Crocodiles

Darebin Arts Speakeasy & Elbow Room present

Crocodiles by Vidya Rajan

**Due to COVID, tonight's performance (Thurs 1 June) has been cancelled. Ticket buyers will be contacted by our ticket team soon.**

A new black comedy about class, culture and responsibility in the aged care sector.

24 May - 4 June | Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

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Exhibit With Us!

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre is seeking proposals for exhibitions in 2024 and 2025. 

Applications close: SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2023

Image credit: Dominic Kavanagh, Duet, 2016. Room installation perspective, dimensions variable

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Aboriginal art collection

A selection of powerful artworks made by Aboriginal artists in the Darebin Art Collection.

Aboriginal Cultural Observance: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following content may contain images of artwork by deceased persons.

Image: Mandy Nicholson, My Booris, 2004. Acrylic on canvas, Darebin Art Collection.

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Current exhibitions at Bundoora

Explore the current exhibitions at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.

Banner image: Megan Cope, ‘The Blaktism’, installation view ‘Mapping the curious heart, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 2022. Photo: Lucy Foster.

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Let's Take Over

The sensationally successful program returns to Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre for it's fourth year on Saturday March 5.

Let's Take Over offers talented young people (aged 15 to 25) the opportunity to forge a creative career as an artist, producer or programmer.

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The Darebin Art Prize is a biennial, multi-medium award for outstanding contemporary visual art.

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Us Mob

1 July – 23 September 2023

Truth Telling Display

1 July - Ongoing

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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

A public art gallery for the City of Darebin, housing art, gardens and café on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people.

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Darebin Arts Centre

Darebin Arts Centre is Preston’s premier arts venue. Our reception will be open to the public on Thursdays from 9.30am - 6.30pm for enquiries and in-person ticket purchases, commencing Thursday 4th May 2023. Find out about our spaces, ticketing, events and how to get here.

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Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre is a vibrant arts and cultural venue situated North of the Melbourne CBD.

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FUSE is Darebin’s contemporary, multi-arts festival. Every autumn and spring, FUSE provides a platform for local creatives, artists and performers to transform our amazing city into a dynamic hub of creativity.
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