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Work of Muhammad Al Hawajiri from Palestine who got selected and participated in Ahang 2019

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

  • Visual Arts
  • opportunity
People painting

Hands On Studio

November 1, 2019

Morning sessions: 930am - 12pm
Afternoon sessions: 1pm - 4pm

  • Visual Arts
  • program
  • Online
  • NDIS
Woman whispering into mans ear. Man wearing red Tshirt. Woman wearing pink Tshirt

Central Workshop

Tuesday nights 5.30 – 7.00 pm School Terms

  • Performing Arts
  • program
Two young girls dancing.

Links Workshop

12.30-1.30pm Saturdays (during school term)

  • Performing Arts
  • program
Collage of headshots of the panellists (from left to right): Daniel McDonald, Aretha Brown (photo by Sim Kaur) and Akala Newman (photo by Nicole Ainsworth)

Access Ideas and Insights: First Nations Storytelling

16 March 2026

3pm – 4.15pm
Doors open from 2.30pm for a prompt 3pm start
1-hour panel conversation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A (in person and online)

4.15pm – 5pm
A photograph of a model on the runway wearing a Commes des Garcon design. The outfit is oversized on the model, with large bulky shapes protruding from their body. It is navy with darker blue or black love heart shapes across it and has some sections of frills. The model wears a plastic head piece that covers part of their face.

Audio Description and Touch Tour at NGV: Westwood | Kawakubo

21 March 2026

8-10am: Relaxed Morning event with access to the Westwood | Kawakubo exhibition
8:15-9am: Audio Description and Touch Tour starting in the Great Hall
A close view of a model wearing a Commes des Garcon design. Their hair appears wrapped in bright red string and styled in voluminous shapes. Their face is partially covered by a sheer netting with a red lip shape embraided onto it.

Auslan Tour at NGV: Westwood | Kawakubo

13 March 2026

Auslan Tour: 6-7pm
Friday Nights event including access to the exhibition: Until 10pm
Models walk down the runway. In front, a pale-skinned model with cropped hair wears a deep maroon tailored dress with gold buttons. A white shirt and skirt peep out from underneath. The model is removing a white ruff or shawl from their shoulders as they walk.

Relaxed Sessions at NGV: Westwood | Kawakubo

March 19, 2026

Two dates available:
Thursday 19th March, 5:30-7:30pm
Saturday 21st March, 8-10am
A black and white photograph of a woman dancing. She wears a long sleeved white or cream dress with a full skirt. The skirt flares around her as she moves. Her right foot is raised with her right elbow touching, her left arm is stretched up above.

Relaxed Sessions at NGV: Women Photographers

March 19, 2026

Two dates available:
Thursday 19th March, 5:30-7:30pm
Saturday 21st March, 8-10am

HOT MESS ACCES

February 6, 2026

6PM-7:45PM - Friday, 6 February
6PM-7:15PM - Saturday, 7 February
6PM-7:15PM - Friday, 13 February
6PM-7:15PM - Saturday, 14 February
Party 'til 9PM
SONGSMITHS is written on a black background. SONG is white with a pink play button in place of the O, and SMITHS is in colourful bold text that is reflected underneath. A sub-heading reads: Forging new paths for d/Deaf and disabled songwriters.

Songsmiths – Expressions of Interest Now Open

11 December - 08 February 2025
A bald, bearded man leans over a table, making his fingers “walk (or dance)” like legs. The background is black, and stylised white text reads “Dean, Don’t Dance! By Dean Nash.” Additional text shows dates “20–25 January” and the logo for Old Fitz Theatre.

Hilarious, honest, Accessible theatre. Dean, Don’t Dance! at the Old Fitz

20 - 25 January 2026

Tues-Sat 9pm - 10pm, Sunday 7pm - 8pm
12 colourfully dressed people stand, sit and kneel around a low brick wall. Each have larger than life expressions on their faces. In the background are trees and buildings

Kaleidoscope – City of Voices

27 - 29 November 2025

Thursday 27th November 7.30pm
Friday 28th November 2pm
Friday 28th November 7.30pm
Saturday 29th November 2pm

Registered NDIS Provider
Forest production photo: Sarah Walker. A child holds a round mirror and gazes up to the sky.

Forest workshops at Gresswell Forest Reserve

November 22, 2025

Saturday: 11.30am – 12.30pm and 2pm-3pm
Helga Groves, Sea temperatures textile

Coral Futures : Linden New Art

November 15, 2025

Tues-Sun 11am - 4pm
Nov 15 - Feb 1st
Collage of headshots of the panellists and MC (from left to right): Sarah-Mace Dennis, Eliza Hull (photo by Josh Rodgers), Uncle Paul Calcott and Liz Martin (photo by Megan O’Brien).

Access Ideas and Insights: Disability Leadership

24 November 2025

3pm – 4.15pm
In the foreground, a white woman holds a microphone with her mouth gaping wide open. She has long wavy brown hair. A loose dress that has shades of navy with large yellow flowers. Nail polish and glitter around her eyes. In the background to the left is a Korean man with glasses, greyish short hair blowing into a small nondescript instrument.

Unbound by Backstage Music

31 October 2025
Three children stand against an orange wall, in-front of a fan. There is confetti in the air. Photographer: Sarah Walker.

Whirlwind at Immigration Museum

18 - 19 October 2025

Sat, 18 October: 10am, 11:30am, 2pm, 3:30pm
Sun, 19 October: 10am, 11:30am, 2pm
Photograph of the 'Motherless Collective' First Nations Drag artists performing their theatre show '3 Blak Ravers' the background is plain black, Stone Motherless cold is standing on the left, with their arm up, Cerulean is in centre, holding a phone up. On the right is Mora Money. They are all smiling.

YIRRAMBOI 2027 COMMISSIONS EOI NOW OPEN

09 September - 19 October 2025
Collage of headshots of the panellists and MC (from left to right): Maeve Marsden (photo by Patrick Boland), Dr Ayah Wehbe (photo by Anna Kucera), Hannah Diviney (photo by Marnya Rothe) and Robin M Eames (photo by Andrea Francolini).

Access Ideas and Insights: Reclaiming Words

18 September 2025

3pm – 4.15pm
Doors open from 2.30pm for a prompt 3pm start
1-hour panel conversation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A (in person and online)

4.15pm – 5pm
A Paper Planet production photo: A child wears a paper costume and mask against the backdrop of the set. Photo: Sarah Walker

Paper Planet at Glenroy Community Hub

01 - 05 October 2025

10am, 11:30am, 2pm, 3:30pm
Art Tree production photo: Sarah Walker. A child in blue stands in the middle of the room holding a stick. The cardboard art tree is centre frame. Families and Polyglot artists are scattered around the room in the background.

Art Tree at Brighton Town Hall

15 - 18 April 2026

10:30am - 12:30pm, 2pm - 4pm
Collage of headshots of the panellists and MC (from left to right): Kate Matthews, Digby Webster (photo by Kim Batterham, courtesy of Yarra Bank Films) Ava Lacoon and Katrina Liberiou.

Access Ideas and Insights: The Emerging Artists Toolkit

05 August 2025

3pm – 4.15pm
1-hour panel conversation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A (in person and online)

4.15pm – 5pm
Networking and light refreshments (in person

Cubbyhood production photo: Suzanne Phoenix. A Polyglot artist and two children create and play amongst cardboard box cubbies with masking tape, acetate and pastels. Red paper bunting hangs above them.

Cubbyhood at Abbotsford Convent

14 - 15 June 2025

Sat & Sun: 10:45am, 11:45am, 1:45pm, 2:45pm
Collage of headshots of the panellists and MC (from left to right): Kylie Heart (photo by Hannah Fulton), Jules Orcullo, Ryan Enniss (photo by Kathy Luu) and MC Joanna Erskine (photo by Alex Vaughan).

Access Ideas and Insights: The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre

15 May 2025

3pm - 4:15pm
Inside The Futures & Other Fictions Exhibition

Auslan Tour: The Future & Other Fictions

05 April 2025

10:15am
60 Minutes
A visitor at The Story of the Moving Image Exhibition looking into a miniature loungeroom set.

Auslan Tour – The Story of the Moving Image

17 May 2025

10:00am
60 Minutes
A visitor at The Story of the Moving Image Exhibition looking into a miniature loungeroom set.

Auslan Tour – The Story of the Moving Image

16 August 2025

10:00am
60 Minutes
Two people viewing The Futures and Other Fictions exhibition at ACMI in a orange room.

Audio-Described Tour: The Future & Other Fictions

15 March 2025

10:15am (60 mins)

White text on a pink and orange background reads: Wellbeing Through Art.

Wellbeing Through Art – Women’s Week 2025

05 March 2025

6pm - 8pm
An Ants production photo. Three Polyglot artists in intricate Ant costumes stand in a park, holding giant breadcrumbs. Blue sky, trees and tall buildings are visible in the background. Photo: Theresa Harrison

Ants at Melbourne Museum

08 - 25 January 2025

Excluding 13, 14 & 20 January
Headshots of the panellists (from left to right): Danielle Gullotta, Emmanuel Asante (photo by Mosca Media Australia), Kerri Glasscock (photo by Sally Flegg) and Jeremy Lowrenčev.

Access Ideas and Insights: Creative Partnerships and Pathways

04 December 2024
A Paper Planet Production Image. A parent gestures to their child. They are illuminated by soft light. Photo: Ai Ueda

Catch the Light at ArtPlay

16 November 2024

Sat 16 Nov; 10-11am, 2-3pm
Two visitors standing in The Story of the Moving Image, ACMI's permanent exhibition

Relaxed Visit – The Story of the Moving Image

31 May 2025

10:00am
60 Minutes
Two visitors standing in The Story of the Moving Image, ACMI's permanent exhibition

Relaxed Visit – The Story of the Moving Image

September 21, 2024

21 September, 10-11am
19 October, 10-11am
16 November, 10-11am
Headshots of the panellists and MC (from left to right): Dan Daw, Michelle Cheng, Fiona Murphy and Anthea Williams.

Access Ideas and Insights: The Future of Disability Storytelling

25 July 2024

2pm – 3:15pm
Two people read brightly coloured children's books at a small table.

Quiet Hour at Pine Rivers Art Gallery

March 13, 2025

These sessions are offered fortnightly on Thursdays 9-10am. Check the gallery website for dates.
A silhouette of a man and woman is at the centre of the image. The woman is sitting down while the man emerges from an inflatable leaning into her. They are surrounded by a magenta-coloured fabric.

You, Beauty – Auslan Interpreted Performance

14 June 2024

Fri 14 June, 5pm and 6.30pm
A silhouette of a man and woman is at the centre of the image. The woman is sitting down while the man emerges from an inflatable leaning into her. They are surrounded by a magenta-coloured fabric.

You, Beauty – Tactile Tour & Audio Description

08 June 2024

Tactile Tour | Sat 8 June, 2pm
Audio Description | Sat 8 June, 2.30pm and 4pm
A Sound of Drawing production photo. A child wearing a jacket and headphones, draws intently on a table covered in paper. Other children are visible behind them, also drawing. Photo: Sarah Walker

Sound of Drawing & Voice Lab at Melbourne Design Week

31 May - 02 June 2024

Friday 31 May: 1:30-3:30pm; Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 June: 10am-12pm, 1:30-3:30pm
Susan Nethercote (Artist) at desk

Susan Nethercote: An Ornamental Education

March 28, 2024

Daily, 9am-5pm, till April 14

A hilarious and devastating tour of women's bathrooms.

Overflow

31 January 2024 - 04 February 2023

Wed - Fri; 7:30pm
Sat; 3:00pm, 7:30pm
Sun; 5:00pm

A colourful collage, a person is in a wooden boat holding a lantern. Text reads, Time. Make Your Mark.

Future Reset – Maker Space Tasters

07 - 28 October 2023

Wednesdays and Saturdays, online and in person.

A rectangular portal is framed by a radiant purple glow. Inside, an array of collaborative imagery has been collaged, mostly greyscale. A hearing aid is cradled in the palm of a hand, within a beam of light. This personal listening device is overlaid with an image of a radio astronomy telescope, its receiving dish pointed towards the sky. The receiving dish is supported by structural engineering in the form of a geometric scaffold. Above the dish, an antenna is held aloft. Its listening probe overlaps the central electronics of the hearing aid technology: micro and macro listening. An image of a white mobility cane has been overlaid diagonally across the hand. At its tip, its roller ball has been transformed into a glowing orb, emitting sound waves, signaled by concentric circles pulsing outwards. Another hand reaches into the frame, capturing a mid-expressive gesture. This hand is not grayscale but pale pink porcelain, and is smaller in scale than the hearing aid. On each of the three visible fingers, the nail tips are decorated with a maroon dot. In the top left corner of the image, there is a small window, also rectangular, framing an assemblage of shapes, suggestive of an imaginary glyph or letterform. The smooth, beveled edges of the glyph lend an embossed 3D effect, so that the abstracted glyph appears to protrude from the image plane. The glyph incorporates rounded shapes, spikes that reach outward, like a crown, and a spiral whorl.

~~~~~ “…derelict in uncharted space…” Live Performance Season

11 - 14 October 2023

Wed-Fri; 7:30pm-8:30pm
Fri-Sat; 3:00pm-4:00pm
Sydney Place Art Occupation

Sydney Place Art Occupation

01 - 30 September 2023
A When the World Turns production photo. A child holds up a cardboard tube, using it to make sounds. An adult leans towards the tube, listening. They sit at a small table in a darkened space, surrounded by plants. They are illuminated by a lamp on the table. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

When the World Turns at Bunjil Place

09 - 10 September 2023

Sat 9 Sep: 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm
Sun 10 Sep: 10:00am, 12:30pm
Audience clapping in a dark theatre

Making it in Merri-Bek: promoting your practice

08 June - 17 October 2023

Thurs 6pm-8pm
UnitePlayPerform: Design Your Own Universe with ØFFËRINGŠ

UnitePlayPerform: Design Your Own Universe with ØFFËRINGŠ

23 - 28 May 2023

UnitePlayPerform event schedule
23 May - Kinship Play Shop. 2.5 hour facilitated programme: Sessions: 2-4:30pm, 7-9:30pm
24 May - Utopia Play Shop. 2
A Pram People photo. An adult in a green jumper and headphones pushes a small child in a pram decorated with green streamers. They are surrounded by colourful motion blurs. The adult looks out of frame, while the child looks at the camera. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Pram People by Polyglot Theatre at Abbotsford Convent

04 - 06 May 2023

Friday 5 May 10:00am-11:00am; 1:00-2:00pm
Saturday 6 May 10:00am-11:00am; 1:00-2:00pm

FREE dress rehearsal Thursday 4 May: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Celebrating the power of friendship, culture and profound connections for all-ages.

Hide The Dog

16 - 17 June 2023

Friday 16 June 6:00PM
Saturday 17 June 1:00PM
*Saturday 17 June, 1:00PM: Auslan Interpreted and Audio Described performance.
A Paper Planet production photo from Japan. A child with dark hair, wearing a black and yellow baseball jacket, joyfully hangs long strips of white paper on a suspended piece of tape. A sunlit room lined with brown cardboard and other children creating with paper are visible in the background.

Paper Planet by Polyglot Theatre presented by Fed Square

12 - 14 April 2023

Wednesday 12 April: 10:30-12:30pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm
Thursday 13 April: 10:30-12:30pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm
Friday 14 April: 10:30-12:30pm; 2:00pm-4:00pm
Black and white image of musicians in a recording studio with guitars, violin, cello and tablas

Listening to the Elements Relaxed Performances

March 26, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Four women in black pants and shirts sitting in front of a pool with string instruments

Tarilindy String Quartet Relaxed Performances

April 23, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Woman with curly blonde hair in a yellow dress sitting on a chair

Elise McCann Relaxed Performances

May 25, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Close up of the side of a man's face, with a beard and hat, and another man in the background facing the opposite way

Cool Out Sun Relaxed Performances

June 15, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
A woman wearing traditional Indian jewelry and henna on her skin, holding a pomegranate and surrounded by colourful flowers

Wild Gloriosa Relaxed Performances

July 20, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Seven men and women dressed in navy suits and dresses standing in a park and surrounded by large autumn trees

Consort of Melbourne Relaxed Performances

August 11, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Woman with long curly bright purple hair laughing

Michelle Nicolle Relaxed Performances

September 15, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
Woman sitting with a viola on a boulder in front of a river mouth and man leaning up against the same boulder

Bronzewing Relaxed Performances

October 8, 2026

10:30am and 12noon concerts
A Pram People photo. An adult in a green jumper and headphones is pushing a pram with their child in it, smiling as she looks into the distance. Other adults with small children and brightly decorated prams create a blur as they move around in the background. They are outside on a grey floor, with large glass windows in the background. Photographer: Sarah Walker

Pram People by Polyglot Theatre

22 - 23 October 2022

10:00am-11:00am, 1:30pm-2:30pm
A Sensory Play photo. A child sits on their adult's lap on a wooden floor in a darkened space. They are pointing a small torch/flashlight at a large potted plant on a low trolley. Photographer: Carla Gottgens, Polyglot Theatre

Sensory Play in a Wondrous Natural World

03 - 04 September 2022

Saturday 3 September: 2pm-3pm
Sunday 4 September: 11am-12pm, 2pm-3pm
maroon square with a yellow music note in the centre with MusicSpace written underneath

MusicSpace

August 28, 2022

Every Thursday between 9.00am and 3.00pm during school terms.
A photo of three performers on a white floor against a black background, featuring an image of the moon. One performer, dressed in a nude tank top with bare legs, stands with arm outstretched, knees bent and back curved, facing the other two performers, one wearing black pants and boots, the other wearing a black short shift dress, who lie on their backs with knees bent.

Victory Over the Moon by Nana Biluš Abaffy

26 - 30 July 2022

Tues, 7:30pm–8:30pm (Preview)
Wed–Fri, 7:30pm–8:30pm
Sat, 3pm–4pm with Artist Talk 4pm–5:15pm (Auslan Interpreted)
Sat, 8pm–9pm
A very close-up photograph of a woman's face, showing her left eye, eyebrow, temple and black hair. A droplet of a shiny, metallic, thick liquid has splashed onto her forehead above her eyebrow, and is dribbling down her face towards her temple in two thick droplets.

To immortality and out the other side – Lilian Steiner & Patrick Hamilton

11 - 13 August 2022

Tues, 7:30pm–8:30pm (Preview)
Wed–Fri, 7:30pm–8:30pm
Sat, 3pm–4pm with Artist Talk 4pm–5:15pm (Auslan Interpreted)
Sat, 8pm–9pm

RELAXED EVENING: THE PICASSO CENTURY

30 July 2022

Tue 30 Aug 2022 5:30PM
Pablo Picasso The matador (Le Matador) 4 October 1970 oil on canvas 145.0 × 114.0 cm Musée national Picasso-Paris Donated in lieu of tax, 1979 (MP223​) © Succession Picasso/Copyright Agency, 2022. Photo © RMN - Grand Palais - Mathieu Rabeau

RELAXED MORNING: THE PICASSO CENTURY

30 July 2022

Sat 30 Jul, 8.30am–10am
Ron Mueck, Mass, Installation shot

RELAXED EVENING | IAN POTTER CENTRE: NGV AUSTRALIA

20 July 2022

Wed 20 Jul, 5:30PM - 7:30 PM
The Selfish Giant man in a black suit and top hat, standing amongst a field of flowers in his garden, angrily pointing beside a sign that reads 'no children allowed'.

The Selfish Giant

27 May 2022

1:00pm
A Bees production photo. Polyglot artists in intricate Bee costumes are perched on and around a large metal pipe on green lawn. Children wearing handmade paper antennae and wings sit on the pipe amongst them. There is a heritage red brick building in the background.

Bees – presented by Polyglot Theatre and Convent Kids

09 - 12 April 2022

10.30am-11.15am, 12pm-12.45pm, 2.30pm-3.15pm
An older person dressed in a white tracksuit, white sneakers, and a headpiece made of strands of diamentes sits on a red chair, which is placed on a dark grey carpet. The chair is placed in front of long light grey drapes.

WAKE by THE RABBLE – Auslan Interpreted Session

12 October 2023

Thu, 7:00pm-8:30pm

Please note: the free Shuttle Bus to the venue departs from The Substation at 6:30pm.
A Paper Planet production photo from Japan. A child with dark hair, wearing a black and yellow baseball jacket, joyfully hangs long strips of white paper on a suspended piece of tape. A sunlit room lined with brown cardboard and other children creating with paper are visible in the background.

Paper Planet

17 May - 30 June 2021

Sat 26 June 10.30am-12.30pm, 2pm-4pm
Mon 28 June 10.30am-12.30pm, 2pm-4pm
Tues 29 June 10.30am-12.30pm, 2pm-4pm
Wed 30 June 10.30am-12.30pm, 2pm-4pm
Woman holding box of magazines

Is There Something Wrong With That Lady?

13 - 24 April 2021

Performance Times
Monday – Friday 7pm
Saturday 1pm & 7pm
Additional Matinees 15 & 21 April 1pm
Darebin’s brand-new multi-arts festival FUSE has continued to put the local arts scene at the forefront during spring 2020 and is now launching a new project entitled Wurru-Wurru, which sees six local artists handpicked to create fresh and original music, poetry, dance and visual art.

Wurru-Wuuru at FUSE DAREBIN

12 - 29 November 2020
A young person holds an iPad with the Orby program, learning about Frederick McCubbin's 'A bush burial'

Meet Orby | your digital tour guide
The photo is school aged children participating in a Limitless Leaps class.

Limitless Leaps

29 January - 09 December 2020

Every Wed, 4-5pm
10-week course that follows the school term (4 courses throughout year)
Small group sitting in a circle smiling

Reactions

Sessions are during term time, Wednesday 5.30-6.15 Juniors or 6.30-7.30 Seniors

Registered NDIS Provider
Work of Muhammad Al Hawajiri from Palestine who got selected and participated in Ahang 2019

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
People painting

Hands On Studio

November 1, 2019

Morning sessions: 930am - 12pm
Afternoon sessions: 1pm - 4pm

Registered NDIS Provider
Woman whispering into mans ear. Man wearing red Tshirt. Woman wearing pink Tshirt

Central Workshop

Tuesday nights 5.30 – 7.00 pm School Terms
Two young girls dancing.

Links Workshop

12.30-1.30pm Saturdays (during school term)