Spoil someone rotten with the best giftware shops in and around Geelong

Whether it’s a gift for yourself, a loved one or you’re looking to waste a few hours of your day, these stores in Geelong are the perfect places for whatever you’re after. Set yourself a budget, as you won’t be able to help yourself at these stores!

Fire the kiln: A giant ceramics market is coming to Geelong

Perfectly timed to fill the shopping list this festive season, The Geelong Ceramics Market returns to the region with the…

Forever I Live: The life and legacy of Josh Muir

Readers please be advised that this article discusses a First Nations person who is deceased. Josh Muir was a prolific…

A new vibrant music mural has popped up in Ballarat

The City of Ballarat has a new addition to their already vibrant music scene. Today a new music mural has…

Newtown creative studio The KO to say goodbye at 2024 close, hosting studio furniture sale

Nestled into the quiet Lambert Avenue court of Newtown, the sunlit shared studio space of The KO has housed some…

Warrnambool Art Gallery graffitied with award-winning works

From the concrete building facades of New York’s gridded streets to the walls of Warrnambool Art Gallery (WAG) comes CLAW…

Geelong Design Week welcomes more than 70 exhibitions, workshops, talks, tours and unique experiences to the region

There are a great number of landmarks, people and events synonymous with the Geelong name for both locals and from…

Ballarat International Foto Biennale is now taking submissions for GradFoto 2024

Entries have officially opened for GradFoto 2024. As part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale program, GradFoto 2024 celebrates the…

The best art shows and exhibitions happening in regional Victoria this month

As the weather heats up, the arts scenes across regional Victoria are embracing both the traditional and non-traditional gallery settings….

Lucinda Goodwin, Dean De Landre and more display works in Yarra Street Window Gallery

Having opened in June, Geelong’s 24-hour street gallery, Yarra Street Window Gallery has become a welcome attraction of the Geelong…

New York artist Claudia Gold makes world premiere of Claw Money World in Warrnambool

“Graffiti is the soundtrack of the city,” – a sentiment true to the vibrantly decorated New York cityscape. One of…

Geelong gallery changes its name to reflect artistic and business direction

This week has seen major changes in Geelong’s art scene. After awarding their annual art prize over the weekend to…

A full gallery: Platform Arts is overflowing with works from local artists for After Walter Hopps exhibition

Geelong experimental arts house, Platform Arts has yet again invited hundreds of local artists to decorate the walls, floors and…

Finalists to the 2024 Len Fox Painting Award revealed

From over 300 entries (the most the award has attracted to date), 56 applicants have been selected as the finalists…

Recipient of $30,000 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize revealed

Continuing a long tradition of acquisitive award exhibitions, Geelong Gallery’s has awarded the winner of their 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art…

Dowel Jones own their ten year anniversary thanks to National Wool Museum

When curating the great walls and floors of the restored 1872 bluestone woolstore that makes up the National Wool Museum,…

August Arts Guide: After Walter Hopps, Diokno Pasilan and Geelong Contemporary Art Prize at the centre of arts in regional Victoria

August is the time that galleries across regional Victoria open their doors not only to visitors but to artists to…

A new art gallery is coming to central Geelong

Opening at the mouth of the Geelong Cultural Precinct on Little Malop Street, Untether Gallery is the passion project of…

Frida Kahlo pops up at Bendigo Art Gallery

The Bendigo Art Gallery has procured a world-class collection for their Bendigo International Collections under their 2025 exhibition program. Bringing…

Moama Lights illuminates the Murray this month

Moama’s Horseshoe Lagoon acts as a backdrop to the stunning state-of-the-art installation, projection and cutting-edge moving light technology that makes…

The Victorian Arts scene is not slowing down for winter. Here is our guide to the best exhibitions and event to head to this month

From ceramics to furniture, arts trails to renaissance, the arts scene is bursting this month with so many exciting exhibitions…

Platform Arts open call gallery event After Walter Hopps makes a return

When Platform Arts opened their gallery to artists of all ages and disciplines in 2022 the result was nothing short…

A new window gallery has opened this week in Geelong

This week, the City of Greater Geelong Arts and Culture Department unveiled the new Yarra Street Window Gallery, bringing the…

The National Wool Museum covers Anatomy Lessons

In a similar fashion, the newest exhibition from Geelong’s dedicated texture and fibre gallery, the National Wool Museum will be…

 

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