Exhibitions
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaBấm vào đây để nhận bản dịch tiếng Việt (click here to get the Vietnamese translation) An exploration of place, language and migrant-settler positionalities, House of Mother Tongue will be presented at Footscray Community Arts, whilst a second exhibition, House of Other Tongue, will be presented at West Space Inc. Created particularly for the Vietnamese…
Electric Man
Gabriel GalleryInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at a local railway station. Electric Man is the brainchild of Diego Pizarro, a comic-book artist who is currently undertaking an ArtLife Residency at Footscray Community Arts. Loosely based…
Do Your Worst
Entrance GalleryDo Your Worst by Yuchen Xin explores curious perceptions of the world and the absurdities of everyday life. Through the reconstruction of found objects from second-hand shops, dollar shops and urban environments, Xin finds personal history in each item, demonstrating the magic of the uncanny and thereby building strange narratives that aim to question our identity. Individual hand formed objects are placed together to inhabit the…
HIDDEN Footscray
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaDelve deep enough beneath the cosmopolitan charm of Footscray and you can find hidden stories of lost heritage, unknown traditional cultural practices, forgotten memories and more. Presented by Maribyrnong City Council, the HIDDEN Footscray exhibition features artworks by six local artists including David Hourigan, Deb Bain-King, Jody Haines, Kerrie Poliness, Jason Waterhouse, Felicity Watson and…
These Bodies of Video Works
Gabriel GalleryThese Bodies of Video Works by Scotty So is a solo exhibition which explores the relationship between performance and the performer’s body through the mediums of video and objects. These new works, which incorporate So's practice of drag performance and his recent experience learning to sing as a countertenor, offer a personal and nuanced perspective…
Faces of Footscray
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWhat makes the West a thriving and vibrant community to be a part of? Our people of course! Located on the hoarding of the New Footscray Hospital site (Geelong Road, Federal Street end), Faces of Footscray is a photographic portrait series celebrating the people of the West. A community arts collaboration between Footscray Community Arts…
Sekala Niskala
Roslyn Smorgon Gallery 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaSekala Niskala Exhibition Exhibition Date: 18 April—Sunday 25 June 2023 Cost: Free Location: Footscray Community Arts' Roslyn Smorgon Gallery Sekala Niskala (The Seen and Unseen) exhibition presents works from five Indonesian contemporary artists based in Bali. The artists include Agus Saputra, Kuncir Sathya Viku, Ni Luh Pangestu, Satya Cipta and Septa Adi, all of whom mastered elements of…
Sekala Niskala Line Drawing and Linocut Workshops
Footscray Community Arts, ArtLife Studio 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWorkshop Date and Time: 22 April 2023, 11am–2:30pm Cost: $15 Location: Footscray Community Arts' ArtLife Studio Presented in collaboration with Project 11, you will also be able to join in the magic of Sekala Niskala by taking part in two special workshops run by the artists. Both workshops include materials and there will be a break in…
Between Islands
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaBetween Islands is an afternoon of performance and conversation exploring the artists and ideas of the TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili. Between Islands deeply and joyfully explores a key theme of the Biennial: the survival and transmission of knowledge outside of Western Culture. The knowledge systems sustained and practiced by the artists of ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili – ancestral, trans,…
Footscray Art Prize 2023
The biennial Footscray Art Prize exhibition is officially open. With the 43 finalists' works on display at Roslyn Smorgon Gallery and Henderson House and the Young Artists Prize entrants works in the Basement theatre, the exhibition is a one of a kind celebration of outstanding multidisciplinary art. Find out more about the winning artist here.…