Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Contemporary Art Gallery, Heritage House & Gardens, and Cafe Open Wednesday to Friday 11amโ€“4pm.
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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre is a public art gallery for the City of Darebin, housing contemporary art, ideas, a public garden and cafรฉ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ช ๐˜ธ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ. Responsive to our context and the complex history of our site, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre seeks to provide a space for discussion around the key concerns of our times through the work of local, national, and international ar

tists. Our exhibitions, collection and public programs are intended to be of interest and educational value to our wide-ranging audiences. Bundoora Homesteadโ€™s mission is to deliver experiences with art and culture that inspire, challenge and empower our community. Saturday 10amโ€“5pm
๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora
Entry is free, all welcome! Bundoora Homestead Art Centre provides disability access including a lift, on-site car parking and is situated close to public transport.

Last chance to lodge your vote! ๐Ÿ“ฃ Voting for the ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’: ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ closes next Friday 12 June, 4...
02/06/2026

Last chance to lodge your vote! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Voting for the ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’: ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ closes next Friday 12 June, 4pm sharp.

Select your favourite artwork from 53 incredible entries in this national multi-medium art prize celebrating excellence in contemporary visual art.

To view the Darebin Art Prize 2026 and cast your vote visit us! Find out more via our website: https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Credits: 1. Darebin Art Prize (install view) 2026. 2. Left- Felix Oliver. Gavain 2025. Right- Abbra Kotlarczyk. Love Triage I & II 2024 Photography: Lucy Foster

Don't miss ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› - a new video work by Damien Shen that combines storytelling and magic with Ab...
27/05/2026

Don't miss ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› - a new video work by Damien Shen that combines storytelling and magic with Aboriginal excellence and optimism.

The multi-part card trick, Sam the Bellhop was created in Chicago in the 1930s and made famous by the legendary magician Bill Malone. Here, it is adapted and performed by Shen in the guise of a professional magician, for an audience of Aboriginal spectators. The intricate script of the trick is updated to become a story of Aboriginal joy and celebration, with culturally authentic slang prompting genuine, unrehearsed reactions.

Inspired by Shenโ€™s childhood fascination with stage magic, this work provides important cultural diversity to the predominately white history of stage magic.

Showing as part of the Darebin Art Prize 2026. Plan your visit via our website: https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Damien Shen. โ€˜My Cuzzy Nate and the 654 Clubโ€™ 2025 single-channel video, 5 mins 31 secs. Courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery, Narrm Melbourne

Learn the art of ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐›๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ“† Date: Sat 13 June & Sat 20 Juneโฐ Time: 10am- 3pm๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoo...
25/05/2026

Learn the art of ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐›๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿ“† Date: Sat 13 June & Sat 20 June
โฐ Time: 10am- 3pm
๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoora

Join award-winning artist Deanna Hitti for a two-day masterclass in the craft of hardback bookbinding.

Designed for beginners and those looking to deepen their bookbinding practice, this masterclass guides you through the complete process of making a traditional hardback book.

By the end of the two days, youโ€™ll leave with a beautifully handbound hardcover bookโ€”and the knowledge, skills, and confidence to continue binding at home.

Register via the Darebin Arts website: https://tinyurl.com/58j3e632
Image courtesy Deanna Hitti

20/05/2026

Don't miss Annika Koops' ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐บ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’.

This work employs the tragicomic grammar of mime to explore how digital technologies imitate life.

The film follows a CGI figure whose movements trace mimeโ€™s lineage. The mime is positioned as a deeply ambivalent figure- servile yet anarchic, charismatic yet anonymous. One is never sure if their play is enjoyed or enforced, reflecting the free labour that underpins digital economies. The work enacts a tension between these two possibilities.

Showing as part of the Darebin Art Prize 2026. Plan your visit via our website: https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Credit: Annika Koops. 'Hand in Glove' (excerpt) 2025 single-channel 4K digital video with sound, 10 mins 40 secs. Courtesy of the artist

Visita guidata alla mostra Darebin Art Prize ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Join us for an Italian language tour of the Darebin Art Prize! This exhi...
18/05/2026

Visita guidata alla mostra Darebin Art Prize ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Join us for an Italian language tour of the Darebin Art Prize! This exhibition tour will be in English with an Italian translator.

๐Ÿ“… Giovedรฌ 11 giugno | Thursday 11 June
๐Ÿ•ฆ dalle 11:30 alle 12:30 | 11:30am - 12:30pm
๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoora
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Visita guidata gratuita. Free to attend!

Venite con noi al Bundoora Homestead Art Centre per una visita guidata alla mostra "Darebin Art Prize". L'esposizione riunisce alcuni tra i piรน stimati artisti contemporanei australiani, che lavorano con diversi mezzi espressivi e affrontano molteplici tematiche. La visita guidata si terrร  in inglese con un interprete italiano.

Bookings encouraged. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ypzcyjx7
Image credit: Something like a dream (install view) 2025. Photography: Lucy Foster

The Darebin Art Prize has transformed the Homestead! Explore the work of over fifty renowned Australian artists in this...
15/05/2026

The Darebin Art Prize has transformed the Homestead!

Explore the work of over fifty renowned Australian artists in this standout exhibition and don't forget to lodge your vote in the People's Choice Award.

Plan your visit via our website:
https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Image credit Darebin Art Prize (install view) 2026. Photography: Lucy Foster. 1. Artists (Left to Right): Setareh Hosseini, Shannon Lyons, Pia Johnson.
2. L- Darcey Bella Arnold R- Jessica DiCosta
3. Tara Denny

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฆ is a five-year moving image project by Nikki Lam on the spectres of Hong Kong. The series explor...
12/05/2026

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฆ is a five-year moving image project by Nikki Lam on the spectres of Hong Kong.

The series explores art-making in the diaspora as a witness to the shifting political conditions in Hong Kong after 2019. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ้€†่กŒ 2025 concludes the trilogy with a two-channel film that returns to the city in fragments. Partially scripted, the Hong Kong-born artist is joined by performer Felix Ching Ching Ho in a journey to remember, rehearse and perform in the city they once called home.

Showing as part of the Darebin Art Prize 2026. Plan your visit via our website: https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Credit: Nikki Lam. Retrograde ้€†่กŒ (detail) 2025 two-channel, 4K digital video with sound, 29 mins, 22 secs. Courtesy of the artist

Join us for ๐น๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐น๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค โ€” a hands-on watercolour workshop led by artist Christina Darras๐Ÿ“† Date: Saturday 6 Juneโฐ Time...
11/05/2026

Join us for ๐น๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐น๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค โ€” a hands-on watercolour workshop led by artist Christina Darras

๐Ÿ“† Date: Saturday 6 June
โฐ Time: 11:30am- 1:00pm
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Standard $30 | Blak Tix $10

A meditative watercolour workshop to relax, explore and create.

Discover the intersection of mindfulness and creativity in this immersive session designed to help you quiet the mind and find your "flow" through the fluid beauty of watercolours.

This guided workshop serves as both a gentle introduction to meditation and a practical exploration of watercolour painting. Participants will learn how to use art as a moving meditation, shifting the focus from "perfection" to the calming process of creation.

Register via the Darebin Arts website: https://tinyurl.com/636zhyd2
Image: Christina Darras. 2026. Image courtesy the artist.

Join us for Quiet Hour ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ“… Saturday 23 May | 3pm โ€“ 4pm ๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoora๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free to attend, all welcome!Qui...
08/05/2026

Join us for Quiet Hour ๐ŸŽง

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 23 May | 3pm โ€“ 4pm
๐Ÿ“ 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoora
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free to attend, all welcome!

Quiet Hour is an opportunity for visitors who enjoy a quieter Gallery experience to access our spaces with fewer people and reduced sensory stimuli. This may include people with autism, disability, mental health or chronic illness conditions. All ages are welcome.

Enjoy our current exhibitions outside of our regular opening hours with reduced sound and lighting, along with access to fidget toys, sensory maps, noise-reducing headphones and communication cards to make your visit comfortable.

Bookings essential, register via the Darebin Arts website:
https://tinyurl.com/msra9nps
Credit: Logan Mucha, A Beat to Hold Back the Dawn (install view) 2024. Photo: James Henry

๐‘ฉ๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’•. A part of a new series by artist Thang Do, this work draws on th...
05/05/2026

๐‘ฉ๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’•.

A part of a new series by artist Thang Do, this work draws on the artistโ€™s response to the words his parents said to him after he came out. It imagines a world where creativity becomes a way to fight conservatism.

Through this work, Thang turns personal pain into a shared moment of reflection. He confronts the illusion of progress, reminding us that acceptance remains an unfinished struggle across much of the world.

View this stunning work in person at the Homestead, showing as part of the Darebin Art Prize 2026. Plan your visit via: https://tinyurl.com/mu7ahb4j
Credit: Thang Do. 'Be careful what you say or I will make a work about it' 2025. Gold leaf on Kraft card. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: James Henry

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