Exhibit at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

When making you application consider how your project relates to one or more of our programming aims:

•  Engage critically with contemporary ideas and issues: Projects that investigate current social, political, environmental and cultural issues. This might involve theoretical, material or lived engagement with these ideas.  

• Demonstrate a meaningful engagement with chosen material(s) or method(s): Projects that are committed to material or medium-specific investigations. This could include outcomes from concentrated studio-based practices or an experimental approach which pushes the limits of a given medium or method of working.  

• Are relevant to the Darebin community: Projects that speak to Darebin’s diverse community and the history, trajectory and context of this area. This might include the intersection of local and global issues such as First Nations sovereignty, the environment, migration, housing, the economy, supply chains, food in/security, marginalised communities, and other pressing issues, and whether/how these issues are relevant to the local community. The project may also include reference to particular moments in time or places within Darebin.  

• Are engaging and accessible to a wide range of audiences: Projects that use their respective mediums to convey ideas to audiences in a way that is engaging and allows people to expand their thinking on art and the world around them. This may include projects that involve interactivity, participation or have a public program component. We’re looking for projects that are able to convey their ideas with both poeticism and clarity.

Yes. A pdf version of the application form can be found here.(PDF, 260KB)

We have exhibition slots available for the following periods: 

• June - August 2027 
• September - November 2027 

• December 2027 – March 2028

A floorplan can be downloaded here(PDF, 3MB).

We’re happy to help anyone who is unable to access the application form online. Please call us on (03) 9496 1060 or email bundoorahomestead@darebin.vic.gov.au or visit us at 7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora VIC to let us know if you require an alternative form of application. This will likely be a paper form, which we can post to you or assist you with filling it out in person. Note that support material will need to be included if applying by post, and post must arrive at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre by the application deadline of 4pm on Thursday 20 August 2026.

Unfortunately, Bundoora Homestead’s Heritage walls are unsuitable for affixing anything heavier than 2kg. Each gallery has gallery tracking, and any works that need to be hung will need to be fitted with D-rings to hang from our tracking system. We do have a few moveable walls which can be nailed into, however, these will need to be shared across all exhibitions at the Homestead.

Unfortunately, Bundoora Homestead’s Heritage ceilings aren’t able to be hung from. Our tracking system can hold up to 50kg across one wall. We recommend chatting with our Curator before you submit your proposal should your work be heavier than 100kg.

We have a selection of plinths, moveable walls, televisions and media players, and two projectors with sound equipment. We have one large glass cabinet with three shelves. We also have a tracking system for hanging paintings and framed (or unframed) works fitted with D-rings.

Yes! We welcome inclusion of public programs as part of your project, including artist talks, short seminars, professional development opportunities for our audiences or workshops. However, you will need to seek additional funding for any public programs.

We will let both successful and unsuccessful applicants know by Friday 9 October 2026.

We have a range of opportunities, including this EOI. Every two years, we host the A1 Darebin Art Salon which is open to people who live, work, study or base their art practice in Darebin. Every alternate year, we host the Darebin Art Prize, which is open to practicing artists from across Australia. Other artist opportunities can be found on the Darebin Arts website here. There are also a number of grants available from the City of Darebin, which you can read more about here.

Exhibition proposals will be assessed by a panel comprising the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Coordinator, Curator, and external arts professionals covering artistic and curatorial expertise.

A creative CV should include a list of projects that relate to your practice over the time that you have been practicing. They can also include relevant work experience, successful grants, fellowships or formal and informal education.

We want our exhibitions and creative projects to be as accessible as possible to a wide range of audiences, which means that marketing or exhibition copy should be written in plain English (not art-speak). You can use the Hemingway Editor (https://hemingwayapp.com/) to write into, and ensure that ‘Readability’ is not above Grade 10.