Next Wave is now accepting applications for their 2020 festival program: A Government of Artists

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SEVENTH gallery have announced that from July 2018, exhibition fees have been eliminated and all exhibiting artists will be compensated a fee for showing. Proposals are now being accepted for the next 12 months of programming.

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Jill Orr’s work The Promised Land – Flag is now on display as part of Freshwater/Saltwater, an exhibition at The Gallery at Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre.

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Our Victoria Park projector is on the move. Since 2011, the projector has been lighting up the Bob Rose Stand at the former home of the Collingwood Football Club. In 2016, the projector relocated to Peel Street Park in Collingwood for a very popular series of projections over the winter months before returning to the Bob Rose Stand in 2017.

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Room to Create, Q44, theatre, Abbotsford Convent, Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation

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The Keir Foundation, Dancehouse, Carriageworks and Australia Council for the Arts today announced a cash prize increase to $50,000 for the winner of the now prestigious award.

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The Yarra Youth Services Artist in Residence (AIR) program presents annual opportunities to early career artists aged 20 – 25 years to develop their studio practice, build workshop facilitation experience, collaborate and continue creative conversations with peers and mentors.

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

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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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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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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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