Creative City Ballarat

25/06/2026

Opening this weekend in Art Space Ballarat.

Julia Howe's exhibition 'Chronic' is an investigation into the hidden battles a life with invisible illness entails. The works form a collective narrative surrounding the symptoms so many navigate daily, and forms an introspective web of experiences and memories, giving space for the unseen to become visible.

Julia Howe is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ballarat and Melbourne, Victoria. Working across photography, oil painting, printmaking and sculpture, her practice is centred around symbolism, visual narrative and process-based making.

Alongside her arts practice, she works commercially as a photographer and graphic designer. Howe’s work explores chronic illness, mental health and the environment, often using everyday objects and materials to reflect lived experience. Her recent book, Walking the Margins, uses teetering assemblages made from everyday objects to represent the symptoms, instability and feelings that can accompany life with chronic illness.

Opening: Sat 27 June, 3-6pm
Open: Tues 7, 14 & 21 July, 11am - 4pm | Wed & Thu - 10am - 6pm
Fri 10am - 7pm |Sat & Sun 10am - 5pm
Art Space is located at 14 Lydiard St Nth, Ballarat.

25/06/2026

We're counting down to the close of the Creative Sector Survey for 2026. Time is running out for you to have your opinion heard!

Is your creative practice supported in Ballarat? Do you feel connected to your community? Do you have enough space to do your creative practice? Or maybe you don't have enough time?

Help us to help you. Let us know the big issues we need to be dealing with.

Link in the comments.

image for attention - Tania Babic's exhibition, Unicorn Lane. Image by Sunflower Imaging.

24/06/2026

Closing Sunday!
Don't miss Lisa Nolan's (Lisanolanart) exhibition at The Unicorn.
A sea of familiar faces painted during her Art Hub Residency earlier in the year. Open from 11-4 Thu to Sun.
Located at 131 Sturt St, Ballarat.

📷Lisa Nolan with her portraits photographed by Sunflower Imaging Photo Studio.

24/06/2026

Calling all curators and museum staff. Sovereign Hill Museums Association is looking for a Collections Manager:

Seeking a dynamic and committed museum professional to join our team and manage the work we do caring for and a providing access to our collection

23/06/2026

Great local line-up at the Freight Bar this Sunday.

Free entry. Live bands. Sunday arvo at Freight. What more do you want. 🎸

Morton Planes kicks it off at 5:30, Dead Salesmen (Duo) at 6:30, River of Snakes closes it out at 7:30.

June 28th. Free Sundays at Freight. Last sunday of every month. get around it.

23/06/2026

WHAT IS HIDDEN?

Art you can step inside. Art that breathes. Art that invites curiosity.

HIDDEN is a three-day inflatable art adventure where observation gives way to experience. Wander through large-scale installations, discover unexpected moments and see Civic Hall transformed into a world of colour, light and imagination. No ropes. No barriers. Just exploration.

Featured: Mentor and International Artist extraordinaire Prof. David Cross.

23/06/2026

🧵This weekend we farewelled Art Hub Artist-in-Residence Danielle Francis.
We'd like to thank Danielle for sharing her dressmaking and sewing skills with the community running workshops, drop-in and one-on-one sessions over the past 3 months. We know she helped many a sewing project this autumn and inspired many others to get started.

Now a Ballarat resident, Danielle continues to offer workshops at Thread Den, which she has been running since 2007 in Fitzroy. You can find out more about her wide range of workshop offerings on her website at https://threadden.com🪡🧵

📷Photographs by Sunflower Imaging Photo Studio.

23/06/2026

Don't forget to register your spot at the upcoming
Grant Writing Workshop with Anzara Clark - First session this Saturday!

This is a great opportunity to prepare for upcoming grants such as the Creative Inspiration Grant, which opens in August, as well as grants such as Creative Vic Creative Aust, Music Vic, Regional Arts Vic etc...
Deep dive into grants with this intensive series of workshops that will help you understand, prepare and write grant submissions. Find out more details about each session and book at https://www.creativeballarat.com.au/resources

22/06/2026

Nominate a local hero for a photographic portrait.

Ballarat Photographer Caroline Fredericks will be moving into Art Hub as our next Artist-in-Residence in July.

Caroline's residency project will be celebrating Ballarat's local heroes. The makers, the carers, the volunteers, the quiet achievers, and the individuals who show up day after day – often without recognition.

As part of the project, Caroline's selected nominees will be photographed, guided by the subject's story. Final portraits will be shared on an online gallery, social media and in a future public exhibition. Find out more at https://sunflowerimaging.com/ballarat_local_heroes/ and nominate someone you think should be recognised and celebrated.

📷Photographer Caroline Fredericks at work in Art Space.
Sunflower Imaging Photo Studio