The bold, eye-catching colours and quirky design of the mural at Acacia Fitzroy crèche have become a talking point for children and parents as well as members of the local community.

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Yarra City Council is taking an innovative new approach to addressing amenity, urban activation and perceptions of safety in North Richmond.

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We have partnered across council and with local businesses to install an innovative art wall in North Richmond called LUMI.

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In Yarra, as with most places in the inner city, graffiti is a serious and complex problem.We’re seeking your feedback on our approach to managing graffiti.

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Do you remember that feeling when Richmond Football Club won the 2017 AFL premiership? Are you a die-hard supporter that wants to ride that winning feeling for as long as possible? We have a unique opportunity for residents within the Richmond 3121 area to have local artist Nick Howson paint a celebratory premiership mural on your private property.

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Statues of Uncle Archie Roach AM AC and Aunty Ruby Hunter will soon be installed in Fitzroy’s Atherton Gardens Estate.

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Yarra City Council is working with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop a Stolen Generations Marker in Atherton Gardens, in Fitzroy.

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Incorporating the past, present and future, the artwork - Celebration Dreaming - references Aboriginal identity, connections and culture in Fitzroy and highlights the significance of the area.

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From music venues to local artists, Yarra Council is backing our live music scene through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with Leaps & Bounds Music Festival returning in June.

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Two grant programs have been developed to support Yarra’s creative community to adapt, create and develop during this period of physical isolation. Artists, creative organisations and creative businesses have the opportunity to apply.

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We are pleased to announce that in December 2021, Council adopted our new vision for the arts in Yarra, the Arts and Culture Strategy 2022-2026.

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Do you enjoy the arts? Are you involved in the creative industries in Yarra? Help us shape our next Arts and Culture Strategy.

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If you’ve visited or travelled past Fitzroy Swimming Pool in the last 5 years, you’ll be familiar with the eye-catching mural, Pool Parade by Stephen Baker.

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We are currently reviewing Yarra’s Arts and Heritage Collection Management Policy to see how effectively they support Council’s vision. Consultation with the Yarra community is an essential part of that review. Have your say by completing our brief survey. Your short and long-form answers will form a critical component of our research and inform our recommendations.

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Melbourne-based street-artist, Baby Guerrilla, has transformed the Church Street side of the Richmond Library wall into a large bookshelf. Stacked with a broad range of publications, the shelves run along the length of the building. Engaged in various activities, animals and fictional characters weave their way through the books, attesting to the infinite possibilities that libraries offer.

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Yarra City Council's Annual Grants provide financial and in-kind support for community initiatives and projects running in 2018. Through this program, we will invest over $850,000 in programs which support and enrich the Yarra community.

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The City of Yarra values the creativity that exists in our city and we want to make sure it continues to be an essential part of our neighbourhoods into the future. In a rapidly changing landscape, we recognised the need to take action to keep creative spaces available and affordable.

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The Yarra Youth Services Artist in Residence program gives early-career artists aged between 20 and 25 years a free studio space to develop their practice in return for encouraging the next generation of young artists.

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Bus Projects is excited to call for proposals for the 2020-21 program! This is the inaugural open call for the new venue at the Collingwood Arts Precinct (CAP). This move will allow Bus to drastically improve the way they support artists and engage with communities by removing rental fees paid by exhibiting artists.

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We’re reviewing our Arts and Culture grants program to ensure it continues to be accessible, impactful and meet the needs of our diverse communities. We also want to make sure these grants continue to support the creative and social impact these exhibitions, events or programs can provide the wider Yarra community

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