Arts Project Australia

11/06/2026

🔵This year APA has set a goal of raising $50k by 30 June to support our studio and gallery programs.

With your support we can greenlight more ambitious creative projects and collaborations, invest in studio upgrades and host exceptional exhibitions that challenge traditional narratives around art-making and disability.

With our goal just over $22k away, there’s no better time to donate than now! 🫶🏻

Check out this short video to get a glimpse of the work we do!

Donate now to support our incredible artists: https://www.artsproject.org.au/get-involved/donate/ 💞

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02/06/2026

🍃🌸🍂 5 7 3 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙨 10 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 continues this week at the APA gallery, .

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For over three decades, Fiona Longhurst has cultivated a distinctive visual language grounded in pattern, repetition, and colour. A longstanding artist in the Arts Project Australia studio since 1991, her practice has evolved with quiet persistence, producing a compelling body of work.

Her intricate fields of mark-making are animated by recurring motifs – floral forms, delicate compositional arrangements, and text. Through intuitive layering and patterning, Longhurst builds a personal visual lexicon.

This exhibition celebrates Longhurst’s enduring contribution to the APA studio and the broader contemporary art landscape, offering insight into an artist whose evolving practice is defined by tenderness, a nuanced use of colour, and a quietly compelling sense of introspection.

Curated by Jo Salt ()

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Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday 12 - 4pm

Exhibition Dates: 9 May - 13 June

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Photos: Janelle Low ()

 

27/05/2026

🍂🍃🌸 5 7 3 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙨 10 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 continues this week at the APA gallery, Collingwood Yards.

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For over three decades, Fiona Longhurst has cultivated a distinctive visual language grounded in pattern, repetition, and colour. A longstanding artist in the Arts Project Australia studio since 1991, her practice has evolved with quiet persistence, producing a compelling body of work.

Her intricate fields of mark-making are animated by recurring motifs – floral forms, delicate compositional arrangements, and text. Through intuitive layering and patterning, Longhurst builds a personal visual lexicon.

This exhibition celebrates Longhurst’s enduring contribution to the APA studio and the broader contemporary art landscape, offering insight into an artist whose evolving practice is defined by tenderness, a nuanced use of colour, and a quietly compelling sense of introspection.

Curated by Jo Salt ()

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Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday 12 - 4pm

Exhibition Dates: 9 May - 13 June

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Photos: Janelle Low ()

 

20/05/2026

☕️🕰️🍀 Join Arts Project Australia artist Fiona Longhurst for 𝘾𝙪𝙥, 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠, 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, a drawing workshop with support from artist, Anna Finlayson ()

This drawing workshop invites participants to compose playful patterns using a grid as a starting point, with the option to incorporate flora, text and collage. These elements are prevalent in the practices of co-facilitators Fiona Longhurst and Anna Finlayson.

Fiona will introduce her solo survey exhibition 5 7 3 Float Fall Petals 10 Trees, followed by a brief discussion with Anna exploring similarities between their artistic processes, with a focus on collage and the layering of motif.

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Details:

Date: Saturday 6 June
Time: 1 - 3pm
Location: APA gallery, Level 1 Perry Street Building, Collingwood Yards

Tickets: free, register via link in bio 🔵

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Featured artworks:

Fiona Longhurst, Pink, Pink, Yellow, Green 1, 2, 3, 2024
Anna Finlayson, Untitled Working Drawing, 2024

18/05/2026

⭐️ Meet our 2026 Guest Residency Program recipients ⭐️

Arts Project Australia is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Guest Residency Program, supported by The Ian Potter Foundation.

The APA Guest Residency Program offers paid opportunities in an inspiring environment for these guest artists and curators to engage in creative dialogue with APA artists. The selection panel, made up of APA artists, staff, and independent assessors, reviewed a strong and highly competitive field of over 100 applications from artists and curators working across a wide range of disciplines. We thank all the applicants for their interest, time and passion.

Congratulations to the following artists and curators, we look forward to having you in the studio!

🔵 First artist in residence sam george (), beginning June 2026

🔵 Second artists in residence Nur Aishah Kenton () and Sean Davey (.davey), beginning November 2026

* First curator in residence André Shannon (.fr), beginning August 2026

To find out more about the recipients and the program head to https://www.artsproject.org.au/meet-our-2026-guest-residency-program-recipients/ 🔵

13/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening event of ‘5 7 3 Float Fall Petals 10 Trees’ on Saturday at our Collingwood Yards gallery ( ).

A big congratulations to Fiona Longhurst on her incredible survey exhibition, and the launch of the accompanying monograph publication in partnership with Perimeter Editions ()

For over three decades, Fiona Longhurst has cultivated a distinctive visual language grounded in pattern, repetition, and colour. A longstanding artist in the Arts Project Australia studio since 1991, her practice has evolved with quiet persistence, producing a compelling body of work. This exhibition celebrates Longhurst’s enduring contribution to the APA studio and the broader contemporary art landscape, offering insight into an artist whose evolving practice is defined by tenderness, a nuanced use of colour, and a quietly compelling sense of introspection.

Curated by Jo Salt ().

‘5 7 3 Float Fall Petals 10 Trees’ continues at our Collingwood Yards gallery until 13 June.

Images credit

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07/05/2026

📚💫 Join us at the Melbourne Art Book Fair from 15 – 17 May, as the NGV’s Great Hall transforms into a marketplace of art books, publishing and design.

Visit the APA stall for a fresh drop of zines and be among the first to pick up one of our brand-new tote bags featuring artwork by APA artist Peter Ben.

Throughout the weekend we will also have guest appearances from APA artists Iain Gordon, Darcy Scott, Matthew Gove and Lisa Reid.

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