Events

Design Lab \ Prue Venables in conversation with Lisa Cahill, CEO ADC

17 Mar, 2021

The works of Prue Venables show a true mastery of materials. They demonstrate a profound understanding of porcelain, that most precious and temperamental of clays, whose fine-grain and opaque qualities are expressed in rigorous works of refined detail. These are handmade functional artworks that possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet…

‘Preliminary Structures’ contemporary craft exhibition

16 Mar, 2021

‘Preliminary Structures’ (9 March – 4 April 2021) is a contemporary craft exhibition featuring the work of makers and designers working across ceramic and glass disciplines. Presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, the curated exhibition will showcase sculptural works created through experimentations with moulding and casting techniques over a…

Melbourne Design Week 2021 satellite program revealed

16 Mar, 2021

This March, Australia’s leading international design event – Melbourne Design Week (26 March – 05 April) – will present its largest satellite program to date, with more than 300 events taking place across Melbourne and greater Victoria. Complementing the main program of international speakers, industry events and public programs held…

The 2021 ArchiTeam Conference

23 Feb, 2021

The 2021 ArchiTeam Conference is an action-packed virtual conference with satellite events to help us connect and share. Against the backdrop of a precarious and uncertain world, it feels like it has never been more challenging for architects. Architecture is a permanent act in a rapidly changing environment. The stationary…

UPTOWN: an exhibition for our city announces February events

29 Jan, 2021

UPTOWN: an exhibition for our city being delivered by the City of Melbourne and Creative Directors Robert Buckingham and Fiona Scanlan, announced a program inspired by the role artists play in making Melbourne a “creative capital” and how artists contribute to the social, cultural, and economic life of the city….

Call for Ideas: Tiny Library 2021 Architecture competition

20 Jan, 2021

With the world constantly evolving, there is a ton of information being formulated out there. Human civilisation is expected to keep up with this change and evolve with this developing world to open up multiple possibilities for a better future. Despite all the information available around us, the only way…

Environmental Film Festival Australia presents Summer of Change

11 Jan, 2021

You are invited to EFFA (Environmental Film Festival Australia) Presents: Summer of Change, the second of four seasonal programs taking place across 2020 and 2021. This season we celebrate all the visionaries, innovators and disruptors currently fighting to protect and preserve the integrity of our environment. With a program full…

Tree Story exhibition asks what we can learn from trees

5 Jan, 2021

Tree Story is an exhibition that brings together creative practices from around the world to create a ‘forest’ of ideas relating to critical environmental and sustainability issues. At its foundation – or roots – are Indigenous ways of knowing, recognition of trees as our ancestors and family and of Country being…