Visual Arts
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HOME IS WHERE... |
4 artists, 4 communities, 4 installations. This unique project seems professional artists work with a selection of communities in the west to explore and interpret notions of home and homeliness. |
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THE BIG KNIT INSTALLATION |
Big West will be colouring your world in this large-scale work that sees US sculptor Dave Cole 'knit' a major landmark of Footscray. |
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ART ON THE RUN – ART VEND |
Art-Vend is a unique exhibition in which paintings, prints, drawings, poems and stories will be on sale from a vending machine at Footscray Station during the Big West Festival |
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COMM INC |
Comm Inc is a project by local artist Ilona Nelson that highlights the importance of communication within our lives and community. |
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FOOTSCARY, FOOTSCRAZY, FOOTSCRAY |
Affordable local art inspired by Melbourne’s inner west. |
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FOUNDERS |
Founder has many meanings – a person who starts something, an ancestor, a metal worker, or a beginner... |
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HUNGRY FOR ART GOURMET BANQUET OF CREATIVITY |
Over centuries, food and artists have had a close association and, for this reason, Raw Materials – The Studio have joined with 18 local artists to invite you to their Gourmet Art Banquet. |
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MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES OF MARIBYRNONG |
An online project by Miza Moreau of Boombarr Studio that investigates the relationship between cultural diversity, immigration and landscapes. |
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MINI ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION |
Mini Art is all about the detail. No work is larger than 40cm and all are for sale, perfect for that small nook in your home. |
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OPEN STUDIOS |
Artists from across the western region are opening their doors for you to take a look behind the scenes at where the art is made, in the artists’ home away from home, their studio. |
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PARKING |
Parking is a series of artist-created car covers will appear, disappear and reappear over parked cars across the west. |
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SNAPSHOTS OF SEDDON RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION |
For the past four years, shop windows in Seddon have come alive with photos of the local neighbourhood. |
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UN-AUSTRALIAN |
This exhibition dissects the ideas and politics behind the term un-Australian. |
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WHEEDLE THE NEEDLE |
Free afternoon and evening demos of the home arts. |
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WORKSHOP WORKSHOP |
That’s a workshop in an actual workshop, designed for women interested in handling big tools at Big Fish (where big things are made). |
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“FROM LITTLE THINGS” |
Local artists Pip Kelly and Ezeldin Deng have been workshopping with an inspiring group of young women from The River Nile Learning Centre... |


















