Exhibit at Geelong Library & Heritage Centre
 

The Geelong Library & Heritage Centre (GL&HC) is located on Wadawurrung Country, in the heart of Geelong’s cultural precinct, adjacent to the beautiful Johnstone Park.

The GL&HC is the flagship library of the Geelong Regional Libraries’ network and houses the Geelong Heritage Centre archive repository and Reading Room.

We provide public exhibition spaces to promote artworks of local relevance, providing our community with responsive, vibrant and challenging cultural experiences.

We seek to develop audiences and communities through the delivery of exhibitions that showcase or interpret our collections, act as a platform for creative community dialogue and which encourage curiosity, debate and discussion.

Artists and makers, community artists and artist collectives are invited to apply to exhibit their work at the GL&HC.  We support a broad range of visual art practices and exhibition types including painting, printmaking, photography and installations.

We seek exhibition applications all year round and assess on an ongoing basis.
 

Available spaces

The GL&HC's main exhibition space is located on the Mezzanine Level, where our permanent exhibition walls provide approximately 14m of hanging space.

There are also a number of areas of the building that may be available, depending on size requirements and type of exhibition, including:

• Ki-kirri-ngitj (kee-kirri-nich) – Ground Floor
• Nyaal (ni yaal) – Level 2 (small exhibitions only)
• Kim barne thaliyu (kim bani tal-ee-you) – Level 3 (Heritage Centre)

Eligibility criteria

GL&HC accepts applications from artists at all stages of their career, including community groups. You do not need to live in the City of Greater Geelong to apply.

We encourage exhibitions and displays which:
1. Are of artistic merit and quality
2. Enhance access and connect audiences with the Geelong Regional Library Corporation’s Collections and the region’s history
3. Engage the community in public conversation on contemporary issues of importance to them
4. Promote the library as a place of innovative thinking and robust discussion
5. Trial emerging models of audience and community engagement
6. Are considerate of the broad range of visitors to the GL&HC. 
 

When applying, please consider…

• Representation or acknowledgement of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander or CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) people 
• The inclusivity and accessibility of your exhibition, including for people with disabilities
• Potential of proposed exhibition to engage with the community and support the development of a vibrant, artistic community within the Geelong region
 

Hire fee and costs

There is no fee to hire exhibition space at the GL&HC. If your exhibition is of a commercial nature, we may negotiate a percentage of commissions from works sold.

All installation and de-installation is the responsibility of the artists/exhibitors to a timeline and professional standard as agreed with GRLC. Artists/exhibitors are responsible for all costs associated with exhibition install and de-install for their exhibition. This includes a $300 fee for staff costs for set up and pack up of the exhibition walls and other display equipment, where required.

In addition, artists/exhibitors are responsible for any staffing, catering and audio-visual expenses relating to a launch event. Please note there are catering restrictions at the GL&HC – please speak to a member of the Venue Hire team on (03) 4201 0522 (Monday to Friday during business hours) for more information.

Please note, the GL&HC will not administer artwork sales or facilitate payment on behalf of the artist. 
 

Applications

To submit an application, please complete the form below.
 

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