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Incinerator x MADA Talk 3

Incinerator x MADA Talk Series: Regenerating and Reconnecting Spaces
Friday, 10 October, 4 to 7pm
Free — Tickets required

Now showing

The Playground Project Melbourne

28 June 2025 - 12 October 2025

Incinerator Gallery

Coming soon

dylan marelić, Public Rumination, 2024, installation view BLINDSIDE Gallery. Photograph by Sebastian Kainey (2)

…and there’s no one around to hear it

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

The Atrium

Lance Zuniga Im Filipino but I cant sing 2024

Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama ko kahit saan (I have a friend; where I go, they go)

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

Main Gallery

Aida Azin, Pink Head, 2017, mixed media, acrylic and digital print on canvas. Photography by Tyrone Ormsby (crop)

Brown Pillars II

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

Boadle Hall

Programs and Events

Art Club

Thursdays, 10 to 11.30 am

Free – tickets required

23 Oct | 4 Dec

Gallery Sketchers

Thursdays, 10 to 11.00 am

Free – tickets required

16 Oct | 13 Nov

Incinerator x MADA Talk Series: Art & Play

Friday, 4 July, 4pm – 7pm

Free — tickets required

Showing in Moonee Valley

It’s a home to me: David Booth

31 August 2024 - 3 September 2029

Cooper Street Community Centre, 101 Cooper Street, Essendon

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Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Ash Firebrace

15 August 2022 - 16 August 2027

Arcade Way Reserve, Keilor East

Arts Project Indigenous Art Project 2003

Indigenous Arts Project: Paola Balla

1 May 2003 -

FJ Davies Reserve (Centreway) Keilor East

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Planning the rest of your school holiday schedule? 📅
The Playground Project Melbourne has so much to offer:
➰Indoor and outdoor playgrounds
🎨 Craft activities
☕ Coffee cart on site every day
⭐ Pop up FREE activities

Read more at at the link in our bio!

Image credit: The Brutalist Playground, 2015-2025 by Simon Terrill and Assemble. Photo Timothy Burgess.

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery

Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Running out of school holiday ideas?

Join us this Friday for a FREE pop-up workshop with the The Venny, which is a supervised, free communal backyard and safe play space for 5- to 16-year-olds.

Intentionally designed to engage in risk-taking play, creativity and connectedness among young people, The Venny to You will be on site from 11.30am to 1.30pm.

No bookings required – just come along and join in on the fun

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Join us for the third and final event in our Incinerator x MADA Talk Series on Friday, 10 October, 4pm-7pm.

Held on site at the former Maribyrnong Bowls Club and presented in partnership with Monash Art Design Architecture, ‘Regenerating and Reconnecting Recreational and Cultural Spaces’ explores regenerative approaches to revitalising ageing and often unviable recreational facilities.

The event features presentations of case studies, followed by a keynote lecture from the operator of Brunswick’s recently opened Balam Balam creative hub. To celebrate the Maribyrnong Park Bowls Club's legacy and contribution to the life of Moonee Valley City Council, leading Melbourne-based artist, David Wadelton realised a new photo series for the MVCC permanent art collection. A pop-up exhibition of these images will be on view at this event.

FREE event – bookings essential at the link in our bio

Image credit: David Wadelton, Maribyrnong Park Bowls Club, 2025. Commissioned for the Moonee Valley City Council Visual Art Collection. Courtesy of the Artist.

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery

Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Make the most of the sunny spring days these school holidays with our FREE outdoor installation The Ringtales – designed by BoardGrove Architects.

This beautiful interactive work invites children to a world of imaginative, free play through sand, water and movement. It’s free to access for all visitors – come and play or stay for longer and book in for the full exhibition.

Read more: playgroundproject.com.au

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Ready for a sneak peek at our newest playable sculpture?

Edwina Green is a Trawlwoolway multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm and is the recipient of the First Nations Playable Public Art Sculpture Commission.

Green works across sculpture, weaving, moving image, installation and painting to connect narratives of perception, historical re-framing, ecological violence and the post-colonial paradigm and its impact on Country and kin. Her practice engages, provokes and questions our place within society and our interaction with our ideas of self.

Green’s new playable sculpture responds to themes of childhood, play, togetherness, and renewal, while honouring the cultural and environmental significance of the Maribyrnong River to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung First Peoples for over 40,000 years.

Commissioned as part of Moonee Valley City Council’s First Nations Playable Public Art Commission and The Playground Project Melbourne, in partnership with @agencyprojects, and with the generous support of the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), jointly funded by the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.

Project manager @melanie_caple @artseleven

More information at the link in our bio

Images credit: Edwina Green with the First Nations Public Art Commission at Lump Studio. Photo: Fancy Films.

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery

Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Why let the kids have all the fun? Have your turn at climbing the Ringtales and sliding down the Lozziwurm at our after-dark sessions Thursday Late.

Our final Thursday Late for the season is happening on Thursday, 25 September featuring guided tour led by exhibiting designer Mary Featherston AM and artist Emily Floyd.

Book now: incineratorgallery.com.au/activities/latenights/

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Adventure lovers? Book worms? Creative crafters? We have something for all kids at The Playground Project Melbourne these school holidays!

The Library on the Move brings all the very best of our library services to you! Come along for a special school holiday visit from the van on Wednesday, 24 September from 11am to 1pm.

Grab a book, take a seat on the lawn and let your little one’s imagination run wild while you enjoy a coffee from @stompycoffeecart

We’ve got so much on offer these school holidays, read more at the link in our bio

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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See The Playground Project Melbourne in a whole new light at our after-dark sessions – Thursday Late. Join designer Mary Featherston AM and artist Emily Floyd in a conversation about their work; Round Table (2017-2025) which is on display in the Incinerator Gallery’s courtyard at part of The Playground Project exhibition. Featherston's major works have included furnishing the National Gallery of Victoria, the Children’s Museum of Victoria and conducting research into play/learning Environments for children, while Floyd is known for work that encourages community participation and public education.

Set to a soundtrack by DJ Mike Gurrieri (Mystic Brew PBS), grab a drink and a bite to eat, enjoy the conversation, and make your way through the exhibition – all included with your ticket!

Book now, places are limited: incineratorgallery.com.au/activities/latenights/

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery
Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Fireworks and Bright Sparks exhibitions: Call for Entries now open! Know an aspiring young artist who may be interested in exhibiting their artwork? Call for Entries for Incinerator Gallery’s annual Fireworks and Bright Sparks Exhibitions is open now for primary and high school students who live or attend school in Moonee Valley! 🌟 Shortlisted works will be displayed at Crown Street Stables at a special pop-up exhibition from Saturday, 15 November to Sunday, 23 November 2025. Submissions close Monday, 20 October at 5pm. Read more and apply on our website.

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This month’s Art Club explores Australian artists Roger Kemp and Leonard French, whose works for the 1968 opening of the NGV's Great Hall still captivate hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

We’ll delve into the mysterious, esoteric ideas behind their creations and discover what inspired their art.

Tomorrow, from 10am - FREE event, bookings essential via the link in our bio

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #IgnitingCreativity #ArtClub #RogerKemp #NGV #MelbourneArt #ArtInspiration

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Get ready to play all day at The Playground Project Melbourne these school holidays 🙌🏻

Did you know The Ringtales Playground by @boardgrove is free for everyone to enjoy all day! And children aged 12 and under are FREE for the whole exhibition with a paying adult? Get your tickets before they book out - sessions are strictly limited!

Book now at the link in bio or at playgroundproject.com

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery

Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art
#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Created for The Playground Project Melbourne, Recreation on Moonee Ponds Creek, 2025 by Emily Floyd re-imagines a photograph by Ruth Crow AM, paying tribute to childhood care, and suburban life in Melbourne's north-western suburbs during the 20th century.

The original image is housed within the Ruth and Maurie Crow Archive, Victoria University Special Collections and revitalised by Emily Floyd's playful artistic language.

Artist Emily Floyd's long-term engagement with the Ruth & Maurie Crow Collection celebrates the Crows' work as a living archive, and embodiment of the radical potential of collective work, the playground and the city as a site of imagination, social learning, and political possibility. Set against The Playground Project's international celebration of ply, Recreation on Moonee Ponds Creek connects local histories and global conversations - foregrounding community, memory, and the feminist politics of public space.

Find out more at the link in our bio

Curated by Gabriela Burkhalter
Exhibition design by @boardgrove
Produced by @incinerator_gallery

Project Partner - @kunsthallezurich
Major Partner - @jelliscraig | Jellis Craig Foundation
Education Partner - @monash_uni | @monashada @Monasharchitecture @mada_fine_art

#ThePlaygroundProjectMelbourne #ThePlaygroundProject #MelbourneExhibitions #IncineratorGallery #ArtAndPlay #InteractiveArt #MelbourneArt #FamilyFriendlyEvents #CulturalEvents #MooneeValley #VisualArts #ContemporaryArt #IgnitingCreativity

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Enjoy a beautiful morning of craft and creativity without the mess at home! 🤩

Join us for Arty Tales tomorrow morning - our early learning program, led by our skilled Barking Spider Creative artist-educator, that takes you and your little one on an imaginative journey through the gallery, exploring art, architecture, and the garden.

Tomorrow's session will be all about winter snowflakes and sensory play, investigating texture, shape, life cycles and the environment by creating winter snowflakes ❄️

Places are limited in these small group sessions - book at the link in our bio

#IncineratorGallery #IgnitingCreativity #MooneeValley #ArtyTales #EarlyLearning #CreativeKids #ArtWorkshops #SensoryPlay #GalleryEvents #FamilyFun #ArtEducation #MelbourneKids

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Now showing

The Playground Project Melbourne

28 June 2025 - 12 October 2025

Coming soon

…and there’s no one around to hear it

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama ko kahit saan (I have a friend; where I go, they go)

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

Brown Pillars II

29 November 2025 - 18 January 2026

Programs and Events

Art Club

Gallery Sketchers

Incinerator x MADA Talk Series: Art & Play

Showing in Moonee Valley

It’s a home to me: David Booth

31 August 2024 - 3 September 2029

Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Ash Firebrace

15 August 2022 - 16 August 2027

Indigenous Arts Project: Paola Balla

1 May 2003 -

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