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Getting your art online is easy. Designed for artists starting their digital presence, this first video in the Artists Essential Toolkit looks at easy and affordable ways to get your artwork online. They start with creating a basic website or blog, acquiring a domain name and comparing web platforms. They look at the basics of…

Fourteen local artists have put the finishing touches on the Nicholson Street, Bairnsdale, streetscape upgrade by vinyl wrapping the bollards with 23 unique artworks. The East Gippsland Shire Council-funded project is designed to improve pedestrian access and provide the opportunity for a vibrant outdoor culture. Mayor Cr John White said that through the project there…

The Creative Gippsland team will partner an artist with a town in our shires: East Gippsland, Wellington, Latrobe, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Bass Coast. This is an opportunity for an artist to spend 10-14 days (to be negotiated with host community and artist), during May in a beautiful, small town and create a piece…

An opportunity has been established to develop of a creative program to support recovery and build resilience following the east-region bushfires of February and March 2019 in the Bunyip State Park, Walhalla and South Yinnar areas. The program will be facilitated by the Creative Recovery Network in partnership with Baw Baw Shire Council, Cardinia Shire…

South Gippsland Shire Council has been successful in receiving a grant of $85,000 under VicHealth’s innovative “Gender Equity through the Arts” program. This program has been developed in response to the community concern about violence against women and aims to encourage women and girls to feel more secure in public places. Only seven such projects…

This May, Gippsland comes alive with artistic endeavours, as part of the Creative Gippsland – ‘Come and Play – All of May’ celebration of the Arts of Gippsland. Now in its ninth year, this celebration shines the spotlight on our creative communities and is spread across six different Gippsland regions.  It will feature a dazzling…

There is a colourful & exotic end of year treat planned for the final show of the Café Culture Series 2018. The show is simply entitled “Bollywood” has been specifically developed to cater to the audiences across regional Victoria.  Bollywood is the sobriquet for India’s extremely successful Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly…

Commission value – $47,000 Bass Coast Shire Council is extending an invitation to suitably experienced artists to create a contemporary public artwork to be situated in the Bass Valley and Hinterland Region. Artists are invited to submit design concepts which will deliver an innovative and engaging creative artwork. The Bass Valley and Hinterland Region Public…

The 2018 Creative Custodians workshop May 26/27 was designed and led by Mae Adams at her beautiful Venus Bay property, on the edge of Cape Liptrap Coastal Park.  The nine participants were greeted with a cheerful outdoor fire and rosemary tea on the sheltered veranda of the Eco Lodge. Mae warmly welcomed us to country…