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    • New Horizons: Creative Maribyrnong 2030
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  • Programs
    • Artists in Residence
      • Bluestone Church Arts Space Residency Program
      • Artsbox Artist in Residence Program
      • Maribyrnong Community-Engaged Residency
      • Maidstone Community Centre Writer in Residence Program
      • Melbourne Fringe at the Bluestone Church Arts Space
      • Midsumma at the Bluestone Church Arts Space
    • Visual and Public Art
      • Public Art
      • Art collection
      • Braybrook Community Hub Access Gallery
      • StreetWORKS
      • The Art of Observation exhibition
      • Summer Road to Saltwater art display
      • Footscray Art Prize
      • HIDDEN Footscray
    • In Focus Festival
      • In Focus Festival artists and artworks
      • Twilight tour with In Focus Festival curator
      • Yarraville 1950s photo booth launch and film screening
      • In conversation with Simon Terrill
      • The Last Supper: a yarn with Jody Haines
      • The Art of Observation exhibition
      • Families Week art walk: In Focus Festival
      • In Focus Festival - Young Emerging Photographer Exhibition Launch
      • Create a time capsule (School holidays)
    • Participation Programs
      • Amplify
      • Programs for Children and Young People
    • Sector development
      • Maribyrnong Arts Advisory Committee 2024-2027
      • Triennial Arts Partner Funding (2026-2029)
      • Apply for a grant
      • First Nations Creative Exchange
      • Western Artists Mentorship Program
      • Creative opportunities
      • Found Works Program
    • Maribyrnong Creative Places Pilot Program 2024-2025
      • Maribyrnong Creative Places Pilot Program Summary
      • Creative Places Shopfront Activations
      • Creative Places Public Art Photography Commission
      • Creative Places Co-Working Spaces
      • Creative Places Exhibition Spaces
      • Creative Places: Open Doors
    • Past projects
      • Midsumma Festival 2018
      • Open Studios in the West 2017
      • Together Apart Rapid Relief Fund
      • One Night in Footscray
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Welcome to Maribyrnong Arts & Culture

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What’s on

01 May 2026

In Focus Festival

01 May 2026

In Focus Festival showcases striking photography across the streets, laneways and public spaces of Maribyrnong. 21 April - 31 May 2026.

01 May 2026

TILDE – Melbourne Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival 2026

01 May 2026

Melbourne's trans and gender diverse film festival TILDE returns with 2 weekends of trans-authored cinema from 1-9 May. Explore the program now.

02 May 2026

Indigenous waterways Blackbird tour

02 May 2026

Join traditional owner Robert Ogden, as we tour down the Maribyrnong River on the Blackbird river boat to learn about the significance of the waterways to Indigenous people.

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Arts Maribyrnong

New Horizons: Creative Maribyrnong 2030

New Horizons: Creative Maribyrnong 2030 is Council’s renewed commitment to nurturing creativity.

Public Art Strategy

View our Public Art Strategy to find out how we advocate for art in public spaces.

Sector Development

Maribyrnong provides support for arts organisations, individual artists and our creative community.

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We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to the Elders of these traditional lands, and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples past, present and emerging.

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61 Napier Street, Footscray

PO Box 58, West Footscray 3012
(03) 9688 0200
After hours (03) 9688 0200
email@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

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