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69 Smith Street Gallery
Located in what had once been a Fitzroy shoe repair shop, 69 Smith Street Inc was originally known as the artist run “Yume Ya Gallery”. In 1998, the gallery changed its name to 69 Smith Street Gallery and became incorporated as a not for profit organisation.
The Gallery aims to be an innovative contemporary visual art [...]
696
696 is a low-commission, free rental, shop/indoor-outdoor gallery based in Brunswick, Melbourne. We’re keen on supporting local, national and international talent and just cool shit in general.
696 opened on the 1st of April 2007 to provide a non-arrogant approachable space for emerging and established artists. With an eclectic goal now synonymous with 696; all mediums, [...]
A Month In The Country
Funded through AlburyCity, Arts NSW, Arts Victoria, the Australia Council, the Myer Foundation and operated by HotHouse Theatre, A Month in the Country is a national arts resource to facilitate the creation of new Australian performing arts work. The initiative involves an on-going residential program that brings creative teams of writers, actors, directors, designers and [...]
Abbotsford Convent - Meetings, Conferences & Camp; Workshops
The Abbotsford Convent has a number of venues which are suitable for meetings, conferences and workshops. These spaces are located on the ground floor of the Convent building. Users have included groups holding meetings, conferences, seminars and staff-training sessions.
The Mother Superiors Chamber seats 12 people around a central board table.
The Bishop’s Parlour is an attractive [...]
Abbotsford Convent - Performing Arts Spaces
The Abbotsford Convent is a unique and striking historic site that operates as a vibrant arts, culture and learning precinct. The site offers tenancy for art studios and office spaces, venue hire for meetings, conferences, workshops and rehearsals, dedicated performing arts R&D spaces, a function space as well as a contemporary art gallery, restaurant, bakery [...]
Alafia Gallery
A 1920’s two storey building, originally a dwelling and shop front, now houses Alafia Gallery.
Large second storey room with two large bay windows, one leading onto external balcony overlooking Ormond Road. High ceilings, light and airy.
Private driveway runs alongside building for off street parking and unloading of stock.
Overhead commercial spotlighting, professional hanging systems [...]
Alan Lane Community Gallery - Warrnambool Art Gallery
The newly refurbished Alan Lane Community Gallery, located within the Warrnambool Art Gallery, is an exhibition space for the Local Community, and is also available to be hired out to external groups for uses such as functions, ceremonies and performances.
The Warrnambool Art Gallery is easily accessible and is located on the coast in South West [...]
Alice Euphemia
Alice Euphemia is a retail space featuring Australian made and designed clothing and contemporary jewellery. There is a small gallery space upstairs.
Gallery is located in loft of space. The space has been used in the past for fashion parades, photography exhibitions, and 3D works. The gallery space has overhead lighting.
Allan’s Walk Artist Run Space Inc
Allan’s Walk was established in 2000 by a committed group of local emerging artists to provide opportunities for emerging artists to exhibit in Central Victoria. Since this time Allan’s Walk’s Committee of Management has supported over 250 emerging artists with the opportunity to exhibit their art work, often for the first time.
Shop front venue. [...]
Altona Theatre
The Altona Theatre is available for presentation of plays, musicals, concerts, ballet and other types of performing arts. It is also available for lectures, seminars and ceremonies.
This fully established venue offers a 252-seat proscenium arch theatre, large green room, two dressing rooms, front of house, rig, loading dock and foyer.
The theatre is equipped with rehearsal room, orchestra pit, house [...]
Amberwise training and conference rooms
Training Room for up to 60 people with removable wall for 2 smaller rooms.
Boardroom with seating for up to 15 and central power supply for laptops.
Private Executive Office with meeting table.
Break Out Rooms for up to 8 people.
Hot desks / office facilities with high speed broadband & printing.
Also available:
• Data projectors , screens, glass & [...]
Appleton Street Studios
Established in 2005 by artists for artists, the Appleton Street Studios is an environment designed to help creative people create.
Appleton Street Studios comprises of 16 of individual work spaces within a two-story building, designed for serious professional and emerging artists. Each individual studio is lockable and the main studio entrance features electronic pass access. Studios [...]
Arena Theate Company Rehearsal Studio
REHEARSAL STUDIO
Arena’s Rehearsal Studio is at our premises in Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne. The space is perfect for meetings, rehearsals, project development weeks and workshops. It includes:
12.5 x 15 metre floor space
3.5 metre ceiling height to beams
Wooden floor
Natural light
Good heating
Three phase power supply
Kitchen, toilet, and shower facilities
Wireless internet access
Disabled access through rear street entry
Hours
Access to [...]
ARS Upstairs @ The Napier Hotel
Artist Run Space / Gallery….. ARS Upstairs @ The Napier Hotel is a non-profit initiative committed to the presentation of high quality contemporary art.
Our aims:
To provide an affordable space for artists to exhibit
To increase access to innovative work
To bring together diverse local communities, including sports, arts, pub clientele and those who may generally not be [...]
Art @ Express Yourself
There’s a hidden artist in everyone – have fun with your individual creativity! Who says you can’t paint? We say you can – everyone can!
You’d be amazed at what people can create with the right tools, materials, ambient space and a little help if required. Think of Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles – worth millions – [...]
Art Associates - Gardner Galleries
A large space that has been used for exhibitions of individuals, groups and organisations. It is also available to hire for functions.
Aimed at promoting new and upcoming artists we are always interested in proposals. We charge very low rates and ask for no commissions. Our large two storey gallery space with white walls and concrete [...]
Art in the Conservatory
The City of Greater Bendigo’s Art in the Conservatory program encourages submissions from both local and regionally based sculptors. The program provides access to the Conservatory in Rosalind Park. The program is managed through Community and Cultural Development as part of the Temporary Public Art program.
Art Unlimited
Art Unlimited - a division of St Laurence - is a visual art studio providing support for adult artists with an intellectual disability. We provide a professional studio environment where artists with an intellectual disability can access studio facilities that have high ceiling with sky lights.
Old Geelong Gaol was built in 1853 & was closed [...]
ArtPlay
ArtPlay is housed in a red brick railway building remaining from the Jolimont railyards. ArtPlay opened in 2004 and runs a range of workshops where children and families can undertake creative arts workshops alongside artists of all disciplines.
A large red brick studio space for children to explore their creativity, experiment with different media and develop [...]
Arts House - Meat Market - Conference Room
The Conference Room at the Meat Market is 11.1m long x 7.08m wide and is 4.3m high.
The capacity is 80 theatre style.
There is a whiteboard, TV and DVD/VCR player and projector available on request.
Trestle tables and chairs and a kitchenette with fridge and dishwasher.
Arts House - Meat Market - Main Pavilion
The Main Pavilion is divided in to 2 separate area’s by louvre doors. The total length of the hall if doors are open is 75m. The Cobblestone side is 17m wide and 31m long. The Flat floor side is 17m wide and 36m long. The space is suitable for a range of uses including performances, [...]
Arts House - Meat Market - Meeting Room
The Meeting Room at the Meat Market is 7m long x 5.1m wide and 4.3m high. It has space for 30 people theatre style. This room is mostly used for small community meetings.
Arts House - Meat Market - Studio B
Studio B at the Meat Market is 7.9m long by 7.9m wide. The capacity is 50 theatre style. There are plaster board walls to hang from - these must be restored when leaving i.e. patch and paint all marks.
Studio B has direct street access.
Arts House - North Melbourne Town Hall - Main Hall
The Main Hall is suitable for a range of uses including performances, public meetings, conferences and dinner dances. For performances the hall can accommodate the gamut from intimate, technically simple performances and rehearsals to complex, large-scale productions.
That includes dance, music, physical theatre, multi media, spoken word, choir, chamber music, circus (the hall has been adapted [...]
Arts House - North Melbourne Town Hall - Supper Room
The Supper Room is a basement room with an attached kitchen and is accessed from the Arts House ground-floor foyer.
With a low ceiling and four columns, it is suitable for small events like intimate launches, training sessions, meetings and private parties.
The room is commonly used as the dressing room for performances in the Main Hall.
It [...]
Arts House - Nth Melbourne Town Hall - Meeting Room
The Meeting Room is suitable for simple, intimate rehearsals or performances with an audience of up to 70. It is on the first floor of the arts house at the top of the stairs. It is 12.5m x 6.6m, with adjustable acoustic curtains, an upright piano and a floating wooden floor suitable for dance and [...]
Arts House - Nth Melbourne Town Hall - Rehearsal Room
The Rehearsal Room is suitable for simple, intimate rehearsals or performances with an audience of up to 60. It is on the first floor of the Arts House at the top of the stairs. It is 10.m x 8m, with adjustable acoustic curtains, an upright piano and a floating wooden floor suitable for dance and [...]
Australian Academy of Design
The Australian Academy of Design is a not-for-profit higher education specialist art and design school with over 150 students studying the Bachelor of Design Arts degree.
150 seat theatre available for hire. Also gallery, design studios and artists space.
Australian Centre of Performing Arts
Australian Centre Of Performing Arts / Cabaret Voltaire
Are you a Melbourne artist or company looking for a beautiful, central and creative space for theatre rehearsals/performances, band/musical group rehearsals/performances or a visual and photographic exhibition space ?…..Then look no further.
Performance venue and rehearsal space available at The Australian Centre of Performing Arts - suit theatre groups [...]
Ballarat Learning Exchange
The Ballarat Learning Exchange is a state of the art training and production facility that is available for hire and includes:
Conference facilities, meeting rooms and classrooms
An Information Technology and Multimedia Centre
A professional recording studio for film, video and audio production
A Simulated Warehouse
Banyule Arts Space
The Banyule Arts Space is an intimate, beautifully restored art deco theatre situated in the heart of Ivanhoe. The space is available for use as an exhibition performance and rehearsal space. The venue has a hanging system in place, good quality lighting, polished wood floors, bar area and a catering standard kitchen upstairs.
The venue is 21 [...]
Beechworth Arts Council & Arts Precinct
Originally established on Mayday Hill, the buildings were part of the Mayday Hill Asylum, est. in 1880. The Beechworth Arts Council occupies 3 of the oldest buildings;
the STORE [exhibition, short term residency studio 3 months max, gallery venue]
the TOYWORKSHOP [12 studios]
and the KIOSK [workshop/ 4 studios]
All single storey venues, predominantly white, high ceilings, excellent [...]
Bella Union, Trades Hall
The Bella Union runs all year round as both a performance space and a casual bar, hosting music gigs, theatrical performances, live comedy, parties, fundraiser benefits, forums, book launches and just about everything else you can think of.
Bella Union presented Comedy @ Trades seasons in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and Melbourne Fringe seasons in [...]
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club is Australia’s award winning contemporary live jazz venue. Open every night, Bennetts Lane hosts local, national and international world class talent and has seen some of the worlds greatest musicians including Prince, Maceo Parker, Kenny Kirkland, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jnr., and many more grace its stages. Opened in [...]
Black Box
Black Box is particularly well suited to cabaret, modern music, stand up comedy and other similar events where low operating costs can deliver inexpensive tickets for younger patrons.
Blindside Gallery (Blindside ARI)
Blindside started by chance. The Nicholas Building has a history of ARI and a home of creativity in Melbourne’s CBD – housing numerous artist studios and creative businesses. Several of the inaugural committee members had artist studios in the Nicholas Building and came into possession of room 14 and the adjoining studio space when it became [...]
BMW Edge
The BMW Edge at Federation Square offers a unique audience experience. See a play, attend a launch, hear a speaker or listen to a recital, all against the dramatic backdrop of some of Melbourne’s favourite icons. Through its glass ’skin’ this modern amphitheatre enjoys views of the Yarra River, The Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne Cricket Ground [...]
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
The Box Hill Community Arts Centre is an artistic and cultural hub within the City of Whitehorse.
Home to a wide variety of local arts and community groups, including the Alcove Art Shop, the centre is a meeting place where people from all walks of life can come together to experience and enjoy the arts.
Art classes [...]
BROOD BOX Gallery & Specialty Coffee
BROOD BOX Gallery is available to hire for events and exhibitions, shows and installations. The gallery has a liquor license and can arrange catering if required.
Whilst BROOD BOX Gallery is dedicated to the promotion of emerging Australian artists alongside established artists, we also provide advice to corporations and individuals who are keen to build a collection of art [...]
Brunswick Arts Space
Brunswick Arts has been in operation for two years specialising in large group shows.
Three exhibition spaces with loft gallery and video projection room. *66.4 meters wall space *Three exhibition spaces *Track lighting in Gallery One, warm fluorescent light banks in Galleries Two and Three * Roller door access to Gallery One.
Online specifications [...]
BSG (Brunswick Street Gallery)
Art Gallery since May 2006. Also used for performance, life drawing, photographic sessions, wine tastings, band launches etc.
High ceiling, old warehouse feel, large windows. Two flights of stairs, timber floor. Bar License. Free standing walls. Can organise any equipment you need.
Buninyong Town Hall
Buninyong is a part of the City of Ballarat and is approx 10kms South of Ballarat (on the Midland Hwy heading towards Geelong). The Buninyong Town Hall is a large hall with stage. The hall has historic decor and offers many facilities such as;
Central hydronic heating
Fully equipped kitchen with servery
Changing rooms, toilets, etc
Tables and chairs [...]
Bus Projects
Bus Projects is an independent art space with a focus on artists engaged in a spatial art practice. That is, any practice that uses its environment as a context to its staging such as sound art, performance, installation, video and the cross-pollination of these forms.
Situated on the first floor of a two-storey warehouse, the gallery has three [...]
Butter Factory Theatre Wodonga
From live theatre, conferences, seminars, private fuctions and celebrations to community meetings, festivals and even weddings - The Butter Factory can cater for anything. Our staff are dedicated to producing stylish and memorable events.
The history and location of our venue are just two factors adding to its unique character. Built in 1928, the building was [...]
CAGE (Community Arts Gallery & Events)
CAGE is a vibrant art space available to the community to exhibit their artworks and hold associated events. It is a not-for-profit community service as deemed important by the local community, focused to support emerging artists and community groups who wish to display their artwork, contribute to local cultural environment, and raise their profile.
CAGE [...]
Camperdown Theatre Royal
The Camperdown Theatre Royal was built in the early 1900’s and is an iconic building that forms a major component of the Camperdown Community Complex. The centre acts as the town’s community hall and includes a large floor space, stage, balcony seating for 200 people, meeting rooms and associated amenities. The centre also houses a [...]
Caravan Sculptors Studios & Gallery
Studio space is now available at Caravan Studios Gallery.
We are well located with our own gallery near the river in Richmond .
Studios are suitable for a wide variety of practices. Gallery free for bookings.
Cardinia Cultural Centre
Regional arts and cultural complex opened in 2003. Located on 2 hectares overlooking the lake and amphitheatre. Designed to cater for a diverse range of activities. Meeting spaces, functions, dining, performing arts, major events and community functions.
Modern multi-use facility with various spaces. Open, light ambience with extensive glass. Large foyer leads to all spaces. 356 [...]
Carlton Courthouse Theatre
The Carlton Courthouse Theatre, a recently refurbished heritage building, situated at 349 Drummond Street in Carlton, provides space for theatre, music and other performance presentations. Administered by La Mama Theatre.
Chapel Off Chapel
Chapel Off Chapel is the City of Stonnington’s premier Arts Venue and plays host to hundreds of shows and events yearly. Local, national and international artists frequent Chapel Off Chapel and it is widely known for the variety and quality of productions consistently on offer. Audiences love the Chapel for many reasons - friendly staff, [...]
Cheeky Monkey Headquarters
A new warehouse venue in Kensington, run solely by artists…for artists. CHEEKY MONKEY HEADQUARTERS is an initiative of Cheeky Monkey Enterprises, a theatre and film Production Company operated by Matty Scott run in collaboration with Louise Morris, a founding member of performance company - Red Cabbage. Cheeky Monkey has already held a number of successful [...]
CLASS artspace
CLASS artspace (Centre for Latin American Solidarity and Studies)
CLASS artspace (a shop front window space - exposed to Victoria street passers-by) got underway in January 2008. It’s mission is to expose local / international art and artists who find it necessary to challenge the status quo but are finding it very difficult to find funding. [...]
Clifton Creative Arts Centre (CCAC)
The Clifton Creative Arts Centre is a joint project of Richmond Uniting Church and Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House Inc.
It is a multicultural centre for community arts development and presentation. The centre offers gallery and hall space for community use in an historic part of Richmond Hill. It has access to a delightful patio and adjoining [...]
Clocktower Centre
Premier Steve Bracks officially launched the City of Moonee Valley’s Clocktower Centre in February 2000. It was the first venue constructed according to Arts Victoria’s performing arts centre benchmarking standards. The major refurbishment of the building once known as the Essendon Town Hall was both a preservation and enhancement of the proud heritage of the [...]
Cloverdale Community Centre
Community centre providing a range of activities and courses including recreational, leisure and adult education programs.
Single story building with courtyard and disabled access. Two large rooms suitable for workshops, rehearsals. Foyer area suitable for exhibitions. Kitchen accessible off activity room. No technical facilities.
Collingwood Gallery
Collingwood Gallery has been running since 2000. It is a very popular artist’s run space showing a variety of works, with a new exhibition every fortnight. Poetry and launches welcome.
20m x 5m on-street space with large open access. Adjustable hanging and lighting system for exhibitions. Lighting and hanging system Small PA. Three movable panels.
Collingwood Town Hall
The Collingwood Town Hall is a grand old building with seating capacity for up to 800 people. This ornate building is classified by the National Trust, listed on the register of the National Estate and is ideal for dance competitions, theatre productions, large-scale exhibitions and fashion and warehouse sales.
Collins Street Baptist Church
Opened in 1843 the Church is the oldest Baptist pulpit in Victoria. Contact us for additional historical information or log on to our website at www.csbc.org.au
This space is suitable for music, literature and spoken word events. There is a concert hall, recital hall and foyer.
Rear access from Baptist Lane, off Little Collins Street. Disabled [...]
Conference Room Available For Hire
Broken Mirror Productions has a private conference room available for hire.
This spacious area includes a large conference table seating eight and a lounge suite. Heating and cooling facilities are installed for your comfort. A projector with laptop connection is also included for your convenience. Private kitchen and toilet facilities.
A separate reception-lounge area is also available [...]
Conical
Founded in 2001 as an artist-run, not-for-profit organisation. Conical Inc runs a curated and proposal-based program of innovative and challenging contemporary art.
The space consists of two distinct yet flexible exhibition areas: First, an inserted white cube creates a semi-autonomous enclosure. Beyond this plaster-board construction, an older part of the building is revealed. With uncovered internal [...]
Cotham Gallery 101
Cotham Gallery 101 has been established for 6 years. The business offers an on site conservation framing service, art conservation advice and an art consultancy service. The gallery exhibits established artists and sells Australian art glass and jewelery. There are three rooms available upstairs for artists and curators to run their own exhibitions. To encourage [...]
Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
Established in 1999, the Counihan Gallery In Brunswick actively promotes and inspires innovation and diversity in contemporary visual arts through its annual program of ten exhibitions. The gallery operates as a venue for hire, accepting applications by June 30 for the following year’s program.
This space has a foyer and gallery, 200 square meters of floor [...]
Courthouse Arts Geelong
Courthouse Arts was established 12 years ago and is located in the old Courthouse building on the corner of Gheringhap and Little Malop Streets, Geelong. This centre has been funded by the City of Greater Geelong, Arts Victoria, Australia Council for the Arts, Department of Planning and Community Development as well as several other Philanthropic [...]
Courthouse Artspace & Court Theatre
The Artspace was originally a court house from 1899-1972 before becoming a library in 1972. In 1996 it transformed into a theatre.
Courthouse Gallery
A community run exhibition space in the historic Courthouse building adjoining the Yarram Information Centre. This fully staffed gallery space has professional track lighting, hanging system and display boxes.
Cowen Gallery & Red Rotunda
The beautiful heritage Cowen Gallery houses a permanent exhibition of 150 works of art from the Library’s collection. Featured are portraits of historic figures as well as works depicting the European exploration and settlement of Australia. Important works include William Strutt’s Black Thursday 1851 and The Marco Polo by Thomas Robertson. The Cowen Gallery offers [...]
Craft Victoria
Craft Victoria offers a range of services including venue hire for functions, exhibition spaces and opportunities to sell work through the retail space Counter.
Function Hire: Craft Victoria is located in the Flinders Lane precinct that was once the centre of Melbourne’s rag trade. Occupying a former warehouse, many original details have been retained including wooden floorboards [...]
Cromwell Road Theatre
The venue was originally a church, then converted to a church hall when the current church was built. It was later converted to a theatre venue including offices for a resident company. Polyglot Puppet Theatre is the current resident company and venue manager.
Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre
Opened in 2001, Cube 37 is the community access space of the Frankston Arts Precinct.
This space is suitable for visual arts, community and multi-media and film events. There is a flat stage with a sprung floor. The venue has dressing rooms, tiered seating, projection and an art gallery.
CUSP Gallery
Victorian era (approx 1880’s) two-storey shop & dwelling style, in period shopping strip.
This space is suitable for visual arts events.
4 rooms available for exhibitions. 2 ground floor, 2 upper floor. high ceilings, period fireplaces in 2 rooms. total hanging space approx 65m, total floor space approx 70 sq m. Shopfront window in main space. [...]
Cylinder
Cylinder is a new public art space in the Melbourne CBD established, developed and managed by City of Melbourne Creative Spaces.
The space provides opportunities for curators and artists to exhibit works utilising a repurposed ticket booth on Swanston Street, near Collins Street and the City Square.
The interior and exterior of the structure can be utilised [...]
Czech House
Home-made goulash with hunks of bread, traditional strudel and imported Czech beer. Gastronomic delights aside, Czech House is a rare find even in multicultural Melbourne, hosting a variety of live music performances in an authentic Eastern European atmosphere. You will find close to any type of music – world, folk, jazz, gypsy, classical or blues. [...]
Dancehouse
Australia’s premier centre for contemporary dance, combining research, training and performance.
Situated in the Melbourne suburb of North Carlton, Dancehouse provides continuity, support and synergy to the development of contemporary dance practice and artists.
Working with independent artists and dance companies, arts organisations, community groups and funders, Dancehouse works as an incubator for new dance work, interdisciplinary [...]
Dancing Dog Cafe & Gallery
Originally the Australian Native Association, the Dancing Dog Cafe is in the space formerly used by WestSpace Gallery. While we maintained some of the building as a gallery we also use the space for classes including dancing, African drumming, poetry, music events and functions.
The Building was constructed in 1908 and has wooden floor boards and [...]
Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre
Fully equipped Proscenium Arch Theatre seating 395. Prosc arch width 10m; height 6m; depth behind house curtain 9.8m; depth from front centre of curved thrust stage 13.8m. Orchestra Pit. Stage surface is masonite panels over hardwood. 31 counterweight flying lines.
Onsite Catering & Event Management. Full commercial kitchen.
4 Function Rooms and 450 sq m Foyer suitable for conferences, meetings, trade [...]
Deer Park Hall
The Deer Park Hall provides a space for art classes and regular and casual groups. The Hall contains a small stage.
Des Connor Room
The Des Connor Room is situated above the Union House Theatre at University of Melbourne, and is predominantly used as a rehearsal space. The room can be used as a performance space if desired but is only accessible by stairwell. The room has parquetry floor and a mirrored wall, and windows on the north side [...]
Design Original Art
Set high on the top of Richmond Hill in a building circa 1815 is Design Original Art, a gallery and working studio with five artists in residence. The main room 150m2 is available for hire for special events. The room has 3.5m high white walls and wooden floors. There are an additional two rooms that [...]
Design Studio / Shared office space available in Collingwood
Design Studio / Shared office space available in Collingwood.
One closed office space and shared space with desks for lease available NOW.
Everything provided, desks, chairs, power and date cables.
Price $100 wk per desk, includes all bills including broadband, but electricity is shared.
To share with Architects, Graphic designers, web designers etc.
Large comfortable warehouse studio with all amenities:
Natural [...]
Ding Dong Lounge
Ding Dong Lounge is Melbourne’s underground & alternative rock’n roll bar that delivers live, local, national & international rock to salute you!! The Ding Dong Lounge is the sister bar to New York City’s very own Ding Dong Lounge, & is nestled in the centre of Chinatown, Melbourne - Australia…Open late, DD also stars a [...]
Easey St Artist Studios and Gallery
Easey St Artist Studios and Gallery is located at 21 Easey St, Collingwood. A large warehouse, the building has been operating as visual artist studios for over 10 years, providing studio spaces for the professional and emerging artist.
There are two floors with maximum light upstairs. Downstairs is suited to ceramics, sculpture, jewellery and some forms of mixed [...]
East Gippsland Art Gallery (EGAG)
The EGAG was established in 1992 by the then City of Bairnsdale after being approached by local residents concerned that there be a public gallery in East Gippsland.
Renovations carried out in 2001 greatly improved exhibition facilities and created a gallery shop which stocks a range of local fine art and craft items. Built of local [...]
Ecliptic Gallery
The gallery is a full time working gallery representing approx. 50 artists. Conservation framing done on the premises. 3 gallery spaces, brick and plaster high ceilings, 2 floors.
Egremont Street Studios
Old warehouse behind Piedimontes in North Fitzroy. Great coffee shops. High ceilings. Two stories. Front of house loading dock. Free standing partitions
Artist studios for approximately 20 years.
Eisenberg Gallery (the Victorian Museum of Experimental Art)
A small gallery space with a hinged wall. Diagonally across the Nicholson / Blythe Street intersection from RRR radio, the gallery is highly visible to passing traffic - foot, motor, and public transport.
Eltham Library Community Gallery
The ELCG is located within the foyer of the Eltham Library. The walls are mud brick. A hanging and lighting system is part of the ELCG and hanging rods and plinths are available for exhibitors.
To be eligible to apply for an exhibition, artists must live, work or study in the Shire or be able to [...]
Elwood Beach Community Centre
The Elwood Beach Community centre has historically been used by many different part of the community. All are welcome to use the centre to increase the social cohesion of the area.
The Community Centre is located within 200 metres of the Elwood Beach. The centre adjoins a local cafe and is situated within a small children’s [...]
EQ Cafe Bar
EQ Cafe Bar is currently looking for Artists to showcase their work in our restaurant / bar in Melbourne. EQ Café Bar is located on Southbank riverside terrace adjacent to Hamer Hall at the Arts Centre. In the past we have offered the wall space to independent artists to showcase and sell their [...]
Exciting creative hub / large warehouse space in Balaclava/East St Kilda
OFFICES FOR RENT… Be a part of an exciting creative hub in a large warehouse space in Balaclava/East St Kilda.
Join the teams behind Circe Films (www.circefilms.com), Circe Vision (www.circevision.com), Liz Ellis Management (www.lizellismanagement.com.au), Stool Pigeon (www.stoolpigeon.com.au) and Not Yet Its Difficult (www.notyet.com.au) in this friendly, hard working and creative environment.
Currently available are [...]
Experimedia
Experimedia is a dynamic space used to host occasional installations and exhibition, and offers visitors the opportunity to interact with the latest technology and digital information in a relaxed and enjoyable way.
Experimedia offers designer furnishings and fittings and new media technology in a spacious bluestone-walled courtyard. A major feature of the space is the large [...]
Fad Gallery Bar
FAD Gallery Bar has exhibitions regularly, the walls are full of paintings, photographs and other art forms. FAD Gallery Bar boast three levels, with two contemporary gallery floors and two fully functional bars which are open to the public or available for private functions.
Fairfax Studio
An intimate 376-seat drama space, the Fairfax Studio features the work of the Melbourne Theatre Company. It is also home to a variety of smaller contemporary productions that showcase the work of Victoria’s artists and companies, including an annual season of experimental short plays.
Falkner Gallery
Falkner Gallery specialises in exhibitions of original works on paper by Australian and Overseas artists; predominantly printmaking, drawing, photography. The Gallery has been operating since 2002 and is open Thursday - Sunday.
New exhibitions are held every 8 weeks, plus there are continuing stock shows of artists’ framed and unframed works held on consignment. Exhibitions are [...]
FamousWhenDead Gallery
FamousWhenDead Gallery is fresh contemporary art space in Melbourne. It is located on the fringe of the CBD downtown area and only a 2-min walk away from the Queen Victoria Markets. It is a space for art and thinking, and for art and meeting.
Throughout the year the gallery presents a changing exhibition program, with an [...]
FDS Studios
We have just completed building a new recording studio in FDS Studios, with fully functioning onsite equipment and an on-site studio technician/producer. The studio caters for both digital and analog recording.
Federation Hall
Federation Hall is a 221 seat cinema and recital hall located at Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) on Grant Street near the corner of St Kilda Road. The space provides excellent projection and multimedia facilities, and the acoustic environment can be set for either cinema or music recitals. A Bosendorfer Concert Grand has been [...]
Fitzroy Town Hall
The Italianate style Fitzroy Town Hall is one of Melbourne’s most attractive and imposing buildings. Erected in two stages, it was opened in 1874.
The Italianate style Fitzroy Town Hall is one of Melbourne’s most attractive and imposing buildings. Erected in two stages, it was opened in 1874 and embodies the highest standards of a style [...]
Florence St Studio
Large clean rehearsal/studio space (8m x 12m) in converted factory available in Seddon/Yarraville for hire. Perfect for dance, theatre, acoustic music rehearsals (there are noise restrictions on amplifiers etc) or photography (no equipment provided). Wooden floor, great light, quiet street, high roof. Please note, the space is available for rehearsals but not for performance/public presentation [...]
fortyfivedownstairs
fortyfivedownstairs is an independent, not for profit theatre, exhibition and music focused venue. It was established to provide an affordable and supportive inner city venue for theatre performances, music and exhibitions by a wide range of artists: to show work of excellence to local, interstate and overseas audiences.
fortyfivedownstairs aims to:
* present quality productions of new [...]
Fracture Gallery @ Fed Square
Accessible all year round, this unique exhibition space consists of twin parallel glass walls extending the full length of The Atrium at Federation Square, complimented by fractured glass shards and a web of cross bars. With a matrix of rigging points and visible from both sides, the space commands a site specific dialogue between artistic [...]
Frankston Arts Centre
A purpose built theatre and performance space, the Frankston Arts Centre opened in 1995. It is one of the largest arts complexes outside the Melbourne CBD and hosts performance companies from around the world. The Centre houses a large theatre, studio performance space (the Cube) and various function spaces.
FTV Cinema 2 (Grant Street Cinema)
FTV Cinema 2 is an intimate screen space with a seating capacity of 92. It is located within the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and has been used in the past for private film screenings as well as various presentations and lectures.
Fundere Fine Art Foundry & Studios
Set up as a commercial sculpture foundry in Richmond in 1995, Fundere moved to West Footscray and expanded to incorporate sculpture studios alongside the foundry operation in 2004. The facility consists of a large rabbit warren of 20 studio spaces, 1 living space (1st flr) and a large commercial sculpture foundry for artists, with a [...]
Gallery 112
Large centrally located gallery on St Kilda Rd, on the hill just before Alma Rd, in St Kilda. The building is a former clothing factory, converted into a gallery in 2002. The gallery is a two-storey industrial style gallery space.
Gallery 112 operates as an art emporium with a broad range of original, and solo [...]
Gasworks Artist Studios
Gasworks has 15 studios available for artists centered around the central park. Gasworks is a multi platform arts venue with an annual program of events.
Spaces differ in sizes and amenities:
The sculpture studio is subdivided into 5 spaces around 50m2.
The ceramic studio has four studios, with access to a shared kiln area.
The visual arts studio is [...]
Gasworks Exhibition Spaces
Situated in Albert Park, Victoria Gasworks is 3 kms from the Melbourne GPO. It is an arts precinct housed in renovated industrial buildings on what was the site of the South Melbourne gas production plant.
The arts facilities include three exhibition spaces, each with hanging rails and gallery lighting.
See our other listings for Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks [...]
Gasworks Studio Theatre
The Studio Theatre was originally part of the original South Melbourne gas production plant. Since becoming an arts centre, the space has been used for performances, rehearsal and small gatherings.
The Studio Theatre is an intimate performance space with floorboards and flat rows of moveable seating for up to 50 patrons. It has an industrial ambience [...]
Gasworks Theatre
Gasworks Arts Park was originally the South Melbourne Gasworks. Formed in 1872 it began supplying gas in 1873, operating 24 hours a day and employing several hundred men. Coal was hauled from the town pier at the end of Bay Street, Port Melbourne by horse drawn tram.
In 1992 the old South Melbourne Gasworks was recreated [...]
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (GCAS)
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces was officially founded in 1985, but we occupied the building from 1983. The building was an abandoned warehouse before the bottom floor was converted into office and (two) gallery spaces, and the upstairs floors were converted into 18 artist studios and a project exhibition space.
Glen Eira Town Hall Auditorium
The Auditorium’s versatile function areas are split over three levels and can showcase a diverse range of events. The Auditorium is ideally suited to concerts, banquets, weddings, trade displays, art exhibitions, theatre performances, product launches, seminars, presentations and annual general meetings.
The Auditorium has a large stage and high ceilings, with a raised balcony section at [...]
Glenfern Writers’ Studios
Glenfern, a National Trust house in the Melbourne suburb of East St Kilda (corner Inkerman and Hotham Streets), has been renovated to create a writers’ retreat, the first in Victoria. This is a joint project between the National Trust and the Victorian Writers’ Centre, who are administering the spaces.
Nine studios are available for leasing [...]
Glitch Bar + Cinema
Glitch Bar & Cinema is a “multi-purpose nightspot with an artistic bent” (The Age). Glitch is a venue dedicated to all things alternative; underground film, quirky music, aspiring artists, edgy comedy and rockin parties. It is the home away from home for the creators and appreciators of fringe culture in Melbourne.
Gorker Gallery
Situated on the corner of Gore and Kerr Streets Fitzroy awakes the sleeping giant that is Gorker Gallery. An unassuming yellow brick warehouse complete with rollerdoor from the outside and a lofty contemporary exhibition space with wet polished concrete floors, white walls, track lighting and exposed industrial features on the inside. It’s a little touch [...]
Grant Street Theatre
In addition to being a performance venue for public performances by the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Schools, this modified heritage-listed theatre is frequently used by theatre groups from the wider Melbourne community, and is a Melbourne Festival venue.
Guild Theatre
The Guild Theatre at University of Melbourne is a black-box studio style theatre seating up to 110 people.
The flat floor stage allows for flexible seating and staging configurations. Well equipped in the areas of lighting and sound, the Theatre is suitable for performance productions, seminars and small conferences at very reasonable rates.
The Guild Theatre is [...]
Guildford Lane Gallery
Centrally located in Melbourne’s bustling CBD, Guildford Lane Gallery now offers 4 floors of flexible exhibition and performance space on a for hire basis. Large and small spaces from 12 to 144 square metres allow for a wide range of uses.
Once a timber furniture factory, the building has been restored to its original form with [...]
Hamer Hall
Hamer Hall has hosted programs of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Norah Jones, comedy and gala film events. Hamer Hall seats up to 2,600 over three levels. The Hamer Hall building also houses EQ Cafébar, the BlackBox Theatre and Alfred Brash SoundHouse.
Hamilton Performing Arts Centre
Hamilton PAC is a converted Town Hall, now used for concerts, plays, local productions as well as exhibitions and other events.
The Centre is ideal for major conferences up to 500 delegates, boasting up-to-date sound and audio visual equipment with qualified technical staff. A smaller room (Ted Kenna V C Room) is suitable for boardroom meetings [...]
Hares & Hyenas
Hares & Hyenas is Melbourne’s queer bookshop. It has a stage and some lighting in the store, and has been used for a wide range of functions and arts events including cabaret and readings.
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Her Majesty’s Theatre is one of the Australia’s leading theatres, and Melbourne’s home to the world’s greatest musicals. The Theatre was built in 1886; remodeled in 1934; and the stage, backstage and house extensively upgraded in 2002. A lyric theatre on three levels with large foyer areas and full backstage facilities, Her Majesty’s Theatre has strong [...]
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat
Built in 1875 Her Majesty’s Theatre has been continuously in use as Ballarat’s focus for the performing arts. The Theatre is used for performances by commercial and local hirers; is the home of the annual Royal South Street Eisteddfod competitions; and presents productions selected from the National Touring circuit.
Additionally available is The Long Room, a [...]
Heritage Hill Museum and Gardens
Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens offers an opportunity for artists to exhibit their work in a unique and historic setting. It allows members of the community access to the visual arts whilst appreciating our cultural heritage. Its purpose is to celebrate and encourage community participation in visual arts, while providing a professional and distinctive [...]
Hideaway Gallery
HIDEAWAY ART GALLERY
Ballarat
CONTEMPORARY ART - STREET ART - LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
Hideaway Gallery has just opened in Ballarat Victoria and we’re open for submissions from artists to exhibit in the space.
We focus on contemporary, street art and photography, but all artforms are welcome.
Ground floor 40m2 with an adjustable hanging system and lighting.
Exhibitions monthly.
Contact us directly or [...]
Horse Bazaar
Horse Bazaar was opened in 2005 as a dedicated digital art exhibition space and bar, maintaining a permanent exhibition of digital artworks created by artists from Melbourne and interstate, and hosting exhibitions by students, screenings by film-makers, sound performances and VJ events.
Horse Bazaar incorporates a panoramic projection screen in the main bar that is 20 [...]
Horti Hall
Horti Hall has been home to the Victorian Opera since Dec 2006. A a high ceilinged space with wooden floor, Horti Hall is used as a rehearsal space and for public performances.
Humffray Room at Ballarat Mechanics Institute
Named after the first President (in 1859) of BMI, J.B.Humffray of Eureka Reform League fame.
The space has had many uses over 140 years: library, ballet school, meeting space, recitals, displays. Located in 1860 heritage building in the centre of the Ballarat CBD and Arts Precinct. The building contains many other spaces of interest including the [...]
Hunt Club Community Arts Centre
The Hunt Club Community Arts Centre provides two gallery spaces for visual artists plus a range of spaces for meetings, classes and workshops. Five artist-in-residence studios plus a pottery studio are also provided at the Centre.
IDGAFF Bar & Venue
Primarily a live music venue, IDGAFF has also been used for independent productions of plays and musicals.
Immigration Museum
Located in the Old Custom’s House, one of Melbourne’s finest 19th century buildings, the Immigration Museum offers some of Melbourne’s finest indoor and outdoor spaces in the heart of the CBD.
Atrium & Courtyard: Overlooking the Museum’s northern courtyard and Tribute Garden, the Atrium is set amongst the historical vaults of the Old Customs House. The [...]
Imp Exhibition Space
In 2006 after 15 years of selling beautiful and unusual art and design books at Greville St Bookstore, we decided to extend our enterprises into the realms above and opened IMP, an exhibition space dedicated to the delights of the visual arts and to the incredibly talented makers we have encountered over the years around [...]
Incinerator Arts Complex
A range of flexible spaces suitable for visual arts exhibitions 2D and 3D, installations, workshops, classes and small acoustic music performances.
Intensive Culture Unit (I.C.U.)
The ICU is a subterranean space devoted to live arts research and presentation. It occupies the basement of an ex hospital in Castlemaine - Central Victoria.
It is fitted with a ceiling grid, separated 3 phase power, an earth wall, a green room, a meeting room and is part of the dynamic small business hive known [...]
Iwaki Auditorium (ABC Southbank Centre)
Opened in 1994 as part of the ABC Southbank Centre, the Iwaki Auditorium is the rehearsal facility and operational base of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Its primary function is orchestra rehearsal and limited performance, as well as ABC Radio recordings and broadcasts. In MSO and ABC Radio downtime, the facility is available for hire [...]
J-Studios Artist Community
J-Studios is a multi-disciplinary artist-run artist complex inhabiting the buildings of the former St Joseph’s College in Fitzroy North. Facilities include studios (for a wide range of disciplines including sculpture, painting, print-making, performance, textiles, animation, photography, creative writing etc), drama theatre, assembly hall, gallery (The Library Artspace), wood-work shed, shared access print studio and shared [...]
J-Studios’ - Drama Theatre
J-Studios’ Drama Theatre is a 105sqm space ideal for Drama, Dance, Physical Theatre, Music, Yoga, Dance
Therapy, Pilates, Art workshops, classes, rehearsals and intimate performances. Dressing room attached.
The Drama Theatre is available for
$20/hr for classes
$10/hr for independent artist rehearsals
$15/hr for funded artist rehearsals
$100/day
$500/week
To book call the office on 03 9482 2113 (open wed-fri 12-6pm) or email: j.studios.info@gmail.com
Jarmbi Gallery (at Burrinja)
Contemporary Artists Access Gallery. Operating for eight years. Averaging 16 exhibitions per annum at approx 3 weeks each. All mediums welcome.
This space is suitable for visual arts and community arts events.
An open space that opens out off the foyer entrance to Burrinja Cultural Centre and the Artists Studios. Black ochre on plaster [...]
Karingallery
Studio and gallery space in Geelong CBD arts precinct. Originally set up as an access studio for people with a disability.
Exhibition space is suitable for 2D and 3D work. Selection for exhbition is made by three gallery staff upon viewing a folio of work. The rental is $200.00 a month with a 20% commission to the [...]
Kazari Collector
An art gallery space with courtyard and cafe. Located on Malvern Rd at the Prahran/South Yarra boundary, close to Hawsburn Station and the 72 tram route.
Used for a variety of exhibitions from paintings to large sculptures. Since opening it has been used for other purposes including a fashion parade, book launch. weddings, corporate presentations [...]
Kerala Gallery
Kerala Gallery offers a professionally run venue for artists and photographers to exhibit their work at an affordable price. Our key aim is not only to showcase a truly excellent presentation of work, but to promote the artist and to sell the exhibited work.
The gallery comprises of approximately 50 square metre showroom area, providing 20 [...]
Kerang Library
A state of the art new library building completed in 2003, with a modest foyer and display area. Kerang does not have a public gallery/museum, and the library is an ideal location for holding cultural events for the community. The Library has been a venue for many community arts, travelling displays and has recently developed [...]
Kindred Studios
Mostly used as a band rehearsal facility in large warehouse space. Has hosted Womens Circus and various theatre/performance events.
Fully comprehensive Music Rehearsal Space
Individual Band Storage Facilities
100% Green Energy
Dance, theatre and performance space
Theatre/Dance Studio: Large, wooden floor, theatre and dance rehearsal space. Well maintained, sectionable by curtains, private.
Warehouse Space: Ultra large concrete floored warehouse space. Fully [...]
Kings Artist-run Initiative
KINGS ARI is an artist-run initiative located in Melbourne’s CBD which aims to present outstanding contemporary arts practice across Australia. KINGS ARI is committed to the development and presentation of experimental artistic practice through supporting emerging artists and providing a venue for established artists to try out new work within a framework of artistic research [...]
Kingston Arts Centre Theatre
Stunning, intimate 94 seat Theatre suitable for performances, presentations and film screenings. An ideal space for product launches, and can be adapted to suit anything from meetings to rehearsals.
Retractable seating allows for cabaret style set-up, and the Arts Centre boasts a large complement of professional audio, lighting and vision systems.
Capable of production services from the smallest [...]
Kinross House
A principal role of Uniting Arts Toorak in Kinross House (the old manse of Toorak Uniting Church) is to connect the world of the arts with the inner spiritual world of people who participate in the arts - as consumer or practitioner. We run a wide range of visual art exhibitions, workshops and other activities [...]
Kozminsky
Kozminsky is Melbourne’s oldest registered business. Located in central Melbourne, and situated in one of Melbourne’s most majestic Georgian buildings we offer a contemporary gallery space in our first floor gallery, and if needed for larger functions have our ground floor jewellery salon open with Jewellery on display. Our venue is most suitable for private parties, corporate functions, & cocktail parties.
La Trobe Reading Room
The Library’s most spectacular architectural feature, the dome, makes an impressive centrepiece for a special event. New technology has been discreetly integrated into the space, improving services and information access without impacting on the historical integrity of the room.
Recently restored and reopened as the La Trobe Reading Room, the atmospheric dome room features custom-built desks [...]
Lakeside Cafe
This building is used as a cafe/restaurant. The owners have kindly allowed me to put up a picture hanging rail and change the exhibition over on a monthly basis. The exhibition space is a single wall with a high ceiling, good spotlighting and professional hanging rail.
Laughing Waters Artist in Residence
Emerging and established Australian artists and overseas artists, supported by reputable art organisations or institutions, are invited to apply for a residency of up to three months, between April and November each year. The residency is an opportunity to live and work in either Birrarung, a heritage mudbrick house, or River Bend, a newly acquired [...]
Laverton Community Centre
The Laverton Community Centre building is owned by Council. LCC is an octagonal-shaped hall that caters for up to 200 people: weddings, parties, anything. The hall has high ceilings, polished floors, dedicated foyer entry and a fully compliant commercial kitchen attached. There are additional spaces used as classrooms or “break-out” rooms.
Laverton Old School
Built in 1888, this beautiful single room school house is the last of its kind in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Fast forward almost 120 years, and the Laverton Old School is again full of life as a community and arts facility which is available for hire to both casual and long term tenants.
The facility offers [...]
Leica Gallery
Photography gallery - the gallery is shows only photography work.
Gallery space: 4400mm x 9500mm. • Gallery lighting • Gallery hanging system • Curatorial advice • Email circulation • Alarm system • Public liability insurance.
Level One artshop
Situated on the first floor above Travellers Bookstore, Level One artshop has hosted art shows, displays, rehearsals for theatre and studio space. This is a lovely Victorian-era space, painted white, with timber floor and ceiling boards, great natural light and high (4m) ceilings. A separate kitchen / office and storage space is available. Travel-related material [...]
Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
Linden is one of Australia’s leadng and most loved contemporary art spaces. Set in a gracious Victorian mansion in the heart of St Kilda. Since 1986 Linden has played a key role in promoting new and innovative art practices, gaining a high national profile through its ground breaking exhibitions and public programs.
Linden has 5 galleries [...]
Loop Project Space and Bar
LOOP is a new concept in presenting art. LOOP is an innovative, contemporary project space/program set up within the social ambience of a bar backdrop. At LOOP an alternative art institution meets a bar.
The backbone of LOOP is the presentation of screen based art: film, fine art video and new digital media. Two permanent 20 [...]
Lot Four Hire Studio
Lot Four is a purpose-built photographic studio located in the heart of Richmond. Designed by industry professionals and hired out as one large, exclusive space, it offers both the client and creative team the opportunity to operate in comfortable surrounds.
5 minutes from Melbourne CBD
Close to public transport
Ground floor roller-door access
Short walk to shops, cafes and [...]
Lounge Upstairs
Entering our seventeenth year, Lounge is a contemporary venue in the heart of the CBD. We have always assertively profiled new artistic talent both locally and internationally, supporting underground movements not depicted in mainstream establishments.
Exhibitions held at lounge have been successful in both artistic and financial terms. We take no commission from any work [...]
Lucy Guerin Inc Studio
Lucy Guerin Inc Studio is a versatile rehearsal space which can be used for rehearsals, dance classes, open rehearsals, showings of works-in-progress, and forums.
Lighting - Fluorescent ceiling lights and natural light through six large windows that can be opened
Sound - Meyer 500 Amplifier and speakers with basic CD player
Power –Standard
Lygon Court
Lygon Court is a boutique shopping centre in the heart of Carlton, with a number of spaces available for display of art. These spaces have been used in the past for Photo displays, choirs and performances.
Maffra Exhibition Space
The Maffra Exhibition Space is a small site managed by the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale and located next to the Maffra Library.
The Maffra Exhibition Space is to be used primarily for the display of art and craft with an emphasis on Gippsland-based artists. Historical items may also be displayed in the space which is ideal [...]
mailbox 141
141-143 Flinders Lane, once part of the bustling rag trade, now houses design companies and a gallery. In the foyer are a line of antique wooden mailboxes showcasing changing exhibitions of contemporary artwork.
A beautiful strip of old mailboxes in the foyer: 19 boxes, dimensions 46 x 286 x 14cm. All boxes with glass fronts and [...]
Manningham Gallery
Manningham Gallery provides an exciting and diverse exhibition program that showcases local and national artists, and includes community arts projects. The growing public program features artist and specialist talks, forums, workshops, demonstrations and tours.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11-5pm
Saturday 2pm - 5pm
MARS Gallery (Melbourne Art Rooms)
Originally an old dairy, the vast two storey MARS building was neglected and run down during its use as a warehouse and a mechanical workshop.
Remarkably reincarnated blending aspects of the old and the new, MARS is a unique two floor space with four meter high ceilings downstairs, offering a backdrop of simplicity and generous proportions [...]
Martin Allen Antiques
Set within a locale of cafes, patisseries, the markets and hubbub of Clarendon street is the charming and eclectic shop of Martin Allen Antiques. With over 20 years experience in selling contemporary art, and high quality 17th and 18th century furniture Martin Allen Antiques is ideal for the eclectic exhibition. Each year Martin attends London auctions [...]
mattt studio & shop
mattt studio & shop is a working space within a retail space located in Gertrude Street Fitzroy. We have a wall space and a window space with great visibility available for exhibitions and/or installations. We are open to any suggestions for use of the space. We also have an upstairs space soon available for pop-up [...]
McCulloch Gallery
McCulloch Gallery is available to hire for fashion launches, theatrical performances, book launches, art installations, corporate lunches/ dinners and live music. The gallery has a liquor license and can arrange the catering if required.
Whilst McCulloch Gallery is dedicated to the promotion of emerging Australian artists, we also specialise in providing advice to corporations and individuals [...]
Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne Aquarium is one of Melbourne’s premier tourist attractions and was opened in 2000. It has been used as a location for TV commercials, TV segments, news stories, movies, documentaries and professional photo shoots.
Comprising four levels, the aquarium has an upper deck overlooking Southbank, as well as unique interiors including a 2.2 million litre Oceanarium [...]
Melbourne Central (Shot Tower Square)
A key consideration in the development of Melbourne Central was to create a contrast of past and present Melbourne. To herald a new era for retail in Melbourne, the 20 storey high glass cone was built to enclose the historic Shot Tower. The cone is one of the largest glass structures of its type in [...]
Melbourne Museum
Situated in Carlton Gardens and next to the historic Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum is an exciting and innovative attraction - including permanent and touring exhibitions, dynamic performances and events, cafés, IMAX Theatre, gift shop, and undercover parking.
Melbourne Museum gives you a choice of unique spaces and environments to host a huge range of private [...]
Melbourne Naturopathic Wellness
This space has been used for medical professionals including naturopaths, osteopaths and massage therapists. Your art would be displayed in areas highly visible to a steady stream of clients.
Building is at the charming Paris end of Collins St. Circa 1920. There is a hallway and 2 rooms with high ceilings that would be suitable for [...]
Melbourne Opera Centre
Melbourne Opera Centre houses Opera Australia’s two rehearsal studios.
The studios have been used for music and production rehearsals as well as filming; one studio is suitable for dance rehearsals and was used by Chunky Move. Both studios have sprung floors- one with mirrors and bars.
Office space is also available for rent if required.
Melbourne Studio School, Balwyn (M.S.S.)
Venue is a beautiful two story blue stone stables built in 1960. Originally used to house race horses, the building is now used for weekly painting and drawing classes.
Walls are bluestone and have large permanent drawing boards attached; there are also 12 free standing easels available. Access is via side entrance or lane way. The [...]
Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West Inc.
Australia’s first meat cannery built in the mid 19th century, superbly restored Heritage protected bluestone building nestled on the banks on the banks of Maribyrnong River in Pipemakers Park.
The split level building has hosted theatre productions - The Glass Garden, Aphids Co; Aviary with Louise Morris and Red Cabbage; Westside Circus and their Welcome Day [...]
Modern office share, 1st floor - Port Melbourne
Share boutique office space with two other creative businesses (marketing and an artist) in Port Melbourne, corner of Graham & Bay Sts.
Accessible to all amenities, eateries, transport and two blocks from pier. 5 mins to CBD by tram, 10 mins by car.
EXTREMELY clean
2 large modern desks and chairs
Whiteboard
Lots of natural light
Own private toilet
Sound system
Communal boardroom
Fully [...]
Moving - A Call for Artists
‘Moving’ is an exciting new project being conducted by Maroondah City Council and funded by the Victorian State Government Department of Planning and Community Development.
The project is offering a fee of up to $1,000 to selected artists to show/exhibit/install their work in vacant shops in Ringwood.
Applications are currently open with the first round closing CoB [...]
Napier Street Space
199 Napier Street, South Melbourne
Dedicated to supporting artistic practice
Two rehearsal spaces for development, rehearsal and realisation of artistic projects.
Suitable for dance, theatre, film, visual art, and workshop purposes. Not suitable for performances.
Located close to South Melbourne shops, and easily accessed by public transport.
Standard Rate
Upstairs: $350 pw + GST
Downstairs: $400 pw + GST
Casual Rate
Upstairs: $13.50/hr + [...]
National Theatre
Heritage Listed proscenium arch theatre (c1920) in St Kilda. Seats 783. Fully equipped lighting and sound rig with large orchestra pit. Very popular with dance performers and musicals. Recent hirers include The Victorian Opera, Luka Bloom, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Celebrity Theatresports.
Management is sympathetic to schools and community groups. Winner of Awards for [...]
No Vacancy Gallery
No Vacancy Gallery is a one of a kind venue found in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The Gallery has a dynamic and innovative cultural presence, and offers itself as a one of Melbourne’s most impressive venues that can be utilised for meetings, theatrette presentations, product launches, exclusive cocktail parties, formal dinners and special events. [...]
Northcote Town Hall
Situated in High St Northcote Town Hall has 11 spaces available for hire along with a outdoor Civic Square . These spaces include seven multipupose rooms suitable for meetings, rehearsals and passive recreation. Studio 1 & 2 are best suited for performanaces and visual arts and both contain removable raised seating banks. The Main hall is suitable for large performances and [...]
Off The Kerb
Off the Kerb is an exciting, newly established Artist-run space, established in March 2007, located in one of Melbourne’s prolific visual & performing arts precincts - Collingwood. Off the Kerb supports Australian and international emerging and established artists, curators, designers & sound producers. Off the Kerb welcomes applications from emerging & established visual artists/performance artists [...]
Old Melbourne Gaol
Incorporating the Old Melbourne Gaol, former police watch house and magistrate court. Space includes cell blocks, cells, exercise yards, magistrates court and associated facilities.
Old Post Office Seymour
The c.1872 Old Post Office Seymour is acclaimed as one of central regional Victoria’s premier privately owned commercial Fine Art Galleries. The Gallery & Restaurant were established in 1992 and are still operated in partnership.
The Fine Art Gallery exhibits art by Australian award winning Artists. Traditional to Contemporary paintings are hung as if in a [...]
Old Shire Hall
The Old Shire Hall provides a hall, meeting room and large kitchen for art classes, regular and casual user groups and private functions.
Open Channel - Shed 4
Venue at a glance
Shed 4 is located at Victoria Harbour Docklands. With 17 cargo bays, Shed 4 is an expansive space with 2,300 square metres and a ceiling height of 7.8 metres. We have 3-phase power, 3 tonne load limit beams, and full height doors for loading and unloading equipment. Shed 4 has been used [...]
Open Studio
Open Studio is a artist run bar/restaurant. A small, intimate venue seating 50, Open Studio is suitable for music, art exhibitions and book launches. On Sundays we open at 1pm serving Argentinean BBQ and Latin American dishes till late.
Rectangular space 6 x 15 mtrs plus big backyard, fire places, sound system, video projector.
Overnewton Gatehouse Gallery
The Overnewton Gatehouse Gallery provides a space for art classes, regular and casual user groups and private functions. The yard contains a small amphitheatre.
Pamela Irving Studio + Gallery
Recently opened gallery space. Currently exhibiting my own sculpture + etchings. Graffiti courtyard.
Polished concrete floor, track hanging system, track lighting, 10′ ceilings. Shop front on busy road. No loading dock but usual access.
Pan Gallery
Pan Gallery exists within the Northcote Pottery Supplies building. Comprising manufacturing, retail of pottery supplies, workshops and class rooms, kiln firing and artist studios, Northcote Pottery Supplies is an exciting ceramic arts hub and an apt venue to display, critique and celebrate this medium.
The gallery is a corner space located in a light industrial factory [...]
Per Square Metre
Per Square Metre gallery showcases work from upcoming and established contemporary artists of all disciplines from Australia and around the globe.
Photographers’ Gallery & Workshop
The Photographers’ Gallery exhibits art photographers, both national and international artists. The space is alos used for photographic workshops and short courses, analogue and digital.
Photographic darkroom - a 2 person space available for film development and printing. Demonstration room with 6-8 student capacity. Printing for exhibition, workshops and short courses.
PhotoSpace
Housed in a converted garage, the primary aim of PhotoSpace gallery is to promote the fine art of photography.
Phyllis Palmer Gallery
The Phyllis Palmer Gallery is situated in the Visual Arts Building, La Trobe University Bendigo Campus. The Gallery is a space dedicated to showing new work by graduates, current students and associates of La Trobe University. The Gallery is committed to showing the most diverse range of art works from paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, graphic [...]
Pigeon Hole
Pigeon Hole is a huge, formerly commercial warehouse which has been transformed into a self organized artist collective. Responding to a need in the community for dynamic, non commercial establishments, it is a fertile ground for contemporary artists to collaborate, perform, exhibit and exchange new ideas.
Pigeon Hole currently houses the studios of over 13 artists [...]
pigmentGALLERY
pigmentGALLERY comprises three (3) exhibition spaces (pigment1, pigmentTWO and pigmentBLACK) suitable primarily for visual art but also available for a variety of other activities.
pigmentGALLERY is located in the CBD in the iconic Nicholas Building (a creative hub packed with galleries, jewellers, designers, architects, milliners, writers etc).
Platform Artists Group Inc.
Platform Artists Group Inc. was founded in 1990 as a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to enabling artists to transform public space with challenging contemporary art across a wide range of creative disciplines.
The main Platform display cases are located under Degraves Street in the popular art deco subway (known as Campbell Arcade), and in the old display [...]
Portland Arts Centre
Portland Arts Centre is owned by Glenelg Shire Council, and managed on behalf of Council by the Cultural Services Officer. The venue houses an intimate theatre space seating 144, and also has two gallery spaces, with featuring works by local and regional artists and occasional touring exhibitions, which are changed every four weeks. The Arts Centre [...]
Portland Star Cinema
We are an operational cinema, running every day during the school holidays, and Friday, Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoon, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings out of holiday time.
The Star is also used for live shows; acts such as The Men’s Welsh Choir, Joe Camilleri, Frankie J & Wilbur Wilde, Ross Wilson and comedians such as Jimeoin and [...]
Princes Parlour Room
Princes Parlour Room is a new function room inside the Princes Entertainment Centre’s Snooker/Pool Hall.
Small inviting room with a low ceiling. Air con and ceiling fans, carpeted stage, curtains around the room and stage, concrete slated floor. Dumb-waiter for equipment transport from street level carpark.
Project Dreaming Tracks Art Space
Project Dreaming Tracks is a cross cultural outreach organization located in Reservoir/Preston.
The art space is a large hall and is available to visual artists to make new works every Wednesday from 11am - 2pm.
There is also a shared gallery space where artists can exhibit their work for a low commission fee.
Project Dreaming Tracks also organizes [...]
Queen Victoria Market
If you’re looking for a venue with a difference look no further than Melbourne’s most loved Market - Queen Victoria Market. Past uses include: - Opera in the Market - Hawkers Market - Conference dinners - Film shoots - Advertising photography shoots - Television adverts - Art exhibitions - Weddings - Book launches - Program [...]
Red Gallery
Open since 2002, Red Gallery is an exhibition space for contemporary work. It has 3 large rooms with natural light.
Red Gallery was originally an old shoe factory. The space has has 3.8m high ceilings, concrete floor and natural light in each space. Two rooms have plasterboard walls, one has brick.
redhouse
Beautiful hall space for hire, for community arts projects including classes, workshops, rehearsal. A shoe free space with gorgeous oiled hardwood floors and new wheelchair access bathroom. Runs as a Yoga Studio, so there is no furniture in the space. Set in picturesque Warburton, Yarra valley.
Retail Space with car park in Richmond
Fantastic retail or office space.
Bridge Road, Richmond, close to corner of Church Street and opposite the tram stop.
Includes use of common kitchen and bathroom, plus car park. Ground floor with entrance from Bridge Road space 50sqm
Richmond Town Hall
The Richmond Town Hall built in the classic Victorian style was sensitively refurbished in 1991. This magnificent building features access by staircase and lift, bar and kitchen facilities and is conveniently located only minutes from the central business district. The Richmond Town Hall also features on-street parking and disability access.
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RMIT Union Gallery [First Site]
Located in the basement of the Storey Hall complex at 344 Swanston St, First Site Gallery is situated in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and city gallery precinct.
First Site is co-funded by RMIT University and operated by RMIT Union [Arts], and is accessible to current students from any RMIT campus or faculty, and to professional artists [...]
Sala Da Ballo Studios
Here at Sala Da Ballo we understand the challenges that face independent artists in the community, and therefore we offer independent artists, dance groups, and dance initiatives a dance space which understands their financial and space availability restraints. Sala Da Ballo aims to provide a space where industry professionals, and independent artists, can workshop, create [...]
Scienceworks & Melbourne Planetarium
Melbourne’s award-winning and dynamic science and technology museum is ideal for every occasion, from intimate soirees and cocktail parties to performances, launches and award nights.
The Melbourne Planetarium features a 16m domed ceiling, reclining seats and state of the art audio and video systems. The grand 19th century façade and imposing towers of the Spotswood Pumping [...]
Scubar
Bank vaults have been transformed into 2 bars and lounge rooms. A variety of different entertainment happens at Scubar from Salsa dancing classes to pole dancing classes, we also have a diverse range of live music acts to djs.
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Set in the Kings Domain Gardens this hugely popular summertime venue hosts everything from Summerdayze to the surf grooves of Jack Johnson, from the rock of Pearl Jam to the sounds of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to the vibe of The Asian Dub Foundation.
The internationally renowned Bowl has fixed seating for more than 2000, with [...]
Smart Artz Gallery
Funky warehouse art gallery available for young visual artists/sculptors wanting to exhibit in a fantastic space which also hosts functions to enable the work to be seen by many more people.
Great space for cocktail parties, conferences, seminars, dance, and performance with grand piano, wonderful acoustics and inhouse catering.
Space 28
Space 28 is a large flexible performance space with two dressing rooms, control room, ticket box office and a bar facility, located at Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). The Australian Premier of “Remembrance of Things Past” by the School of Drama and the Australian Premier of “Metamorphoses” by MTC were performed in Space 28 [...]
Specimen Cottage - Studio
The Specimen Cottage Youth Arts Space was initiated by the Bendigo Youth Arts Network and provides ongoing opportunities for disadvantaged youth to access and engage in the Arts. The Network successfully developed partnerships across the health and education sectors and deliver an integrated, sustainable arts program for the community.
Springworks Space & Studio
A unique studio nestled in the central location of Clifton Hill. The studio space measures 7m x 11m and features, high ceilings, polished wooden floors, white walls, track lighting and skylights, offering an uplifting bright comfortable space.
Access to kitchen, bathroom and changing room is included. The studio is close to public transport and street parking is [...]
St Martins Youth Arts Centre
St Martins offers a variety of affordable spaces for hire. We are conveniently located - close to the city and public transport. St Martins is the ideal place to rehearse and perform. We cater for both small and large productions.
St Martins offers two theatre venues within the one complex. These spaces share the central foyer [...]
State Library of Victoria Forecourt
An outside space with a lot of pedestrain traffic, the Library Forecourt has been used for arts events, rallies, promotion and celebrations.. Basic AV available with hire.
State Theatre
From leading dance and Broadway musicals to grand opera productions the State Theatre offers the complete theatrical experience.
Steps Gallery
STEPS GALLERY is a purpose built exhibition rental space on Lygon Street, Carlton South. It is owned & operated by the Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund since 1989. The space is ideal for work on walls, or small three dimensional works. Exhibitions have been held from all art mediums eg paintings, drawings, photographic, textiles, monotypes, [...]
STRIP Billboard
A FREE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT: STRIP is a cartoon series displayed on a 1.3 x 4 meter full colour billboard on the side of The Corner Hotel in Richmond. 12 artists will be selected in 2009, each for an exhibiting period of 3 weeks. We are currently seeking proposals for our third round. The selected [...]
Studio Suzanne Kaldor
The Gallery is a shopfront with high ceilings, in the Epsom Tote Heritage building.
TETRIS Rehearsal & Recording Studios Brunswick
TETRIS STUDIOS 36 Phoenix St BRUNSWICK
Sm med and large REHEARSAL rooms. New, clean, with aircon and new equipment.
FILM studio with 7m x 5m green & blue screens.
300 cap VENUE for hire and event planning.
RECORD with ARIA award wining producer DJ WASABI for affordable session rates.
SOUND & LIGHTING HIRE available.
ALLEY KATZ ENTERTAINMENT & BOOKING AGENCY. Delivering [...]
The Artery Fitzroy
The Artery Fitzroy operates as a multi-purpose licensed arts space. We have two professional exhibition galleries, a performance venue and a licensed cocktail bar. The performance venue caters for cabaret, acoustic music, comedy, and theatre. We have a variety of seating arrangements and can do dinner shows. We have a symphony grand piano, but are [...]
The Arts Centre Warragul
The Arts Centre Warragul is a versatile performing arts centre comprising a fully equipped proscenium arch theatre, exhibition foyer, large function areas and meeting rooms. It is the ideal venue for live entertainment, receptions, dinners, meetings, seminars, conferences, trade shows, weddings and visual art exhibitions.
The Arts Centre enjoys pride of place in the beautifully landscaped [...]
The Arts Company
The Arts Company is a community-based visual arts organisation housed in a purpose-built complex, which is largely operated by volunteers, but assisted by a part-time Council employee functioning as an Arts Program Coordinator. The complex is owned by Glenelg Shire Council and leased to The Arts Company Portland Inc. The complex contains a retail sales outlet for local [...]
The Atrium
Inspired by Melbourne’s laneways and arcades, The Atrium at Federation Square is an elaborate cocoon of steel and glass that connects the Yarra River to Flinders St. The cantilevered structure is an ideal location for indoor events such as fashion parades, festival launch parties, exhibitions, performances and artistic installations.
The Butterfly Club
The Butterfly Club is a former two-story Victorian shop house, situated in the heart of South Melbourne’s historic Emerald Hill precinct. Long ago, what is now the little theatre was the site of Melbourne’s first orphanage. Then, for more than 100 years, the building became a butcher’s shop, with the rest of the building used [...]
The Capital Performing Arts Centre
The Capital boasts the finest entry of any arts centre in the nation, with towering Corinthian columns and an interior that has be restored to the orignal Victorian grandeur. Today, The Capital is a hive of activity for performing arts, community arts activities, classes and workshops, as well as visual arts exhibitions.
The Capital Theatre provides [...]
The Crate Theatre
The Crate Theatre is a versatile, multipurpose venue. It comfortably seats 186 people in tiered seating which has the flexibility to retract, enabling a large floor space for a variety of other uses.
With extensive sound and lighting facilities The Crate Theatre is the ideal venue for theatre productions, performances and ceremonies, schools and community groups [...]
The Croft Institute Melbourne
Hidden at the end of a winding Chinatown alleyway, The Croft Institute is situated over three levels, with the 2nd level available for creative performances.
The ground floor houses the distinctive school science lab themed bar where your ticket holders can relax with a drink before and after the show. The 1st floor is home to [...]
The Crom
The Crom features 500 square meters of rehearsal/performance space. This fantastic venue located in Collingwood has the space and facilities to accommodate rehearsals and deliver a range of activities including concerts, events and workshops. The space is a converted warehouse and has 6 x 6m stage riser.
The CUB Malthouse
The CUB Malthouse was originally built in 1892 as a brewery and malting works for Castlemaine Breweries. It was subsequently acquired by Carlton and United Breweries, who in 1985 generously donated the site as a new home for Playbox Theatre Company following the fire that destroyed the company’s original theatre in Exhibition Street. Malthouse Theatre [...]
The Dolls House
The Dolls House is a not-for-profit miniature gallery space which has been operating since 2004. Situated in a shop front window in West Preston, along the tram line 112,
the dolls house accepts proposals for installations which engage with the space conceptually in some way. Exhibitions are changed quarterly and the gallery is on [...]
The Eleventh Hour Rehearsal Space
Located on the corner of Gore and Leicester Streets, Fitzroy, this historic building was built by the Anglican Church in 1890/91 in an attempt to get the poor and destitute off the streets (and to offer them, amongst other things, ‘buns and entertainment’).
For much of the 20th Century the building served as a kindergarten, before [...]
THE FACTORY
Once a dormant warehouse in city’s CBD, THE FACTORY’s stunning shell has been transformed into a contemporary, accessible and versatile pop-up venue for Spring 2009 / Summer 2010. Inspired by Melbourne’s unique creative and design community THE FACTORY will be the space for amazing events (3 different rooms available from 200 to 2000+ sqm).