Footscray Community Arts

Footscray Community Arts Footscray Community Arts is an arts precinct dedicated to sharing stories. Our vision is that all communities are valued as makers of culture.

Out internal venues are wheelchair accessible. If you have any access needs, we have a range of audio assistance available. Please call or email us if we can help plan your journey. Phone: 03 9362 8888�Email: [email protected]

03/06/2026

Only 4 shows of The Supposed To Be remain this season. Get in quick; run don’t walk!

Limited tickets remain for Community Day this Saturday 6 June, from 3—7pm. Come down for a Q&A with the cast and creatives, DJs and AND most importantly, some of the BEST Sri Lankan food from all the way from Dandenong!

Watch and .an_onion sample some of the treats that will be on the menu this Saturday in-between the matinee and closing show at Footscray Community Arts.

Final tickets available via link in bio!

The need for connection, belonging, and creative expression has never been greater.This EOFY, Footscray Community Arts i...
30/05/2026

The need for connection, belonging, and creative expression has never been greater.

This EOFY, Footscray Community Arts is asking for your support.
Help us keep Community First & Creativity Always by donating before June 30 via the link below.

For more than 50 years, we have been a place where artists and communities create side by side, sharing stories, building trust and strengthening community through creativity. By giving to FCA today, you will help us create the time, space and support needed for artists and local communities to continue coming together and make meaningful work.

If you're looking for another reason to give, with thanks to Creative Australia’s Plus1 program, all leadership donations will be matched, dollar for dollar. This means double the opportunities, double the impact.

Visit our website below and support Footscray Community Arts today!
https://hubs.li/Q04js3-m0

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Pictured is ‘In Place’ by Na Djinang Circus, a striking performance at Footscray Community Arts as part of Melbourne Fringe, 2024. A powerful example of artist and community collaboration, the premiere of this work was the culmination of a year-long development that blended acrobatics, durational community participation, environmental storytelling and deep listening to Country.

Over the 12 months prior to the premiere of 'In Place', local participants nurtured native plants, growing in tandem with the artists. These plants then became woven into the final performance, showing us what is possible when artists and communities are given the time and space to create together.

Photography: Jacinta Keefe, 2024.

This End of Financial Year, Footscray Community Arts is raising $20,000 before June 30 to support the spaces, programs, ...
27/05/2026

This End of Financial Year, Footscray Community Arts is raising $20,000 before June 30 to support the spaces, programs, and artists that keep this place alive.

For more than five decades, we have been a home for bold ideas, local voices, and community-led creativity in Melbourne’s west.
What’s behind our historical success? One thing: people choosing to support us.

Your donation will help us:
• Support local artists and creative development
• Deliver free and accessible public programming
• Sustain First Nations-led and community-led projects
• Maintain spaces where people feel welcomed and represented
• Continue creating opportunities for communities too often excluded elsewhere

At a time when many creative spaces are becoming harder to sustain, your support will help ensure Footscray Community Arts remains accessible, community-led, and deeply connected to Melbourne’s west.

Thanks to the support of Creative Australia and their Plus1 program, every eligible leadership donation made to Footscray Community Arts will also be matched – turning your contribution into twice the support for community-led creativity.

Donate now via the link in our bio.

26/05/2026

Ahead of tomorrow’s previews, hear from the team behind The Supposed To Be - a sharp, surreal sci-fi work by Chenturan Aran unpacking migrant expectations, inherited baggage and the terrifying possibility of your clone knowing your browser history.
 
Joined by former Footscray Community Arts producer turned stand-up menace Urvi Majumdar, this interview reel dives into the strange, funny and painfully real world of the show ahead of the performance season.

.an_onion
 
Presented by Footscray Community Arts with Jewel Box Productions and RISING.
melbourne

27 May—6 June
Book now via link in bio.
 
Content Warnings:
This work contains mature themes including abuse, sexuality, death, mental health issues, war trauma, racism, and discrimination.
 
🎥 by Jeevika Rajagopal ()

The Indigenous Advisory Group is now named the Indigenous Leadership Group.The change reflects what’s always been true. ...
26/05/2026

The Indigenous Advisory Group is now named the Indigenous Leadership Group.

The change reflects what’s always been true. This longstanding group does far more than advise. It leads with cultural knowledge, lived experience and accountability to community.

Recognised in our Constitution and central to who we are, the Indigenous Leadership Group continues to shape Footscray Community Arts across programming, strategy and community connection; helping us keep community, cultural agency and First Nations at the centre of the work.

Tickets are going fast! 🎟️🔥To celebrate the opening week of The Supposed to Be, we’re offering 20% off limited remaining...
24/05/2026

Tickets are going fast! 🎟️🔥

To celebrate the opening week of The Supposed to Be, we’re offering 20% off limited remaining general admission tickets across the season.

Use code FLASH20 at checkout before 12:30pm Monday 26 May to unlock the offer!

Commencing 28 May - weekly for 2026 as part of Footscray Community Arts and Victoria University partnership, VU will be ...
14/05/2026

Commencing 28 May - weekly for 2026 as part of Footscray Community Arts and Victoria University partnership, VU will be providing a free WEEKLY pop-up play space at Footscray Community Arts front lawns where VU Early-childhood education students are on hand to facilitate play by providing a variety of items for children to explore, create and engage with.

Early-childhood education students are on hand to facilitate play by providing a variety of items (loose parts) for children to explore, create and engage with.

Each of the sites has a mentor who is trained in the ideas and practice of Playwork, has up-to-date First Aid, Working With Children Check and CPR training, and is there to support the students.

Visit https://hubs.li/Q04gpm2G0 for more information about the sessions.

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy to shape the future direction of the creative and...
12/05/2026

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy to shape the future direction of the creative and cultural sector. You can make a submission now! Join us in calling for increased recognition of and support for Community Arts and Cultural Development. For more info, visit https://hubs.li/Q04gbGgB0

Image description:
The visuals expand on Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) and its role in delivering the REVIVE vision - “a place for every story, a story for every place.”

CACD is described as relational infrastructure that supports vibrant cultures, equitable and safe communities, stronger democracy, sustainable environments, and resilient local economies through long-term, place-based creative practice.

Despite its impact, CACD remains under-recognised and under-resourced, receiving only 5–6% of national arts investment through Creative Australia.

The images call for:
- formal recognition of CACD in the new Cultural Policy
- a national CACD entity within Creative Australia
- increased investment in community-based arts and culture
- better support for practitioners and future generations
- long-term funding models instead of short-term project funding
- integration of CACD across health, education, justice, climate and regional development
- stronger research and evaluation
- equitable access to resources and participation

Submissions to close 11:59pm, 24 May 2026.

Discover the membership features of Footscray Creative Studios:- Reserved desk, flexible booking options on a month-to-m...
08/05/2026

Discover the membership features of Footscray Creative Studios:
- Reserved desk, flexible booking options on a month-to-month basis
- Fast, dedicated NBN wifi and free printing
- Meeting room time included
- Unlimited post-production studio access
- Discounts on rehearsal and creative spaces
- Kitchenette, coffee, lockable storage & secure bike parking
- Onsite staff support and mail service
- Close to public transport
- Accessible facilities

Opening Offer:
Book a desk for two months by 31 May and get your first month for free.
Make a booking through https://hubs.li/Q04fppJs0

// Images - Footscray Creative Studios, Co-working Space
// Photo - .vy

Address

45 Moreland Street
Footscray, VIC
3011

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Website

https://footscrayarts.com/event/community-first-creativity-always/

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