Creative Whitehorse

Spring Festival EOIs are now open! 🌼

Community groups, not-for-profits and charities are invited to apply to be part of this year’s Spring Festival. Whether you’d like to host a stall, perform on the day, or do both, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications close Sunday 12 July at midnight.

Apply now: yoursay.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/spring-festival

🖼️Join us for the exhibition opening of A WAY OF SEEING by Askolds Petersons, opening this Saturday 30 May, 1 - 3pm. All welcome! 🎨

Having followed his father into the discipline of architecture, portraiture became a vehicle for Askolds Petersons to free his storytelling through the medium of oil paint on canvas. With expressive strokes he captures the essence of each sitter who is youthful in either spirit or body. Opening a dialogue on the production of portraits mediated by digital technology, these raw studio paintings sharpen our focus of reality – they are a way of seeing the world.

Askolds is a long-time member of Whitehorse Arts Association and resident of Box Hill. He is a draftsman and observer of the community and built environment in Whitehorse, and the successful recipient of the 2025 Whitehorse Artspace EOI Call Out for local artists to exhibit at Artspace.

🌟ASKOLDS PETERSONS: A Way of Seeing
🎉Exhibition Opening: Saturday May 30, 1 - 3pm. All Welcome.
🏛Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill Town Hall

Images:
1. Laura, 2022, oil on canvas
2. Self Portrait with Glasses, 2023, oil on canvas

All images copyright and courtesy Askolds Petersons

🖼️A WAY OF SEEING is our new Artspace exhibition by Askolds Petersons, opening this Saturday 30 May, 1 - 3pm. All welcome! 🎨

Join us for this dynamic showcase of contemporary portraiture that reveals Peterson’s distinctive visual language and passion for storytelling. Experience a thoughtful and immersive body of work by a local artist in the heart of our local arts community. Don’t miss it!

"To paint or draw a person is to attempt to hold time still. These works are not merely likenesses; they are attempts to capture the internal weather of a human life, the quietude of a morning, the weight of a memory, the transformation of age. This collection is my 'way of seeing': an invitation to look closely, to linger, and perhaps to recognize a part of yourself in the stillness of another." - Askolds Petersons

🌟ASKOLDS PETERSONS: A Way of Seeing
🎉Exhibition Opening: Saturday May 30, 1 - 3pm. All Welcome.
🏛Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill Town Hall

Images:
1. Seventeen, 2025, oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm
2. Here-There, 2025, oil on linen, 111 x 122 cm
3. Josephine Burak - Artist, 2025, oil on canvas, 101 x 76 cm
All images copyright and courtesy Askolds Petersons

Sometimes the impact of an exhibition is quiet, but powerful.

It can be a visitor taking a little longer with a work. A conversation after an artist talk. An emerging artist walking away feeling encouraged to keep creating.

As we farewell Irrepressible: Exchanging ideas through printmaking, it’s been lovely to hear how visitors connected with the exhibition. Irrepressible brought together 53 Victorian artists, each exploring the possibilities of relief printmaking in their own way.

Thank you to everyone who visited and shared what the exhibition meant to them 💙

📣CLOSING SOON! Applications for the Arts & Culture Advisory Committee close this Sunday, 24 May.⏰

We’re seeking passionate local arts and culture enthusiasts to help shape and inform Council’s creative programs and initiatives. Join a dedicated group committed to supporting and strengthening our local cultural landscape. 🎨🎭🏛

This is a voluntary advisory role.

Full details on how to apply at the link in the Bio and below:

🔗 https://www.creativewhitehorse.vic.gov.au/whats-on/expression-interest-arts-culture-advisory-committee

Happy National Volunteer Week! 🥳

Thank you to all of our amazing Creative Whitehorse volunteers! 🙏 Their passion and commitment help to create thriving, welcoming places for our community to enjoy.

We are so grateful to all the incredible volunteers who make a real difference and help make Whitehorse such a great place to be.
👏🫶

Join our monthly Prepare & Share series and explore a delicious variety of cuisines and baking styles!

This season, get hands-on in the kitchen with a delicious lineup of workshops including:

🧑‍🍳 Sourdough Focaccia Making
🌾 Gluten Free Baking
🧀 Cheese Making
🥖 French Baguette Making

Find out more at https://bit.ly/4pH3jvc 🤩

🌿 Join us this World Environment Day for a hands-on workshop on low-tox, sustainable cleaning alternatives ♻️✨

Learn simple ways to reduce chemical exposure and household waste by swapping everyday cleaners for non-toxic, eco-friendly options 🏡🌱

Discover practical tips and easy DIY recipes that are affordable, accessible, and better for your home and the environment. 💚

📍Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct
📆Friday 5 June, 11am - 12.30pm
🔗creativewhitehorse.vic.gov.au/whats-on/low-tox-green-cleaning-workshop

LAST DAY TOMORROW! 💫 Meet celebrated artist and IRREPRESSIBLE curator Rona Green, who will be giving an Exhibition Floor Talk on the final day of this dynamic show at Whitehorse Artspace.

Rona’s vibrant, hand crafted works often explore identity, alter-ego, and the human-animal connection. Her curatorial practice celebrates experimentation and community, making her a compelling voice in contemporary Australian art.

This is a FREE event.

🌟Exhibition Floor Talk with Rona Green
📆Saturday 16 May, 1pm - 3pm
🏛️Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill Town Hall
This is a FREE event, all welcome.