Creative Brimbank

Our wonderful artist in resident Gretel Taylor is busy devising her work for later in the year. The In-site: Brimbank Environmental Art Residency runs from February to August.

Do you have a creative kid? Bring them to a very special Kids Art Lab - 50 years of Deadly as part of NAIDOC Week

In this special arts workshop designing boomerangs with Bakandji artist Aunty Jeanie Mason, Kirrae Whurrung Eastern Maar Nations artist Ella Clarke, and Gudjitmara art facilitator Jahneya Travis, with support from lead art facilitator Jo Mott.

Details: Wednesday 8 July, 3.30-5pm at St Albans Community Centre, 33 Princess Street, St Albans. Free of charge, adult supervision required!

More details: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/kids-art-lab-50-years-of-deadly

Closing soon - Applications for the Keilor Art Spaces Studio Program.

We’re inviting artists from all creative disciplines, including visual, literary, performing and media arts, to apply for a shared studio space for a period of one to two years at a cost of $37.20 per week.

Applications close 6 July

Apply now: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/visualarts/low-cost-art-studio

Photo by Namchops Photography

NAIDOC Week (5-12 July) recognises and celebrates the unique and important place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold in our community, honouring their history, culture and achievements.

Here are some events happening in Brimbank:

🖤 Candice Lorrae: Bush Meets The Sea (Live) - Friday 10 July
💛 50 Years of Deadly Exhibition - 5-12 July
❤️ Yarn & Stitch Workshop with Teena Moffatt - Wednesday 8 July
🖤 Kids Art Lab - 50 years of Deadly - Wednesday 8 July

More info: creativebrimbank.com.au/naidoc-week-2026

Save the Date - Kıbrıs Adanın Sesleri - Our Journeys, Our Stories - 30 August

Uprooted by conflict and displacement, Cypriot Turks carry the echoes of their homeland across continents.

'Kıbrıs Adanın Sesleri' is a digital community project from the North Cyprus Turkish Community of Victoria that follows the stories of community members as they journey from Cyprus to Victoria, revealing narratives of loss, resilience, migration, and the remaking of home.

Details: Sunday 30 August, 1-4pm at the Bowery Theatre, St Albans. Free of charge, bookings required.

More info: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/Kıbrıs-Adanın-Sesleri

Showing now - Holding Signals Exhibition by Corinna Berndt

This exhibition presents a developing video work and related sculptures exploring memory, personal archives, nature and the digital realm. Through a poetic science-fiction narrative, the work reflects on naming, language, connection across distance, and the environmental footprint of the devices we use to stay connected globally.

Showing until 15 August at Bowery Gallery, 33 Princess Street, St Albans. Free of charge, gallery open Monday-Friday 9am-5.30pm and Saturday 9am-12.30pm.

More info: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/holding-signals-exhibition-by-corinna-berndt

This weekend - Rakali at the Bowery Theatre

Rakali is contemporary Australian Gothic fable a young family trading in suburban Melbourne for a remote Tasmanian houseboat. The river has other plans - in the form of Rocko, a charismatic shapeshifting water rat who wants their baby.

Written by Alex Duncan and directed by Alice Darling.
Nominated for Best Theatre (Melbourne Fringe 2023)

Details: Saturday 20 June, 7-8.10pm at the Bowery Theatre, St Albans

More info: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/rakali

Photos by Darren Gill

Save the Date - Edge Ensembles: Illuminate - Saturday 29 August

Western Edge 's Edge Ensembles is back - and this year, they've been exploring what it means to ILLUMINATE.

The program brings together young emerging artists from Footscray, Wyndham and St Albans each week, and culminates in an original theatre work created and performed entirely by the participants themselves.

Join us for a joyful night of theatre, community and food, and witness stories that reflect where we've been - and where we're going next.

Details: Saturday 29 August, 7-8pm at Bowery Theatre, St Albans. Free of charge.

More info: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/edge-ensembles-illuminate