3pm.
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Join us on Wednesday for a screening of the feature length documentary 'I am only making a Report' by independent researcher and filmmaker Vaibhav Abnave.
Fri 07 Feb 2025
The ACFA symposium aims to build relationships and extend a vocabulary around how culture underpins the climate crisis and how culture is in turn affected by environmental imbalance.
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Want to get involved in sound and production? Interested in live music and mixing? Join UMSU’s in-house technical production team for a series of free workshops to build your skills!
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Join Melbourne Art Library for 3 workshops in October unpacking and exploring the intangible frameworks needed to support contemporary creative production.
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Join Adrian Holmes for a free 2 hour film workshop on Tuesday 20 August, 12-2PM!
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Join filmmaker Matthew Doherty for a free workshop exploring filmmaking using a phone, Wed 28 Aug or Thurs 29 Aug, 1-3pm.
Mon 05 Aug 2024
Join us in the Art Lab for on Wednesday August 21 from 12-2 for a free Stop Motion Animation Workshop with Anthony Lucas.
Mon 05 Aug 2024
Workshop with filmmaker, current PhD student and teaching fellow Simin Dolatkhah, Wednesday August 14th 12-2pm in the ArtsLab.
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Thursday 10 October, 5.30-7.30pm. Join us for a special workshop on painting abstract art designed for students. Have some fun and unleash your creative energy in our introductory abstract art workshop for beginners.
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 26 September, 5.30-7.30pm. Calling all visionaries, creatives and STEM artists. There are many solutions to a problem. Bring your ideas to into art, refine your vision or take a new approach—whatever works for you, we've got you covered in o
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 19 September, 5.30-7.30pm. Join us for a chill watercolour painting session and bring some balance to your busy week! Discover how painting with watercolours can bring peace and serenity to your creative practice.
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 5 September, 5.30-7.30pm. You’re invited to a special painting workshop focused on mastering hard edges in acrylics. Gain the confidence and practical tools, techniques, and unique arts-based knowledge to create bold and articulate paintings
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 29 August, 5.30-7.30pm. Join us for a creative session and let your inner artist shine with acrylics! Attend this workshop to learn the art of acrylic painting and expand your artistic palette with our colour-focused activities.
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 15 August, 5.30-7.30pm. Practice drawing while enhancing your concentration and meditation skills. Express your emotions and ideas through drawing techniques designed to steady your busy mind and connect you with your creative self.
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Thursday 8 August, 5.30-7.30pm. Combine your academic pursuits with a meditative art class to help you re-visualise and clarify your vision.
Sun 28 Jul 2024
A two-part experimental research workshop, engaging with the subject reader as a form of creative/critical practice.
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Join Naarm based electronic musician and composer Nina Buchanan for this two-part sound workshop.
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Join us for FREE portrait photography workshops, led by Matto Lucas on 7 August and 2 October. These workshops are accessible, open to all skill levels and don't require specialist equipment to enjoy.
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Join artist Angela Rossitto on 23 August, 6 September, 18 October, for atextiles and weaving workshops, and learn about how she uses soft sculpture in her art practice to create large-scale, site-responsive, installations.
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Join Troppo Print Studio for a free Screen Printing workshops in the Arts Lab!
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Join artist and illustrator Ashley Ronning for free drawing workshops on 27 August and 15 October. Ashley will take you through a few simple drawing exercises to loosen you up and build confidence in your approach to drawing.
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Join artist Andrew Seward for Botanical Drawing workshops on 31 July and 18 Sept. Using simple materials such as charcoal, pencils and paper, Andrew will guide participants through a series of exercises for drawing plants from life.
Mon 01 Jul 2024
BLOP BLOP BLOP: An experimental curatorial intensive led by Beatrice Rubio-Gabriel.
Wed 22 May 2024
Join artist Carmen-Sibha Keiso for a three-part filmmaking workshop from 21 March, 28 March and 4 April from 1-3pm. Get hands-on with filmmaking equipment (audio and video) and plan and make a film throughout the three sessions!
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Join us for this FREE portrait photography workshop, led by Matto Lucas on 10 April and 15 May. This is an accessible workshop, open to all skill levels, and doesn't require specialist equipment to come along and enjoy.
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Join artist Kohl Tyler-Dunshea for a handmade Ceramics Workshop from 14th March, 18th April, and 16th May! Using simple techniques and airdry clay, Kohl will guide participants through a series of exercises for experimenting with ceramics!
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Join artist Andrew Seward for a Botanical Drawing workshop on 3 April, 31 July, and 25 September! Using simple materials such as charcoal, pencils and paper, Andrew will guide participants through a series of exercises for drawing plants from life.
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Join artist Angela Rossitto on 7 March, 11 April, and 9 May to explore experimental knitting techniques and learn about how she uses soft sculpture in her art practice to create large-scale, site-responsive, installations.
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Join artist and illustrator Ashley Ronning for free drawing workshops on 5 March and 7 May. Ashley will take you through a few simple drawing exercises to loosen you up and build confidence in your approach to drawing.
Tue 27 Feb 2024
As part of SummerFest, join artist Christina Darras to make your own miniature tapestries using recycled cardboard on Wednesday 21 February 1-3pm!
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Join Troppo Print Studio for free Screen Printing workshops on Thursday 21 March, Thursday 2nd May, and Wednesday 22 May!
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Take a break from exam prep and come along to our open crafting session with artist Christina Darras! Come anytime between 1-3pm on Thursday 26th October and Thursday 2nd November!
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Join artist Nila Shekarvand on Tuesday 24th October 5:30-7:30pm to experience a calming and creative journey with guided meditation and painting. Relax your exam nerves while mastering the intricate world of watercolour painting.
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Join artist Yanni Florence on Tues 10th and Wed 11th October 1-3pm for a two-part photography workshop that aims to photograph the trees at the University of Melbourne!
Tue 19 Sep 2023
For the next in our Survival Guide professional development series, join artist Astrid Mulder on Wednesday 4th October 2-4pm for a workshop about the ins and outs of artwork documentation!
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Join artist Angela Rossitto on Monday 16th October, 1-3pm to explore experimental knitting techniques and learn about how she uses soft sculpture in her art practice to create large-scale, site-responsive, installations.
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Join artist Jordan Wood on Friday 13th October 2-4pm for a hands-on experimental collaging workshop!
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Join artist Andrew Seward on Wednesday 18th October 1-3pm for a Botanical Drawing workshop! Using simple materials such as charcoal, pencils and paper, Andrew will guide participants through a series of exercises for drawing plants from life.
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Join artist Minna Gilligan on Wednesday 25th October 1-3pm to explore the mediums of collage and illustration. This workshop will take you through the A-Z of contemporary collage!
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Thinking Futures is a reading and writing workshop based on the importance of utopia and the collective imagination of socially and ecology just futures. Taking place on 13th & 20th October from 1-3pm.
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Join artist Christina Darras in this free workshop 12th of October 12-2pm. Make your own beeswax or vegan food-wraps and say goodbye to plastic!
Thu 07 Sep 2023
Join the team from Fussy Artlab for a handmade workshop! Design your own accessories, create a personalized gift for your bestie or simply relax and make new friends.
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Be part of creating an epic drawing that will take over multiple locations at UniMelb during Mudfest from 23-26 August.
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Join us for a special professional development talk by filmmaker Zac Millner-Cretney. Zac will discuss his unconventional career pathway and ethics of practice: Friday 25th August 1-2pm, Level 3, Rowden White Library, Student Pavilion, University of
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Join us for a special professional development talk by photographer Rosa Spring Voss. Rosa will discuss her practice, career pathway and approaches to creative wellbeing: Thursday 24th August 1-2pm, Level 3, Rowden White Library, Student Pavilion, Un
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Join us for a special professional development talk by writer, producer and arts worker Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh: Wednesday 23rd August 1-2pm, Level 3, Rowden White Library, Student Pavilion, University of Melbourne, Parkville.
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Join artist Nina Mulhall for ‘Making Video Art Together’ a three-part workshop 13, 20, 27 September 1-2:30pm. Making Video Art Together guides participants through forms of collective production of documentary-style video art including developing ide
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Join artist Matto Lucas on Tuesday 15th August 1-3pm for a FREE portrait photography workshop! Matto Lucas is an Australian artist, photographer, creator, curator and art facilitator working within mixed and digital media, with a preference for photo
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Do you want to learn how to photograph theatre, dance and contemporary performance? This will be a fun and accessible workshop taking place over two dates: 10th August 1-3pm (Guild Theatre) & 24th August 1-3pm (George Paton Gallery).
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Join Matt & Sarah from Troppo on Friday 18th August, 1-3pm for a free Screen Printing workshop!
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Become awake to the sounds of our world and how they can tell stories. Union House Theatre and the George Paton Gallery present the Sound Explorations Lab, a 3-part workshop series hosted by sound artist Mara Schwerdtfeger.
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Join us for a walking tour of Collingwood Yards, a former technical college, revitalised into a creative arts precinct and affordable home for numerous creative businesses, galleries, and studios.
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Join us on Wednesday 19 July for Cut and Paste Library – a fun, playful, experimental collage and illustration workshop with artist Mina Gilligan!
Tue 11 Jul 2023