Jul
21
to Dec 5
Oct
11
to Dec 11
AFTER WALTER HOPPS 2025
Platform Arts hands over curatorial control with After Walter Hopps, a fast-paced, open-call exhibition.
Oct
11
to Dec 11
SALON
Salon celebrates the people of Djilang, throwing open the Courthouse doors to host a series of radical gatherings focused on artistic exchange.
Nov
12
2:00 PM14:00
Popula Dabba: A Storytelling Workshop
Participants are invited to open their own “spice boxes” exploring how food can evoke memory, identity and creative expression.
Nov
13
6:00 PM18:00
Speed Friending in the Apocalypse
The end is coming. Hold my hand. Lets get anti-social IRL and connect like it’s before the internet.
Nov
22
2:00 PM14:00
Permission Granted: Performance Praxis
A workshop for anyone curious about challenging learned social conditioning with an interest in how we perform permission, agency, and the creative possibilities of the body.
Nov
26
6:00 PM18:00
There's an Art for That
Platform Arts hosts an evening of conversation and art from locally-based artists. Support local artists. Buy local art.
Nov
26
7:00 PM19:00
One & Only? 和合而生
Myth and memory meet motion in this 60-minute immersive dance and installation performance. Free to attend.
Dec
5
7:00 PM19:00
The Djilang Film Collective Showcase
The Djilang Film Collective is excited to present a night of short film screenings followed by a Q&A.
Oct
25
10:00 AM10:00
Studio Convos with Lucy Allinson and Samantha Taylor
Join artists Lucy Allinson and Samantha Taylor in Gallery One for a facilitated conversation and critique of studio practice.
Oct
11
4:00 PM16:00
ROAM GEELONG EVENTS
Platform joins ROAM Geelong with the opening of After Walter Hopps and Gathering Place installation. Join us from 4:00PM - 10:00PM in our Gallery One and Two.
Oct
11
to Oct 31
Gathering Place Installation
Immerse yourself in the voices and visions of First Nations creatives from Greater Geelong.
Oct
8
10:30 AM10:30
Installation Workshop
A workshop that demystifies the role of the gallery technician, offering key advice on displaying your work to industry standards.
Sep
19
to Sep 20
Death Warmed Up
This immersive performance is a dinner event where all attendees are invited into the farce: what would it be like if funerals were treated with the same paparazzi frenzy as other rites of passage?
Aug
16
2:00 PM14:00
Unscripting the Body
Join artist Jessica Tanto as they lead a workshop that explores the body, the city, and the narratives they can tell and untell about our actions in place.
Aug
9
10:00 AM10:00
Costuming and Character with Lazarus Gordon
Join Geelong performance artist and textile designer Lazarus Gordon in an artist-led costume construction and character-building workshop.
Aug
2
to Sep 26
Villain Edit
For over 5 years Georgia Banks has rigorously delved into the world of reality tv, provoking viewers to critically engage with the myriad ways this medium shapes cultural attitudes. Villain Edit brings the works made during this time together into a solo exhibition that spotlights how much is given and asks what do we get?
Aug
2
to Sep 26
un/scripted
What does it mean to be seen? How do we uncover what the image is trying to tell us? And how do we reclaim the image from the mediated world?
Jul
18
7:00 PM19:00
ZOJ: Give Water to Birds: Album Launch
ZOJ performs at the launch of their second album ‘Give Water to Birds’
Jul
12
12:30 PM12:30
Refusal / Futurity Self Portrait Workshop
Refusal / Futurity self-portrait workshop, facilitated by Jody Haines.
Jul
11
to Jul 12
Texture of Absence: The Performance
Jiawen Feng and Carmen Yih explore the physical manifestation of absence to examine how humans experience loss.
Jul
5
10:30 AM10:30
Gyroscopic Dance & Sound Workshop
Experiment with the infinite possibilities of working with gyroscopes and MAX/MSP software.
Jul
1
to Jul 12
Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography
A podcast that features conversations about photography, creativity and the world we live in.
Jun
10
6:00 PM18:00
Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe - Film Screening
Be Tru 2 Uluru and Platform Arts invite you to a special screening of Our Warrior: The story of Robbie Thorpe.
Jun
5
6:00 PM18:00
Beekeeping in the End Times - Film Screening and Q&A
The film screening of ‘Beekeeping in the End Times’ and Q&A with film makers.
May
27
10:30 AM10:30
Texture of Absence: Tai Chi-informed dance workshop
Jiawen and Carmen will guide you through monthly movement workshops from February to July 2025.
May
24
12:30 PM12:30
FIELD TRIP: Ocean LAB
Discover what the wrack zone is and why it matters during an immersive field trip blending science, art, and sensory exploration.
May
17
11:00 AM11:00
FIELD TRIP: Deep Listening and Making with Country
Make camera-less photographs through a lumen process, collaborating with time and the sun.
May
15
to Jun 30
DONATE TO WIN THE PLATFORM PASS
Donate to Platform Arts before EOFY and you could win a 12 month pass to all Platform programmed events.
May
14
to May 18
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Platform Arts’ theatre-in-residence, Overflow, brings their unique retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous work.
May
10
to Jul 11
Refusal / Futurity
An exhibition of contemporary women's self-portraiture and how they use lens-based media to subvert the colonial, western, and patriarchal gaze.
May
10
11:00 AM11:00
FIELD TRIP: Mapping Forgotten Landscapes of Linton
Walk, share food and explore how projects can ‘come to us’ and be created through observation, deep listening and responsive practice.
May
10
to Jul 11
OCULAR
What does it mean to be seen? How do we uncover what the image is trying to tell us? And how do we reclaim the image from the mediated world?
May
3
10:00 AM10:00
FIELD TRIP: Breamlea
Explore the concept of Songlines, through yarning, play, and observing with Kiri Wicks.
Apr
27
11:00 AM11:00
RISING: Communitas Workshop (Geelong)
RISING’s annual ritual of Communitas is officially kicking off again.
Apr
16
6:00 PM18:00
Buzzing World of Bees + Honey
Engage your senses in this unique honey-tasting and beeswax candle-making experience.
Apr
12
11:00 AM11:00
Thinking with Golden Ecklonia: An immersive kelp experience
A groundbreaking installation and sound walk where art meets science on the shores of Geelong
Apr
10
10:00 AM10:00
FIELD TRIP: Barwon Heads
Experience intuitive hand-building and ceramic techniques in a natural setting with Kim Drew.
Apr
6
10:00 AM10:00
FIELD TRIP: Geelong Botanical Gardens
Explore with Lucy Allinson noise pollution and how it affects our landscapes.