Arts & Culture

Craft Victoria launches Conscious Craft 2025

April 23rd, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

As Craft Victoria gets ready to unveil a new suite of exhibitions, it’s also launching Conscious Craft 2025 – an initiative focused on reshaping how we interact with materials, encouraging thoughtful, sustainable, and innovative approaches.

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Podcast focused on anti-conscription movements within the CBD awarded

April 15th, 2025 - Alexandra Randall

A podcast series exploring the efforts of women of Melbourne to resist conscription during the Vietnam War has received best oral history prize at the Victorian Community History Awards, held on March 24 at The Langham in Southbank.

The Dirty Dozen: exploring Melbourne’s street food history through art

March 26th, 2025 - Alexandra Randall

From March 13 to August 29, artist Kenny Pittock and curator Richard Cornish present The Dirty Dozen: Stories Behind the Food That Made Melbourne at Melbourne Town Hall’s City Gallery.

New exhibition showcases creative collaboration of Victorian-based ceramic artists

March 18th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

Craft Victoria’s latest exhibition, Trees and Animals, is a striking exploration of form, using trees and animals as experimental subjects.

Burke and Wills monument to be moved to the Royal Society of Victoria

March 12th, 2025 - Sean Car

The iconic Burke and Wills monument will be relocated from City Square to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RSV) to make way for the opening of Town Hall station as part of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project.

City of Melbourne’s interactive partnership with South Korea returns

February 21st, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The City of Melbourne has partnered with South Korean not-for-profit organisation Jeonju Cultural Foundation to deliver an interactive cross-cultural experience at ArtPlay.

A family day at Yayoi Kusama’s NGV exhibition

February 19th, 2025 - Janelle Warner

My partner and I decided to take our four-month-old baby to revered Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition on Valentine’s Day.

Old School: a contemporary celebration of women, craft, and tradition

February 19th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, Craft Victoria presents Old School – a contemporary exhibition that features new and recent works of six women artists working across craft and design.