A number of recent Creative City projects have included a publication. These have been a valuable way to record and reflect on the project and the contribution of our arts community.
In addition to print, pdf copies are available to read online.
A current priority of the Creative City team is to map education and employment pathways in the creative industries by providing information, capacity building, and opportunities for local emerging creatives. This resource has been created as an overview of industry related information and links.
Click here for Connect the Dots pdf
Eat.Drink.Art 2025 was presented by the City of Greater Bendigo, as part of Fiesta Bendigo, with events and activations across Greater Bendigo celebrating Bendigo Art Gallery’s Frida Kahlo: In her own image exhibition. 27 local artists exhibited their artwork across 21 cafes, restaurants, bars and wineries in Greater Bendigo from Saturday March 15, 2025, until Monday May 12, 2025. Both emerging and established local artists exhibited their works, some for the first time and others who are well known for their craft.
Greater Bendigo is a UNESCO Creative City and Region of Gastronomy, celebrated for its creative and cultural vibrancy and diverse range of local artisans, producers, eateries, cafes and bars.
The Billabongs not Silos initiative is a collaborative project between La Trobe Rural Health School and the School of Education, bringing together stakeholders from First Nations organisations, education, health, and local communities. This initiative champions sovereignty, highlights successful practices, and fosters dialogue to address the challenges and opportunities for First Nations youth in achieving educational and health excellence.
This exhibition at the Capital Theatre was funded by the City of Greater Bendigo as part of its ongoing advocacy for arts and health programs and projects.
Click here for Billabongs not Silos pdf
Creative Heathcote is a publication that was commissioned 2023 to profile artists working and living in the Heathcote area and venues that support the local arts sector and encompass the visual arts, crafts, performing arts, writing and film.
Click here to download Creative Heathcote pdf
During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, we created an online exhibition as a way of sharing work and encouraging art-making.
Local artists were invited to submit a single still image – a photograph, a photograph of an artwork or a digital image and text to describe the artwork, or the idea behind it.
Over 32 weeks we collected 780 artworks by 175 artists.
These pages record that work.
No Longer on Mute was developed during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2021 as a way of giving a voice to young people living in Greater Bendigo.
In August and September 2021 young people were asked to submit a piece of text, up to 50 words; there was no set theme or genre.
From December 2021 to 2022 the work received was exhibited in Pennyweight Walk Open Air Gallery.
The works come from 93 people aged 3 to 25 living across the Greater Bendigo region.
Click here for No Longer on Mute pdf
Since 1997, the RAW Arts Awards have celebrated the creativity of young artists, writers, performers and film makers.
The RAW Arts Awards, a City of Greater Bendigo Initiative, are committed to fostering the talents and artistic pursuits of young people in the region.
Awards are given to entrants in 4 categories:
This page includes information about the RAW Arts Awards as well as links to the books produced from 2020 to 2023
The aim of the exhibition was to profile artwork that told the story of health and wellbeing from the perspective of people working in the healthcare sector. The exhibition included art that was about the artist’s personal experience of illness, role as a carer or broader sense of health and wellbeing.
Click here for My Healthcare Story pdf
BV&E acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where our venues stand and where we share stories through art and culture.
We acknowledge and pay respect to their Elders past, present and future.
