Projects
BV&E Creative City team deliver Arts and Cultural projects that are aligned to the Council Plan via the annual Cultural Development and City Centre Activations program.
We encourage you to browse the below content showcasing a range of our projects.
View St Artist Market, November 21st: Expressions of Interest Open for Artists
Due to the popularity of the June View St Artist Market, we are doing it again!
Local artists are invited to express their interest in participating in the next Artist Market to coincide with the View St Amplified free music program that takes place on the steps of the Capital Theatre Portico, on Saturday 21st November.
We would love to hear from artists that are interested in having a stall that not only sell wares and artworks but also that offer demonstrations or invite participation of passers-by. For example, live painting, portrait painting, facepainting, pottery demonstrations, mosaic workshops, screen printing etc.
Stalls will be focused mostly on the Capital Theatre building side of View St.
Expression of interest form and guidelines can be found here, or you can find the link at our bio:
https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/.../view-st-artist...
Any questions please contact:
Image Credit: Art by Amber Collet, View St Artist Market June 2026.
Creative Industries Pathways: Arts Worker Internship Program
The City of Greater Bendigo has a program of projects that are supporting pathways in the creative industries. These include a digital resource with relevant industry information, networking events and also paid internships.
A small number of paid arts worker internships will be delivered by identified organisations, with funded support from the City of Greater Bendigo. Internships will be aligned with specific projects, that can offer a meaningful entry level professional experience working in the creative industries.
Organisations that are interested to participate can apply via an expression of interest process.
Once the participating organisations and projects are selected, the intern positions will then be advertised.
Please read the Arts Worker Internship Guidelines here.
Please fill out the Expression of Interest form below:
Arts Worker Internship Program EOI - Capital Venues & Events
Expressions of Interest close at 5pm on Monday 3rd August, 2026.
Image: 2025 - 2026 Interns L - R Jasmine Bramley Arts Administration Assistant, Eat.Drink.Art, City of Greater Bendigo; Rachel Horgan Associate Producer Stepping Out, La Trobe Art Institute; Ella Filsell, Marketing and Operations Intern, Arena Theatre Company. Also Tilda Picken who is studying in Melbourne so missed the photo opp worked as Associate Producer with Create A's production Burnout Ballet.
Create Lab 2026
Create Lab is an annual initiative that supports creative research and new partnership development. Small subsidies are awarded to local artists and creatives that are developing projects that are exploring cross sector relationships and new ways of working.
On Friday 26th June, project teams presented the outcome of their creative research to an audience at the Engine Room.
We heard about projects that using creative processes to support wellbeing, grow community connections and develop creative capacity.
Luke Morris from Comedy Victoria gave an unsurprisingly hilarious summary of a comedy course he has developed.
Sharon Greenaway discussed the truly special process of working with cancer survivors in a polaroid journalling project.
Jarryd Eriksson and Ben Wrigley shared a little of the journey of the Manare.Space creative wellbeing project for men.
Kristen Beever took us through the behind-the-scenes work of volunteers Bendigo Theatre Company and the benefits of the professional development workshops that have been offered through the support of Create Lab.
Linda Hermens shared the process of working with community members of the Axedale Community Garden on a mosaic table.
Allan Doney Collection - Bendigo Tailor and Photographer 1900 - 1987
Hargreaves Street Mall
The City of Greater Bendigo in partnership with the Bendigo Historical Society has created an outdoor gallery experience in Hargreaves Street Mall showcasing post-war life from the Allan Doney Photographic Collection.
Curated by the Bendigo Historical Society, around 20 images from the Allan Doney Photographic Collection have been selected for the large-scale window display at the former Officeworks site in the Mall.
Allan Doney, a local tailor and passionate amateur photographer, began taking photographs at just 15 after receiving a Kodak Box Brownie camera. Over the following decades, he documented life across Bendigo and surrounding towns, capturing streetscapes, old mine sites, farms and candid moments of everyday people.
His work is now widely recognised as an important visual record of a city in transition following the end of gold mining.
The collection was owned by the National Trust of Australia (Vic) and in a rare move it was gifted to the Bendigo Historical Society in 2025.
View Street Amplified 2026
Capital Theatre Steps
11am - 3pm
View Street Amplified is a free event that will have you dancing in View Street from February to November, with upbeat indie and contemporary musicians performing 11am–3pm on The Capital’s front steps. Kicking off from Saturday 28 February, it will feature a mix of Victorian touring artists and local acts. The once‑a‑month program promises good vibes and a lively atmosphere for visitors exploring View Street.
For a list of the current line up can be found here View Street Amplified - Capital Venues & Events
A Week in the Lane
May 16-24, 2026
The City of Greater Bendigo will bring fresh colour and creativity to Pennyweight Walk Open Air Gallery this May through A Week in the Lane, a Creative City project inviting the community to watch nine local artists paint new large-scale murals live on site.
Selected for their passion for colour, place and storytelling, the artists will transform the laneway into an open-air celebration of Bendigo’s creative spirit—one brushstroke at a time.
Participating Artists:
- Frankie O
- Kim Lowe
- Louise Davis
- Wes Franklin
- Tomi McManus
- Kate Smith
- Alicia Huddy
- Maxine Thomson
- Narsha Kang
Eat.Drink.Art: View St 2026
April 4 to August 3
Cafes, restaurants and retail stores in the View St Arts Precinct, become galleries between Saturday April 4th, until Monday August 3rd, 2026.
Eat.Drink.Art involves approximately 40 local artists exhibiting their original works at over 30 venues along View St.
Be sure to visit to admire their work while shopping, enjoying a delicious meal or beverage in the View St arts precinct.
Click on the link for the full program and map, or scroll down for participating artist listings:
You can contact artists directly for any sales or commission information.
Image: Mural at Tough Cookie, by Lou Davis
Yirrip (Ironbark)
Pennyweight Walk Open Air Gallery
10 November – late February
Curated by Nacho Station
Hidden just beyond the edges of the city lies a forest unlike any other. The Box-Ironbark landscape is unique to this region. Ancient, resilient, and quietly blooming all year round. Though it can’t be seen from the streets of Bendigo, its presence surrounds us.
Yirrip draws this forest into the heart of the city. Through public art woven into Pennyweight Walk, the exhibition celebrates the textures, tones, and cultural layers of the Box-Ironbark. It offers a visual echo of the bush, blooming against the backdrop of the built environment.
Featuring curated works from First Nations, local, and interstate artists, this open-air gallery invites you to pause, look closer, and feel the forest resonate through the laneway. Each artwork is a call and response, a conversation between Country and city, past and present, rooted in celebration of our wonderful natural heritage.
Artists in alphabetical order: Alicia Huddy, Amanda Peluso, Andre Sardone, Bridget Finch, David Snowdon, Gus Eagleton, Jack Fran, Jasmine Howell-Saunders, Juzpop, Lauren Starr, Levi Jessen-Fennell, Manda Lane, Reece Hendy, Sarah Macumber, Steve Stanley, Troy Firebrace.
City Centre Arts Passport
January 9 - 30 2026
This January take yourself on an adventure into the world of the arts.
Follow the map to visit 12 local arts destinations and stamp your passport at each spot. From street art to galleries large and small, the city centre is the place to go for art!
You can collect a printed version of the Arts Passport at the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre from the 9th of January.
For more information visit City Centre Arts Passport
Connect the dots / mapping creative industries pathways
Creatives of Bendigo: Mapping Creative Industries Pathways (6 minutes)
The Creative City team has created a series of resources that map local education and employment pathways in the creative industries, including this video featuring local creatives generously sharing their stories. Lauren Starr, Troy Firebrace, Tomi McManus, Caleb Maxwell, Courtney Koop, Rhayven Jane, Chris Duffy, Kristen Beever and Claire Tennant discuss lessons learned along their creative career journies with filmmaker Leonie Van Eyk, and Youth Mayor Levity Camilleri.
Connect the Dots (3 minutes)
A short video featuring local artists Lauren Starr, Caleb Maxwell, Tomi McManus and Troy Firebrace. They shared their insights and lessons learned along their creative career journey. This video was created as part of work that Creative City are undertaking mapping pathways in the creative industries.
Eat.Drink.Art 2025
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.
Participating artists:
Heidi Franklin, Paula Zetlein, Kim Lowe, Emily Richards-Jones, Fiona Gladigau, Amelia Berry, Elizabeth Conway, Jill Reid-Connors, Sharon Hocking, Jemima Lotika, Emma Buckland, Paul Harrington, Pauline Robinson, Jade Tanner, Meg Doller, Anakita Escalante, Tenneille Jones, Ivan Sun, Amanda Peluso, Karen McDougall, Geraldine Stills, John Monteath, Felicity Burman, Sophie Marie, Tony Worland, Kerry Brown, Amber Collet
Participating Businesses:
Borchelli, Bunja Thai, Cantina, The Anxious Goat, Shiraz Republic, Nimbus Rooftop, Peppergreen Farm, Beechworth Bakery, Peachy, Alcohol By Victoria, The Bendigo Club, Black Swan, The Wine Bank on View, Alium Dining, The Dispensary, Omari, All Seasons, Indulge Fine Chocolates, Hoo-gahs, The Beehive.
Create Lab 2025
Create Lab small grants program is an initiative of the City of Greater Bendigo's Creative City team. Supporting local creatives to explore, experiment and develop their artform. In 2025, Create Lab offered young and emerging artists an opportunity to explore a creative idea with the support of a mentor.
In this short video we hear from the artists and their mentors about how they benefitted from participating in the project.
Sonic Bloom, 2024
During Spring 2024, Rosalind Park's historic Conservatory came to life with "Sonic Bloom", a transformative sound experience designed by Artistic Producer Aimee Chapman and commissioned by the City of Greater Bendigo with support from Emporium Creative Hub. Sonic Bloom invites you to step away from the everyday bombardment of screens and visual stimuli and reconnect with Bendigo’s extraordinary parks and gardens through immersive soundscapes, audio stories, and live music.
Visit Aimee Chapman’s website to explore this extraordinary project. www.aimeechapman.net/projects
Healthy Greater Bendigo - Arts and Health
This short film provides an introduction to some of the work being done in Bendigo around Arts and Health.
For more information and to contact the network email [email protected]
My Healthcare Story (2022)
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 the image below to download pdf.
Projection Festival Bendigo, 2018
The Bendigo Projection Festival was an initiative of the City of Greater Bendigo supported by Regional Centre of Culture Program 2018, a Victorian Government initiative in partnership with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the City of Greater Bendigo. The four day festival was based around the Bendigo Town Hall and Rosalind Park precinct. The festival was a community, art-based, curated festival that engaged diverse communities across Bendigo and central Victoria. We created opportunities for local artists and offered a mentorship program linking skillsets, nurturing development, and encouraging cross-disciplinary exposure.
Kultur-All Makaan
The Kultur-All Makaan is a Punctum production devised between 2018 and 2021 in collaboration with South Sudanese, Karen, Hazara, Indian, Colombian, and Indonesian artists.
It was presented as part of 2020 Melbourne Design Week and the 2021 Castlemaine State Festival and was supported by the City of Greater Bendigo.
Cell 26
Hear the story of a former prison cell on the Ulumbarra site. Open 1 hour prior to any performance and on select dates.
Go to Cell 26 for more information.