The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Victorian Architecture Awards, with the largest number of entries of all Australian states, and a total of 228 submissions across 15 categories including Sustainable Architecture, Regional Architecture, Heritage and the popular Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Category.  In 2024 significant regional projects to be shortlisted include Wirrng Wirrng, a new community hub for Queenscliff by Kerstin Thompson Architects, in the Public Architecture category. As well as the Galkangu building in central Bend ..read more

Energy retailer Momentum Energy has unveiled a program that will see the company incentivising some of its own customers to disconnect from gas. Momentum Energy will cover the gas abolishment fee of $242 for Victorian customers who work with Melbourne-based business Goodbye Gas to fully electrify their homes. The abolishment fee of $242 (including GST) will be paid as a credit on the customer’s final gas bill and only applies to existing gas customers who engage with Goodbye Gas to fully electrify their homes. Momentum Energy is the mainland retailer of Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest gene ..read more

Fifteen makers and designers from Australia’s creative scene are leading the way in reshaping material practices through Conscious Craft. Established by Craft Victoria, this transformative initiative represents a major step towards sustainable creativity and collective action within the artistic community. Launching in May, Conscious Craft will debut with an exciting program line-up, featuring the works of 15 Australian makers and designers across four engaging exhibitions. Each participant demonstrates a profound commitment to conscientious production methods and ethical material usage, drivi ..read more

The Art Gallery of Ballarat presents Lost in Palm Springs, curated by artist and curator Dr Greer Honeywill in an initiative developed by HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast. The multidisciplinary exhibition brings together fourteen creative minds who respond to, capture, or re-imagine the magical qualities of the landscape and the celebrated mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, California and across Australia. “In an era of radical transformation, it is calming, inspiring, and reassuring to lose yourself in the art and architecture of a dream,” says Dr Honeywill ..read more

JamFactory has announced that 18 finalists have been selected for the 2024 Fuse glass prize. The judges selected the finalists from 101 high quality and diverse entries received from artists across Australia and New Zealand. The winner of the FUSE Glass Prize Established Artist Category will receive a $20,000 non-acquisitive cash prize, with the winner of the David Henshall Emerging Artist Prize receiving a $5,000 cash prize plus a professional development opportunity at JamFactory valued at $5,000. The finalists for the 2024 FUSE Glass Prize are: FUSE GLASS PRIZE   ESTABLI ..read more

Urban design experts and prominent Melburnians will take part in the City of Melbourne’s first-ever public event on the transformative Greenline Project, ahead of major works starting at Birrarung Marr. The free ‘From High Line to Greenline’ event is part of Council’s refreshed Melbourne Conversations series in 2024, which is set to draw hundreds of people to Fed Square on Tuesday 16 April. The Greenline Project discussion will take place at The Edge, one of Melbourne’s premiere speakingvenues, and feature an expert panel including: Erin O’Donnell – Birrarung Council member and water law and ..read more

TarraWarra Museum of Art has unveiled three new exhibitions open to the public concurrently from 23 March to 14 July 2024. Featuring new work by Melbourne-based contemporary artists Peter Atkins and Dana Harris, the exhibition SUPERsystems is presented in conversation with The Industrial Design of Clement Meadmore: The Harris/Atkins Collection, a comprehensive survey of innovative modernist designs by the acclaimed sculptor and designer Clement Meadmore. Also on display is Systems and Structures, featuring a selection of works by leading Australian artists drawn f ..read more

The finalists for the 38th annual Dulux Colour Awards have been announced by this year’s esteemed judging panel. A stunning 83 projects have been chosen from a record 527 entries, as judged by five design industry professionals from Australia and New Zealand. As one of the region’s most prestigious awards programs, recognising the exceptional and innovative use of colour in the built environment, the Dulux Colour Awards attract an array of extraordinary projects. Up until 2024, awards have been given in seven categories: Commercial Interior – Public and Hospitality; Commercial Interior – Workp ..read more

As part of the landmark Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions, eight emerging First Nations artists are presenting ambitious new works in the exhibition My Country, which opened 22 March 2024 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. The first and only initiative of its kind, the Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship program and exhibition series that invites an artist from every state and territory to produce a significant new work under the guidance of an esteemed mentor. A testament to national scope of this initiative and ..read more

Powerhouse Parramatta and the Cité internationale des arts have announced the two recipients of the 2024 galang residency program, which supports Australian First Nations creative practitioners through two intensive three-month residencies in Paris. Sydney-based Worimi and Biripi guri architect Jack Gillmer and multidisciplinary Yuggera and Biri artist from Brisbane, Jody Rallah, have been selected for the second iteration of the prestigious program, which attracted expressions of interest from practitioners across the country and across a range of disciplines including jewellery design, archi ..read more