Woods Street Arts Space in Laverton, Victoria, Australia | Art gallery

Woods Street Arts Space

Locality: Laverton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9932 2001

Address: 44 Woods Street 3028 Laverton, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Do you have a great idea for Hobsons Bay? Now is the time to ‘Pitch Your Idea’! Council is inviting community members to pitch an idea to be included in the Hobsons Bay City Council 2021-22 Budget. Residents, community groups, sporting associations, businesses and organisations are encouraged to put forward ideas for capital works or community programs and projects to be funded next financial year.... Submissions close at midnight, Wednesday 30 December 2020. Find out more: https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Current/Pitch-Your-Idea

24.01.2022 Keep an eye out for the Illuminated Angels if you are in Aviation Road, Laverton tonight.

20.01.2022 Look what is flying high in the sky on the Airtime Flags down at Queen Street Skate Park in Altona Meadows? https://www.facebook.com//a.1832777630306/2762666210650690

19.01.2022 Did you know the Grass Parrot Red rumped Parrot, seen and celebrated across Hobsons Bay, is almost always found in pairs? Celebrate NAIDOC week 2020 ( 8 15 November) and help the kids get to know the natural landscape of Hobsons Bay, from the indigenous flowering grasslands to the bugs and animals that would have inhabited this landscape prior to the colonial settler, through Lost Lands Found Creative Project for Children, inspired by Dean Stewart’s Lost Lands Foun...d - Reclaiming Victoria's Flowering Grasslands project in Altona. Be guided through a series of fortnightly themes presented by Dean Stewart or support the kids participate in online workshops hosted by Rachel Morris from Little Art Big Art, Mondays between 5pm and 6pm. Bookings are required for workshops. Only one family per workshop session is permitted and participants must be residents of Hobsons Bay. Find out more: https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Lost-Lands-Found-Creati

18.01.2022 Check out these great gift packs from Mesh Mash Design all created by local young emerging artists! https://www.facebook.com/meshmashproject/posts/3602150749845547

17.01.2022 Have you checked out the Woods Street Youth Art Prize 2020 online exhibition yet? Today is your last chance to take a virtual tour, flick through the catalogue and explore the Artists and Curators in Conversation series and Curators tour, all produced by the Hobsons Bay Emerging Curators program in partnership with Creative City Hobsons Bay. Come on help us celebrate the creative young people of Hobsons Bay!... View the exhibition and associated content until Sunday 28 November 2020 at www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/youthartprize.

17.01.2022 Check out this amazing dress and cape that will be featured as part of the Art & Industry’s Industrial Fashion event, Saturday 20 November at 7pm. https://www.facebook.com//a.1832777630306/2760923350824976

14.01.2022 Council is currently seeking event submissions for Heritage Hobsons Bay, part of the National Trust Australian Heritage Festival 18 April to 19 May 2021. Help us celebrate our city’s rich and diverse history submit your event today! Submissions close 10am Monday 30 November 2020... Find out more: https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Heritage-Hobsons-Bay-20

14.01.2022 Got an idea for a creative project and need a space to do it? We are currently seeking expressions of interest. Submissions close 5pm 26 November 2020. Find out more: https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Arts-Spaces-Places/Wood

13.01.2022 The Woods Street Youth Art Prize 2020 winners have been announced! Congratulations to the following prize winners: Open Category $600... ‘Danger, Danger, Danger, Danger, Danger’ by Chelsea Hickman Runner-up Open Category $400 ‘Integrity IV’ by Anni Hagberg Hobsons Bay Artist Award $400 ‘Cool Dogs and 2 Minute Noodles’ by Krystyna Katsouri People’s Choice Award $400 ‘Park Jimin portrait’ by Rachael Castelino Artist Encouragement Award (under 20) $200 ‘A New Power - Finding A Voice’ by Sophia Artist Encouragement Award (over 20) $200 ‘Identity Crisis’ by Kate Lewis Thank you to all who entered and exhibited in this year’s prize. Award winners for the Woods Street Youth Art Prize were announced in an online awards ceremony last night presented by the Hobsons Bay Young Citizen of the Year, Augustin Kadende. Missed the ceremony? Watch it on demand via the Hobsons Bay Creative City YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrrXL2eLiTQ0D5h5eINrpg

13.01.2022 ‘Danger, Danger, Danger, Danger, Danger’ by Chelsea Hickman was the winner of the Woods Street Youth Art Prize 2020’s Open Category Award. Listen to her talk about this amazing artwork, her practice and inspiration in this interview, part of the ‘Artists in Conversation’ series of the Woods Street Youth Art Prize 2020. View the exhibition and associated content until Sunday 28 November 2020 at www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/youthartprize

13.01.2022 ‘Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger’ is an amazing artwork by young local emerging artist Chelsea Hickman in this years Woods Street Youth Art Prize. Hear about her work, her practice and inspiration in this interview, part of the Artists in Conversation Series of the Wood Street Youth Art Prize. View more Artists in Conversations https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Woods-Street-Youth-Art-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsEjafcPPwA&feature=youtu.be

13.01.2022 Expressions of Interest for creative projects for the Woods Street Art Space close in two days. Get clicking on those keyboards Creative City! https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Arts-Spaces-Places/Wood

08.01.2022 Do you know about The Yalukit Willam - The First People of Hobsons Bay? Do yourself a favour and read (or reread!) this short history of the First People of Hobsons Bay. The booklet was reprinted in 2011 with contemporary images curated by Bindi Cole and featuring the work of artists Ben McKeown and Megan Cadd and can be downloaded from Councils website. www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/NAIDOCWeek

07.01.2022 Young People of Hobsons Bay! Have you registered your interest in workshop two of the Woods Street Youth Art Prize online printmaking workshops with artist and emerging curator Georgia Steele? Register by midnight Wednesday 18 November and receive an Atelier Art materials kit containing printmaking materials to make your own cool tote bag. These workshops are supported by Mesh Mash in Laverton’s very own Ellise Roberts. Age: 14 to 25 years ... Cost: $10 Booking is essential. Limited places are available book now! Workshop Two: Saturday 28 November 2pm-3.30pm REGISTER NOW [https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/woods-street-youth-art-priz] For more information visit: https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Woods-Street-Youth-Art-

06.01.2022 Take a virtual tour through the Woods Street Youth Art Prize and vote for your favourite for the People Choice Award! Vote now! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VHVYVGV

04.01.2022 Do you have any of these native plants in your garden or street? We’d love to see your children’s drawings of them if you do! Join Rachel from Little Art Big Art and help your kids draw some of these gorgeous local indigenous seeds and plants in a FREE online workshop tonight 5pm 6pm, as part of the Lost Lands Found Creative Program for Kids, inspired by Dean Stewarts Lost Lands Found project in Altona. Can’t make the online workshop? Download these information sheets and ...do it in your own time! Share your little one’s creations with #lostlandsfoundcreativeprogram on Instagram you may see you child’s work recreated into the bespoke Paine Reserve fence in Newport! Find out more https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Lost-Lands-Found-Creati

02.01.2022 Submissions for creative projects at Woods Street Art Space in Laverton for February July 2021 close on Thursday 3 December at 5pm. Get your applications in today! https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Arts-Spaces-Places/Wood

02.01.2022 One day to go - live streamed via Creative City Hobsons Bay Facebook page - 7pm on Thursday.

01.01.2022 The Woods Street Youth Art Prize is live today! Curated by the Emerging Curators Program, the exhibition is usually held at the Woods Street Arts Space (WSAS), a shopfront-style community arts centre at 44 Woods St, Laverton. While we can’t be there in person this year, this exhibition celebrates the special place WSAS holds in our community, and the creativity and spirit of the young artists who live, work and study in Melbourne’s western region. As a tribute to WSAS, the ...virtual gallery incorporates features from the real-life building, including the roof and floor. Take a tour and enjoy the show! https://publish.exhibbit.com//1/wood-street-gallery-40525/ View the associated events and programming at https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au//Woods-Street-Youth-Art-