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Darebin Arts

Locality: Preston, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 8470 8888

Address: 274 Gower Street 3072 Preston, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/whats-on/darebin-mayors-writing-awards-for-young-people

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25.01.2022 WRITERS! Submit your work! n-SCRIBE is open to all genres, styles and forms! Prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, short story, journalism, creative non-fiction and memoir! For more info about what is published, have a look at past editions of n-SCRIBE! https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

24.01.2022 Are you interested in applying for Let's Take Over? Or do you know someone that is? Join us for a Q&A on Monday where you can ask any questions you might have in submitting your application. You'll also hear from previous participants Ashleigh Morris and Edwina Green who are joining the leadership team in 2020! Let's Take Over is a paid skills development opportunity for 15-25 years that are interested in building a creative career.

24.01.2022 We're really disappointed about the serious damage to the Gold Head guerrilla public artwork in All Nations Park recently. Earlier this year we made a commitmen...t to both the artists and our community to reinstall the popular artwork to ensure it was safe and accessible. 'Ol' Goldie' has been the hero we didn't know we needed for the past six months. So it's very disappointing to see the work was vandalised, especially as it was due to be auctioned to raise funds for homeless support services - an area in need now, more than ever. So, for now, the park is without it's shining light. We're speaking with the anonymous artists to work out what happens next... and once we know, we'll give you a head's up.

24.01.2022 Rawcus are an award winning ensemble and were set to premiere their performance GLASS with American choreographer, Marc Brew as part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy. GLASS was scheduled for August 2020 but is now postponed to 2021. We can’t wait to bring you this incredible show but for now, you can hear from the ensemble themselves. We asked them a few questions about what they're doing at the moment. * Can you briefly describe your practice? Rawcus is a long-term ensemble of 15 r...adically diverse performers. Together with a core team of designers we have been creating contemporary performance for 20 years. * Is there anything you are working on during lockdown? We have moved rehearsals onto Zoom and are working on the creation of some short films together. We are also all baking cakes so that we can simultaneously eat them together on Zoom next week for our 20th birthday celebration. * How are you filling the days? The Ensemble are filling their days by going on walks, dancing in their living rooms, getting to know their neighbours, home schooling their children, enjoying riding their bikes on empty streets, watching dance performances on the internet where you can see the sweat fly through the air, cooking and eating a lot. Some of us are playing lots ping pong, creating art projects from home, writing grant applications and one of has created a giant loom to keep herself occupied. * Has the pandemic shifted your approach to practice? At the core of our practice is collaboration, connection and relationship. This hasn't changed but we have been forced to adapt and creatively seek out new ways to find connection, meaning and creativity when we can’t be in a room together. We have been delighted and surprised to discover that our ability to pick up subtlety and nuance, exchange energy with each other and bounce off each other’s ideas still feels possible even when we are separated. * What’s the best thing you have been part of or privy to during COVID19? The clear night skies, the sparking green of nature, the return of birdsong and a feeling that the natural world has been afforded a small moment to breathe again. * What’s the first thing you want to do when ALL restrictions are lifted? Hug each other. We can’t wait to dance together, laugh and return to the normal rhythm and flow of conversation between a large group of people that is not determined by the internet platform you are on. by Pia Johnson

24.01.2022 Amazing opportunity for emerging music event producers aged 55+! Details below!

23.01.2022 Artist Profile: Ai Yamamoto Ai Yamamoto received a grant to create a new sound art piece called Simple Life from Lockdown. Ai talks about making music from household sounds and reflecting on what’s important. More info about how Darebin Arts supports artists: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/support/

23.01.2022 Do It: Darebin Creek is a collection of actions to exercise your mind and creativity while you're out for your physical exercise Do it now: http://doit.darebinarts.com.au/ Do it in your mask!... Do it locally! Do it within the allowed exercise time or do it at home! See more

23.01.2022 Have you heard about our new online magazine? Check out this playful, initimate and suprising collection of work on the Darebin Arts website. Read more about it here in Australian Arts Review! https://artsreview.com.au/new-online-magazine-capturing-im/

23.01.2022 Let's Take Over applications are now open! Klari had great ideas about arts projects and events but struggled to transform their great ideas into a reality. Then Klari applied for Let's Take Over. This is their story. If you are: 15-25 years old keen to kickstart your creative career... get paid to learn APPLY NOW: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/special-proj/lets-take-over/

23.01.2022 Don't miss a lighting spectacular on display this weekend at Northcote Town Hall!

21.01.2022 TONIGHT @ 6pm! Ask us anything about LET'S TAKE OVER! Join Edwina Green, Ashleigh Morris (LTO alumni and Co-Curators/Producers) Sarah Austin and Samantha Butterworth (LTO Facilitators) as we answer any questions you might have before applying. Applications close 31 August - that's only 1 week away! So get those questions off your chest!... This event will be Auslan interpreted. Darebin will record this session so if you are unable to attend, it will be available for viewing afterwards.

21.01.2022 Hello, AMPLIFY is part of FUSE Festival Darebin 2021. Calling all mid to late career musicians/producers living and working in Darebin. AMPLIFY seeks to shed light on voices less heard, by the mainstream. If you know of musicians/music producers who are local and over the age of 55, please share with them. In many ways this offers a chance to collaborate, amplify skills, work in new ways, and there’s a fee!... All the details, deadlines are below at the FUSE website. https://www.fusedarebin.com.au//amplify-2021-event-produc/ See more

20.01.2022 FUSE Fund round closes this Thursday at 4pm. Head to the FUSE website for details!

19.01.2022 Have a look at these! Opportunities to be part of the Autumn 2021 FUSE program!

19.01.2022 Win A Golden Ticket! Did you attend any events in our Spring season of FUSE? We want to hear from you! Click here: https://www.fusedarebin.com.au//fuse-spring-2020-audience/ to complete the FUSE Spring 2020 Audience Survey and you could win a Golden Ticket voucher for Thornbury Picture House. Each voucher, valued at $100, includes two movie tickets, two glasses of wine, beer or soft drinks, two delicious small plates from Umberto’s and two choctops. ... It’ll only take 5 minutes of your time.

18.01.2022 FUSE Spring 2020 program is now online! You can view the awesome range of offerings rolling out from Sep - Nov.

17.01.2022 Have you been following the story of Gold Head, the guerrilla public artwork that appeared in All Nations Park in January? Last month Darebin’s Art & Collections team were thrilled to be able to reinstall the much loved Gold Head statue, after several months careful planning and many calls from the community. We’ve made a little video about the story here. Do you live near All Nations Park? Have you visited Gold Head? Share your thoughts about it here. https://vimeo.com/439686999

17.01.2022 Would you like to help guide the direction of art, culture and heritage in the city of Darebin? Darebin Council is seeking applications for community members to... join our Art & Heritage Advisory Panel. You’ll be part of a team of expert volunteers providing support and advice on the delivery of outstanding, relevant and accessible visual art, public art and heritage services for the community. For more information and to view the application documents please go to: http://www.bundoorahomestead.com/art-heritage-advisory-pane Applications close 5pm Friday 11 September

16.01.2022 Missed the LET'S TAKE OVER Q&A? Well you can listen it on the Darebin Arts website Listen now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//lets-take-over-application Applications close on 31 August - that's only in 7 days!

16.01.2022 Reading n-SCRIBE 2020: Jes Layton reads The Muay Thai 'Grunt' his powerful work about breath published as part of n-SCRIBE 2020 Darebin’s annual literary magazine. Read the whole magazine online now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

16.01.2022 We have some outstanding writers in Darebin! Jasmine Anoushian won 2nd Prize for the Darebin Mayor's Writing Award 2020 The judges described her winning piece 'You Could Be Here to See the World Change' as a careful account of how life spins out of control but also inevitably continues after a loved one has taken their life. Masterfully rhythmic with colour and repetition, the story captures the sense of being stuck, spiralling, unravelling and regret, while managing to balance the middle ground between bittersweet hope and poignant resignation. Read Jasmine Anoushian's winning piece 'you could be here to see the world change' and others winning entries at https://www.darebinarts.com.au/specia/mayors-writing-award/

15.01.2022 Let's Take Over applications close in 5 days Tré was a performer and artist but wouldn't describe themself as an organised person. Then Tré applied for Let's Take Over found themself organising a massive arts event. This is their story. If you are:... 15-25 years old keen to kickstart your creative career get paid to learn APPLY NOW: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//lets-take-over-applicatio/

15.01.2022 CLOSING SOON! Submissions to n-SCRIBE 2020 close on Monday! any style or genre any topic any level of experience... $100 writers fee for published work Submit your writing now! https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

15.01.2022 LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT! n-Scribe submissions close tonight at 6pm! Submit now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

15.01.2022 FUSE Festival has opened the second grant round of the FUSE Fund. A fund created to support the presentation of arts & cultural projects and events from Darebin based artists and community organisations in the FUSE Festivals. Head to the FUSE website and find out more! ... https://bit.ly/31WGrie

14.01.2022 Darebin Arts presents EXHIBITING CULTURE ONLINE Capturing the imagination, mood and impact on local artists during the extended lockdown period, Exhibiting Culture Online is a new online magazine featuring local Darebin artists, artworks and articles in three curated special editions, to be released over the next six months. This online magazine will showcase stories curated by local content creators including Sam Elkin, Olivia Koh, Vidya Rajan, telling a story that is uniqu...e to Darebin yet relatable to all Victorians. Edition 1 is NOW LIVE! Click here to explore: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/exhibiting-culture-online/

13.01.2022 A great opportunity for our creative community.... As part of our Festive Season program we are looking for artists to create artworks for several Darebin shop ...fronts, to help celebrate the festive season... For the full artist brief contact: [email protected] #activespacesindarebin #lovelocal #darebinbusiness #creativedarebin #artists #shoplocal #callout

13.01.2022 ARTIST / CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY Darebin Arts is seeking expressions of interest from creative's to lead online content curation featuring local artists, artworks and articles over the next six months! EOI's must close Monday 13 July. ... For more information and to apply head to the Darebin Arts website. https://www.darebinarts.com.au//call-for-expression-of-int

13.01.2022 CLOSING TONIGHT! Let's Take Over applications close at midnight If you are: 15-25 years old keen to kickstart your creative career... get paid to learn APPLY NOW: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//lets-take-over-applicatio/

12.01.2022 Drum roll please... Darebin Arts and the City of Darebin are pleased to announce the winners of the Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards for Young People! Primary School Winners 1st Prize: Cushla Booth 2nd Prize: Charlie Yong... Highly Commended: Mika Lanz Forstner, Dana Tingwell, Thomas Lenne, Travis Le Packham and Thomas O’Grady Secondary School Winners 1st Prize: Eva Gadsby 2nd Prize: Tess Baker Highly Commended: Mila Guest, Maia Clisby de la Piedad, Scarlett Clare, Luke Ehlert, Mia Purcell Read all the winning entries here: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//darebin-mayors-writing-aw/

12.01.2022 Let’s give a shout out to the behind the scenes heroes of Darebin. If you know a person or group who has made a positive impact in our community, now is the time to nominate them for a 2020 Darebin Community Award! Nominations are open until 11 February, 2021. Head to our website for details: https://www.fusedarebin.com.au//2020-darebin-community-aw/

12.01.2022 Reading n-SCRIBE 2020: Becki Bouchier reads her impactful work Jogging at Night published as part of n-SCRIBE 2020 Darebin’s annual literary magazine. Read the whole magazine online now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

11.01.2022 As part of our 'Exhibiting Culture Online' project, the first iteration of Darebin Arts online magazine is titled 'Darebin Unsettled' and has been curated by Sam Elkin. In this online showcase, LGBTIQA+ artists from across the City of Darebin interrogate the experience of lockdown from a myriad of queer and gender non-conforming perspectives and provide a snapshot of a collective experience of isolating our bodies from one another. Jump onto the Darebin Arts website and perus...e this exceptional body of work here: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/exhibiting-culture-online/ See more

11.01.2022 Get into the festive spirit and celebrate Darebin’s musical talent with a new compilation created for the holiday season. The free Festive Darebin Community Mix Tape features an eclectic mix of local talent including, school choirs, singer songwriter Quinny, the 13-piece Caribvic Steel Band, Darebin City Brass, local community choirs ARCappella and Northern Voice Community Choir, and many more. Also watch video performances supplied by High Street Bells Choir, ARCappella ...and ARC Children's & Youth Choir Available online until 31 of December. https://www.fusedarebin.com.au//festive-darebin-community/

11.01.2022 Artist Profile: Israel Aloni Dance Israel received a grant to create a new work called Movement Diaries. Israel unpacks the experience of being a dancer in lockdown and exploring everyday movements. More info about how Darebin Arts supports artists: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/support/

11.01.2022 CLOSING SOON! Let's Take Over applications close on Monday If you are: 15-25 years old keen to kickstart your creative career... get paid to learn APPLY NOW: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//lets-take-over-applicatio/

10.01.2022 Michele Lee is the writer of Security, a performance work which was programmed as part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre in August 2020. Due to COVID19, the play has been postponed but will premiere as part of our season in 2021. We interviewed Michele a few weeks back, if you didn't see it in our enews, here are a few highlights from it! * Can you briefly describe your practice? * I'm a playwright, who writes for the stage but I also create liv...e art, write for audio and for screen. * What were you doing when we went into lockdown? * On Saturday 14 March I was at a friend's wedding. It was full of artists, theatre and visual arts. There was a gorgeous air of generosity, as we peacocked around in colourful wedding attire and ate from byo vegie food platters (I made pakora and lemon semolina cake). Naturally, for an event filled with theatre artists, there were a lot of conversations about what 'might' happen for theatre as the night before MICF had just cancelled. * Has the pandemic shifted your approach to practice? * Like I said, because the pandemic has pushed towards going back to my desk job, and then that means managing that alongside my creative stuff, I've been thinking more long-term and thinking more about what sort of work I want to make, who I want to work with, because I won't have as much time to explore things I might only be vaguely interested in. A friend put it to me that it was sort of like now needing to do a strategic plan for myself, you know, outlining my values, my objectives, and measuring any new opportunities against this. And getting used to saying no and not getting too hung up on missing out. I guess it's about clarity, about sustainability. * What’s the best thing you have been part of or privy to during COVID19? * A friend started a photo event, where you dress up and post pics online every Friday. It's called #coronahighfashion. It's been fun doing this. It can take up a bit of time though! But that's ok, as I am trying to savour those days where you're not measuring your satisfaction around being productive. * What’s the first thing you want to do when ALL restrictions are lifted? * It might not be the first thing but I will be back out there seeing live performance.

10.01.2022 Artist Opportunity to develop a project for FUSE Autumn 2021 festival program! Details below!

09.01.2022 Cushla Booth won 1st prize for the Primary School Category of our Writing Awards for Young People Here she reads her winning entry ‘The Girl and the Geese’ Read all the winning entries online now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//darebin-mayors-writing-aw/

09.01.2022 Everyone Is Famous, the exciting new performance work from Riot Stage Youth Theatre, was scheduled to be part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Next Wave Festival this year. The live performance is now slated for 2021 and in the meantime, they have continued to explore and experiment with persona in the age of the internet - creating this socially distant video work! Enjoy!

09.01.2022 Reading n-SCRIBE 2020: Nicholas Ling reads his beautiful pieces A Haiku For Ma and The Treadmill published as part of n-SCRIBE 2020 Darebin’s annual literary magazine. Read the whole magazine online now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

09.01.2022 Some great crafts, activities and ideas for the summer holidays, check out the Darebin Libraries page for more details.

08.01.2022 We have another amazing grant opportunity for artists and arts companies to create work for these socially distanced times. Got an idea for something people can participate in (safely) or respond to creatively themselves? The Creative Collaboration in Isolation grant is now open: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//creative-collaboration-in/

08.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce Edwina Green and Ashleigh Morris (both part of Let’s Take Over 2019/20) as Co-Curators/Producers of the Let’s Take Over Symposium presented in partnership with the Science Gallery Melbourne. Ed and Ash will form part of the leadership team of the program, helping design and deliver the third iteration. You can hear more from these two at our Let’s Take Over Application Q&A on Monday at 6pm via Zoom (this event is auslan interpreted) but in the mean...time, here is a little more about their practice. Edwina Green is a Trawlwoolway (First Nations) inter-disciplinary artist that creates word surrounding the discourse of the post-colonial paradigm and it’s affects on people and place. Within her involvement Let’s Take Over 2020, she created a work, ‘Blak Workshop’ that set itself as a social experiment of disrupting, questioning and re-positioning non-Indigenous engagement with palatable blackness. She is excited to mentor, yarn and help produce work that is reformative, uncomfortable and challenging, while holding a cultural safe space for our participants, and the prioritisation of First Nations stories throughout the arts industry. Edwina has been a practicing artist since 2017, inclusive of works apart of YIRRAMBOI (2017 & 2019), Brunswick Music Festival, NSFW (New York) and various galleries on Kulin land. Edwina is ready to see the next Let’s Take Over creators, presented in partnership with Science Gallery Melbourne. Ashleigh Morris (they/them) is a queer theatre-maker and creative producer. Earlier this year Ashleigh produced a new participatory work, Mx. Whippy: the ice-cream gentle-them at Let’s Take Over 2020, presented by the City of Darebin. Last year Ashleigh completed their Master’s research project on Artist Wellbeing in a Festival Context and is looking forward to applying this knowledge in fostering the wellbeing of Let’s Take Over 2021 producers in a peer leadership role. Previously, Ashleigh has worked as Festival Producer of Guild Fringe! at Melbourne Fringe 2019, Director of MEDUSA at Mudfest 2019, Co-Creative Director of Tastings 2018, Creative Producer of Performing Arts at Mudfest 2017 and as a theatre-maker/performer at Fringe World 2015 and Fremantle Festival 2014. Ashleigh is so excited to be returning to Let’s Take Over, this time as Co-Curator/Producer of the Let’s Take Over Symposium, presented in partnership with Science Gallery Melbourne.

08.01.2022 n-SCRIBE 2020 writing submissions are NOW OPEN Open to any genre and style! Open to new and experienced writers! Open to any writer with a connection to Darebin! $100 for work that is published in n-SCRIBE 2020! More info: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

08.01.2022 Artist Profile: Marnie Woods Arts Access Victoria received a grant to support ETHER: an online exhibition of various artists including Marnie Woods. We chatted to Marnie about what inspires her artworks and what she’s looking forward to after lockdown! View ETHER: the exhibition here: https://www.artsaccess.com.au/get-creative/studios/ether/... More info about how Darebin Arts supports artists: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/support/

07.01.2022 Have you had a listen to the very festive Darebin Community Mix Tape yet? Featuring 12 tracks from your favourite local bands, choirs and performers, it is sure to put you in good spirits this holiday season! https://omny.fm//festive-dare/darebin-festive-mixtape-2020

07.01.2022 Calling Darebin writers! n-SCRIBE 2020 is open for submissions! any genre and style new and experienced writers any writer with a connection to Darebin... $100 for work that is published in n-SCRIBE 2020 More info: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

07.01.2022 Barking Spider Visual Theatre is developing a new project in Darebin called The Object Monologues and they want to hear from you! What are the important landmarks and sites of significance in your neighborhood? If they could talk, what would they say? What stories do they have to tell? Tell Barking Spider about your neighborhood objects here: https://barkingspidertheatre.typeform.com/to/HeFHQcnW

07.01.2022 'Darebin Unsettled' is the first iteration of our new online magazine, Exhibiting Culture Online, as part of the Darebin Council COVID-19 Recovery Package. This edition explores the work of LGBTIQA+ artists from across the City of Darebin who reflect on the experience of lockdown from a myriad of queer and gender non-conforming perspectives. Have a listen to curator Sam Elkin discussing this powerful body of work.... https://youtu.be/vVN5sIvZ4GM

06.01.2022 Massive congratulations to the artists supported by the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Development program! In 2020, we received a whopping 66 submissions, a 37.%% increase on the 2019 round and an 87% increase on the 2018 round. The program provides artists cash and space in the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre and the Darebin Arts Centre to develop new performing arts projects. More info and full list of recipients: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/spec/speakeasy-developments/... Vidya Rajan by J.Walter Thompson

04.01.2022 We are thrilled to see this project kicking off! Movement Diaries was a recipient of the Medium Cash grants for Artist-led Initiatives. Get in touch with the details below and be part of this special project.

04.01.2022 Last chance to enter! Primary and secondary school aged writers have until 6pm on Tuesday to submit their poetry, short story, fiction, fantasy and scifi! $3000 of prizes to be won! The Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards for Young People is presented as part of City of Darebin’s COVID-19 Recovery Package.... For more info or to enter now visit darebinarts.com.au

04.01.2022 ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT! Submit your writing to n-SCRIBE 2020! any style or genre any topic any level of writing experience ... $100 writers fee for published work Submissions close Monday 12 October https://www.darebinarts.com.au/current-progr/n-scribe-2020/

03.01.2022 Susie Dee is the director of Archimedes War, a play written by Melissa Reeves about a young boy who experiences post traumatic stress from playing violent video games. Archimedes War had just started rehearsals at Northcote Town Hall when the building had to close due to COVID19 but Susie and the team are working towards a premier at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre in 2021. We interviewed Susie Dee a few weeks ago, if you didn't see it in our enews, here are a few highlights...: *How are you filling the days?* I still have quite a few theatrical projects on the go at different stages and in different forms - navigating these through zoom meetings/emails - from play readings/developing new ideas/revisiting old ideas. Filling out copious forms for small pots of money - small grants/job seeker/keeper...etc. etc. And walking a lot and yes... Baking bread! *Has the pandemic shifted your approach to practice?* Well I am not on the 'floor'... this is where I flourish so have allowed my self a little more time for contemplation and time to reflect - I had been on a crazy theatrical wheel for the past 2 years... *Is there anything you are working on during lockdown?* Very lucky to be part of the editing process for our film (Shit)... working remotely as a collective - the editor creating sections - and watching/taking notes and having weekly zoom meetings *What’s the first thing you want to do when ALL restrictions are lifted?* Take a long drive and visit my daughter in Alice Springs

03.01.2022 for arts! Darebin is offering small arts organisations, collectives and sole traders support (and money) to adapt, respond and undertake development in the current social isolation climate. Applications close Monday 21 September 2020 ... Find out more: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//cultural-infrastructure-r/

03.01.2022 Let's Take Over applications are officially open! Are you 15-25 years old? Have you always wondered how to kick start a creative career? Would you like to be paid to learn? Apply now to Let’s Take Over: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/special-proj/lets-take-over/ Images by Yunis Tmeizeh.

03.01.2022 Let's Take Over applications are now open! Zadie was just 16 when she applied for Let's Take Over. She wanted to learn about event management but she discovered so much more! This is her story. If you are: 15-25 years old keen to kickstart your creative career... get paid to learn APPLY NOW: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/special-proj/lets-take-over/

02.01.2022 The beloved Reservoir Stomp is back - reimagined! Rez Stomp TV will be taking over screens on Sunday 29 November with a colourful 4-hour digital offering featuring Archie Roach, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, Jazz Party, Kutcha Edwards and many more. Tickets on sale now! Supported by Darebin City Council.

02.01.2022 Eva Gadsby won 1st prize for Secondary School Category in one of our Writing Awards for Young People. Here she reads her winning entry ‘The Smouldering Summer’ Read all the winning entries online now: https://www.darebinarts.com.au//darebin-mayors-writing-aw/ Language and content warning: Content may cause distress or concern for some readers. ... If you need to talk to someone, support is available. Lifeline: 13 11 14 24/7 confidential telephone crisis support. 1800Respect: 1800 737 732 24/7 confidential information, counselling and support service See more

01.01.2022 Got a fantastic idea for a collaborative arts project that can engage our diverse community whilst being COVID safe? We have a special grant closing Monday night just for that purpose! https://www.darebinarts.com.au//creative-collaboration-in/

01.01.2022 Calling all Playwrights! EOIs are now open for participation in FUSE Darebin's 'Playwrights Bake Off'. The Playwrights Bake Off is a two-day rapid-fire playwriting challenge facilitated by dramaturg Mark Pritchard and playwright Ra Chapman. ... EOIs close 19 October, so apply now! Find out more https://www.fusedarebin.com.au//even/playwrights-bake-off/

01.01.2022 Free creative workshops for LGBTQIA+ Young people online this Thursday!

01.01.2022 Only a few more sleeps until the winners of the 2020 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Award for Young People are announced! This new award celebrates the creative writing of young people living and studying in the City of Darebin, with a primary and secondary school category. Both have an excellent range of prizes, including: 1st prize $500 cash 2nd prize $250 cash 10 x High Commendations worth $50 each With restrictions this year, we won’t be having an event to celebrate, but you can find the incredible works published on the Darebin Arts website.