Collingwood Yards in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

Collingwood Yards

Locality: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Address: 35 Johnston Street, 30 Perry Street 3066 Collingwood, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.collingwoodyards.org

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24.01.2022 Are you a screen creative or creative team from a First Nations or Diverse Cultural background with a strong concept for a TV series and a completed pilot script ready to pitch? Creatives of Colour AU and Cinespace are holding an info session for First Nations, Black and People of Colour screen creatives next Wednesday 11 November, 6:30-8pm ADST - follow the link to book!

23.01.2022 Tomorrow! Join Experimenta Media Arts and speakers Sophie Kahn and Helen Pynor as the discuss the places in-between and the states of ambiguity that are central to their practice.

21.01.2022 It's been a stop-start year for many, including our resident bookshop and publishers Uro Publications. However, they haven't stopped thinking up new ideas to reach readers in lockdown.

21.01.2022 Now you can drop by to browse through the stacks at Licorice Pie Records while enjoying the last of the autumn leaves in our courtyard.

21.01.2022 Today is the first day of NAIDOC Week - a week dedicated to the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, this year with the theme Always Was, Always Will Be. We’re honoured to be the home of many amazing First Peoples’ arts organisations, artists, collectives and businesses, and we’re looking forward to celebrating them via our socials this week. Image: Section of a mural by Reko Rennie on the Johnston Street Building at 35 Johnston Street.

20.01.2022 Important reminder we have an incredible opportunity for an outstanding facilitator and relationship-builder, as Director of Collingwood Yards! The deadline for applications is Monday 22 February at 12pm (midday).

19.01.2022 This weekend we're lucky to be able to open up our many doors to welcome you in with this digital tour. Wander the hallways, take in exhibitions West Space and Bus Projects, browse through Licorice Pie Records and Uro Publications. Explore artist's studios and be introduced to the work spaces of some of the most exciting arts organisations around including Experimenta Media Arts, Auspicious Arts Projects, Centre for Projection Art and Liquid Architecture. You can dive down i...nto the soon-to-be basement home of PBS 106.7FM Melbourne and zoom up to the unique point of view in the former caretaker's residence, perched on the very top of the Johnston Street Building. You'll also find a fascinating interview with the conservation team who care for the Keith Haring Mural, a virtual tour-inside-a-virtual-tour of a large scale street art exhibition from 2018 and a warm video welcome from our CEO. We're grateful to Open House Melbourne and PHORIA for creating this immersive experience - be sure to check out the many other beautiful and interesting buildings and the incredible line up of events at this year's Open House Melbourne.

18.01.2022 Raise your voice! If you're 15 - 25 and make or work with music, The Push Inc want to hear what you have to say.

18.01.2022 Mark 28 November in your calendars! Resident gallery West Space are reopening to the public with an exciting group exhibition: Slime & Ashes, curated by Matthew Harris and presented in partnership with Arts Project Australia

17.01.2022 Yes, you. Thank you to our incredible front line health workers who have worked tirelessly to get us through this second wave of the pandemic, to the community... workers and volunteers who've kept people informed and socially connected during lockdown and thank you to every Victorian for all your sacrifices that helped get us here. Our team have been proudly producing medical scrubs and DHHS-compliant face masks at cost price for more than 6 months to support efforts to combat the virus and we can't wait to welcome you all back to our new home at Collingwood Yards to share what else we're up to! #madeinmelbourne #supportlocal

17.01.2022 This Sunday afternoon join in a live conversation with the architectural minds behind Melbourne's newest cultural and community hub. Thanks to Open House Melbourne our amazing architects Fieldwork will talk through the inspirations and ideas and virtually walk you through the newly realised outcome, currently only accessible to the public via this digital tour.

16.01.2022 is a talk series produced by Experimenta Media Arts that explores practices at the nexus of art, technology and science. This month’s free online event features Laura Woodward and Jason Sims for whom the play of light in physical space is central to their respective practices. Hear how these artists are harnessing the energy of light to transform and captivate.

16.01.2022 Hear the ideas behind the transformation of the site and the building of the community that now calls Collingwood Yards home from our inaugural CEO, Marcus Westbury.

16.01.2022 We're getting set to go live with an afternoon of @OpenHouseMelb programming. Find the links at collingwoodyards.org/openhouse.

15.01.2022 Stay home and make beautiful and/or fun things with the cutest handbuilding clay kits, newly available from the talented Tantri Mustika Ceramics.

14.01.2022 Your favourite record store has reopened!

14.01.2022 Join Uro Publications tomorrow at 5:30pm for Design Lives Here live Q&A with Penny Craswell, celebrating this beautiful new book of Australian design objects in context.

13.01.2022 Our great friends over at Open House Melbourne have put together a fantastic architect's tour of our buildings and open spaces. Explore the hallways and venture into the former classrooms, now turned into hives of creative industry, with Quino Holland and Tim Brooks of Fieldwork. Most importantly, watch this space as we work to bring you an update on our plans in the coming months.

12.01.2022 Creatives of Colour AU's research findings into the challenges experienced by creative people of colour engaging with the arts are now fully illustrated and available online at https://creativesofcolour.com/research. This exciting organisation, based in our Perry Street Building, is also recruiting for two new, paid, co-facilitator roles: open specifically to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (in so-called ‘Australia’) and Black-identifying or Afro Diaspora people, with the position description available on their website.

11.01.2022 Creatives of Colour AU are offering three Rest and Reflect Residencies for First Nations mob, Black-identifying people and people of colour in need of rest. "If selected, you would receive $1000 to commit to resting and reflecting for 1 half-day period, every week, for 4 weeks in a row. The only ‘outcome’ we will ask for is a reflection (in a format of your choice), in response to the following questions:... (1) How did the residency make you feel? (2) What did the residency make you think about?" See more

09.01.2022 Welcome to the first virtual tour of our space, accessible via https://captur3d.io//open-house-melbourne/collingwood-yards. As we invite you to this digital experience, we acknowledge the traditional owners and sovereign custodians of the land on which Collingwood Yards is situated, the peoples of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung language groups. We extend our respect to their Ancestors and all First Peoples and Elders past, present, and future.

08.01.2022 Bus Projects has reopened to the public! Plan ahead and book before visiting their new space and exhibitions including a solo exhibition by Moorina Bonini, and a curated project by Binanca Winata, featuring Eugenia Lim and Yaya Sung.

08.01.2022 "Is Agency a peak body, a facilitator, exhibition producer, educator, think-tank? Will it deliver funding, programs, advocacy? ‘It is all those things'" Read more about our wonderful tenant organisation, Agency.

08.01.2022 Join us under the trees for the next edition of Stay Soft Studio's markets

07.01.2022 Uro Publications's new shop is now open for business! Visit their beautiful bookshop with a well curated collection of books on architecture, design, landscape & garden design, urbanism and art at the end of our little laneway off Perry Street. We'd love you to drop by, browse the bookshop and enjoy the winter sun in the courtyard (while it lasts!).

07.01.2022 Beautiful, airy and open studio seeks local artists! Our friends at Yarra City Council have opened their Room to Create applications for a large studio in our Perry Street Building, available from 1 July 2020.

06.01.2022 Coming up this afternoon at 2pm: Experimenta Media Arts are hosting Experimenta Social (distancing) #35 - a fascinating discussion about touch, interactivity, the unique challenges and the potential paths forward.

06.01.2022 If you haven't visited Bus Projects recently, make some time to get down there this Saturday.

05.01.2022 Our friends at The Social Studio are sharing stories from the homelands of the makers, students and communities they work with in celebration of World Refugee Week. You can support the wonderful work they produce together by following, sharing and, if you can, donating to their Winter Fundraising Appeal.

03.01.2022 This Saturday at 5pm join Uro Publications and the authors of Robin Boyd: Late Works as part of Open House Melbourne. Authors and architectural historians Christine Phillips (RMIT) and Peter Raisbeck (University of Melbourne) uncover material buried deep in the archives of several national institutions, and this online lecture will explore Boyd’s ambitions and struggles to shape Australia’s understanding of itself as an urban nation during this time.

03.01.2022 Alinta., The Merindas and Kaiit perform live from the Barpirdhila Foundation studio - watch, enjoy, donate!

03.01.2022 Collingwood Yards is officially opening on Saturday 13 March, and we're celebrating with a site-wide Open Day! We're extending a warm welcome to everybody - come and experience the excitement of Melbourne’s new contemporary arts precinct.

03.01.2022 Welcome, Arts Project Australia! We are so excited you've chosen to create your new gallery space in our Perry Street Building.

03.01.2022 We’re looking for an outstanding facilitator and relationship-builder to be our next organisational leader. The Director, Collingwood Yards will develop, lead and implement the organisation’s second five-year strategic plan. The role is responsible for maintaining an organisational culture of excellence that champions diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, respect and inclusivity. To apply, please read through the Candidates’ Pack available via collingwoodyards.org/careers, and follow the process outlined. First Peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of gender and sexual diversity, are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications close at 12:00pm (noon) AEDT on Monday 22 February 2021.

01.01.2022 Amazing opportunity - subscribe to Aphids Broadsheet and take them up on their offer to meet emerging artists in virtual 1:1s.