SLIDE NIGHT is an interactive photographic installation by Arabella Frahn-Starkie.
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!
Join us for this FREE portrait photography workshop, led by Matto Lucas on 10 April, 15 May, 7 August, and 11 September! This is an accessible workshop, open to all skill levels, and doesn't require specialist equipment to come along and enjoy.
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!
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.
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.
Join artist and illustrator Ashley Ronning for free drawing workshops on 5 March, 7 May, 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.
As part of SummerFest, join artist Christina Darras to make your own miniature tapestries using recycled cardboard on Wednesday 21 February 1-3pm!
Join Troppo Print Studio for free Screen Printing workshops on Thursday 21 March, Thursday 2nd May, and Thursday 23 May!
By Laura Smith. On show from 20-31 May. Opening event Thursday 23 May 5-7pm.
Featuring Keira Davis, Mia Quinn, Mary Shaw and Jack Snow-Viener. On show from 29 April - 10 May 2024. Opening event Thursday 2 May 5-7pm.
Featuring Angus Della Bosca, Bailey Florence, Rachelle Koumouris, Marika Robertson, Hari Sinh and Jevons Wang. Curated by Jevons Wang. On show 8-19 April 2024. Opening event: Thursday 11 April 5-7pm.
'Revolution: Crosspoint of Power of 45-65' by Patriot Mukmin. On show 8-19 April 2024. Opening event: Thursday 11 April 5-7pm.
'Endline' featuring images by Bri Hammond with text and research by Samuel Holleran and Hannah Gould. On show 11-22 March with opening event Thursday 14 March 5-7pm.
'Habitat' featuring Hoi Ni Jess Chow, Emily Jung, Deborah O'Brien and Kyle Stanton. 19 February to 1 March 2024. Opening event Thursday 22 February 5-7pm.
Curated by Channon Goodwin with Ellie Thomas. On show from 19 February to 1 March. Opening Thursday 22 February 5-7pm.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
Join artist Jordan Wood on Friday 13th October 2-4pm for a hands-on experimental collaging workshop!
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.
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.
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 Melbourne, Parkville
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.
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 ideas, filming, and editing.
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).
Join Matt & Sarah from Troppo on Friday 18th August, 1-3pm for a free Screen Printing workshop!
Anyone wishing to understand the contemporary art scene in Melbourne during the 1970s and 1980s need look no further than the program of events at the Ewing and George Paton Galleries. In addition to launching the careers of some of Australia’s finest artists, the gallery provided a training ground for some of our most influential Curators.
‘Shimmer(ing)’ approaches phenomena by way of embodiment. The feeling of light shimmering atop a reflective surface; shimmering; visual onomatopoeia; a verbal designation that captures the quality of something intangible...
23 October–3 November
Welcome to our suite of Unplayable Games; a memorial to tabletop pastimes and their ashes.
23 October–3 November
'The Artist’s Eye' is an exhibition closely inspired by the essays in John Berger’s book ‘Ways of Seeing’. Featuring VCA 2022 graduates and curated by Patricia Agus.
2–13 October
NABIS2K is an exhibition of contemporary painters whose work addresses age-old themes of decoration, ornamentation, and domestic space with a modern perspective and palette.
This exhibition features material from Duke’s time in Brighton and his return to Melbourne in early 1973, where he became a member of Collective Effort Press (est. 1978). 31 July–11 August
This is an exhibition of photographic and multi-disciplinary works that explore the interconnectedness of the human body and the environments they occupy (both physical and emotional) through the lens of autobiographical relationships. 31 July–11 August
Featuring Hoi Ni Jess Chow, Freja Innes-Ker and Mikaela McBain. On show from 20-31 May 2024. Opening event Thursday 23 May 5-7pm.
By rochelle morris. On show from 29 April - 10 May 2024. Opening event Thursday 2 May 5-7pm .
'Sincere Affection' featuring Lewis Egan and Lana Knezevic. On show 11-22 March with opening event Thursday 14 March 5-7pm.
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!
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!
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.
Be part of creating an epic drawing that will take over multiple locations at UniMelb during Mudfest from 23-26 August.
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, University of Melbourne, Parkville
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 photography and performance.
Get in touch with the GPG and visit us in person at the Arts and Cultural Building.
The Arts Lab is an open-access art studio for creative activity located on level 1, Arts and Cultural Building, Monash Road, Building 159.
Jordan Koudmani’s practice revolves around the construction of sound-based sculptures, stringing together derelict materials and analogue media.
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.
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.
Join us on Wednesday 19 July for Cut and Paste Library – a fun, playful, experimental collage and illustration workshop with artist Mina Gilligan!
MJ Bentley, Jaja, Kathy Chen, Cael Gilmour, Channon Goodwin, Lana Knezevic, Isaac Lizardo, Mikaela McBain, Sean Monaghan, Jolin See, Sara Seresli, Lilly Skipper, Poppy Skipper, Nicole Theodore, Jessie Turner. Curated by Lilly Skipper.