Incinerator Gallery - Melbourne - Exhibitions and programs on now

Closed for exhibition change-over

Gallery Closed. Due to unforeseen circumstances Incinerator Gallery will be closed Thursday 1 October, Friday 2 October and Saturday 3 October. We apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you soon.

Now showing

Views and Vistas of the Valley

18 July 2026 - 31 October 2026

Incinerator Gallery

Coming soon

Bright Sparks 2026

14 November 2026 - 16 January 2027

Main Gallery

Gallery visitors at Fireworks exibition 2022

Fireworks 2026

14 November 2026 - 16 January 2027

Main Gallery

Showing in Moonee Valley

2026 Olivia Chin Public Art Commission & Artist Talk Photo by Thomas McCammon 60

Olivia Chin – Circulation

22 July 2026 -

Ascot Vale Library

2026 Incinerator Edwina Green Reconciliation Week 10

babanh-u laangi-yuyuk-a (Mother of Pearl): Edwina Green

28 May 2026 - 28 May 2046

Maribyrnong River Trail, Moonee Ponds

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: Dr Paola Balla

1 May 2023 -

FJ Davies Reserve (Centreway) Keilor East

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Gallery Closed. Due to unforeseen circumstances Incinerator Gallery will be closed today, tomorrow and Saturday. We apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you soon.

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Keep the kids curious and creative in week two of the school holidays with our masked creatures school holiday workshop, happening this Thursday, 1 October.

Join artist Fiona Cabassi to create your very own creature mask using recycled materials, found textures and mixed media, inspired by the Maribyrnong River.

This hands-on workshop encourages imagination, experimentation and a playful connection to the local environment.

Masked Creatures – School Holiday Workshop
Thursday, 1 October
10am – 12pm
Age group: 6-12yrs

Tickets $25 — tickets required
Book via the link in our bio.

Image courtesy of the artist Fiona Cabassi

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Join us tomorrow morning at 10am for a free art and social history presentation on Portraiture. All welcome.

Book now via the link in bio.

📸 Winner Archibald Prize 1938 Nora Heysen, Mme Elink Schuurman, oil on canvas. Image courtesy Catherine Speck and AGNSW.

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Masked Creatures – School Holiday Workshop

Got curious and creative kids? Join artist Fiona Cabassi these school holidays to create a marvellous masked creature inspired by the Maribyrnong River!

What creatures live in and around the Maribyrnong River? If you could be a river creature, what would you be? Let your imagination run wild as you design and construct your very own creature mask using recycled materials, found textures and mixed media. This hands-on workshop encourages imagination, experimentation and a playful connection to the local environment.

Thursday, 1 October
10am–12pm
Age group: 6-12yrs
Tickets $25 — tickets required

Book via the link in our bio.

Image: Mask created by Fiona Cabassi.

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Lead Lighting for Teens – School Holiday Workshop

Step into the enchanting world of lead light art! In this beginner-friendly class, learn the fundamental techniques of creating beautiful stained-glass pieces. Whether you’re looking to start a new hobby or unleash your creativity, this class is perfect for you!

This workshop is presented by Anna Kolusniewski, a visual artist, designer and workshop facilitator with over 20 years’ experience creating engaging art programs for children, adults and community groups across Melbourne.

Age Group: Teens aged 14+
Duration: 11am – 4pm – 5 hours

Wednesday, 23 September
11am - 4pm
$125. Book via the link in our bio.

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We have activities for kids of all ages at the gallery in September. Our babies and toddlers programs are running this friday inspiring creativity and confidence.

In our school holiday workshops teens can create their own Lead Light artwork, and our primary aged kids will be immersed in underwater creature mask making.

Find out more about all these programs at the link in bio.

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Discover the secrets of the Incinerator Gallery and learn about its contribution to Australian architecture in our History Tour – bookings by appointment.

Contact incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 03 9243 1750 to enquire about days and times. Tours are only available during gallery opening hours.

#incineratorgallery #historytour #walterburleygriffin #architecture #maribyrnongriver #mooneevalley

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Art Club: The Cult of Suburbia

In Art Club this Thursday, 27 August, guest speaker Carly Richardson will be discussing how the suburb is reflected in post-war art and culture, looking at works by renowned artists such a Howard Arkley, Jeffrey Smart and David Hockney as well as some lesser-known local artists.

Linking back to the works and practices of David Wadelton, John Gollings, Jon Campbell, Cathy Drummond, Paola Balla, and Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney who feature in our current exhibition; 'Views and Vistas of the Valley', the evolution of suburbia will be considered against changing social and economic priorities.

Carly Richardson is a Museum registrar, collections specialist, arts educator, curator, and currently works at Melbourne University as a Collections Coordinator and a casual Duty Manager and Gallery Assistant at Incinerator Gallery.

Art Club: The Cult of Suburbia
Thursday, 27 August at 10am
FREE, bookings required. Book via the link in our bio.

Image by David Wadelton, 2025

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Explore the art of glass kiln forming in our six-week studio workshop series, beginning next week.

Glass artist Madeline Cardone will introduce participants to the fundamental techniques of fusing and slumping, with a focus on exploring colour, transparency, surface, form and composition. Through a series of projects, explore how heat and gravity can transform flat glass into sculptural and three-dimensional forms, tableware and wearable pieces, while developing your own creative approach to the material.

Includes basic materials, tools and firing service.

6-week term
Tuesdays | 6.30pm to 8.30pm
1 September-6 October

Learn more and book via the link in our bio.

@madeline.cardone

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Exhibit in The Atrium at Incinerator Gallery!

We’re calling for artists, curators and collectives to propose an exhibition for the Atrium space, with particular interest in applications that respond to place, consider the circular economy of materiality, and provide a day/night activation of the gallery.

Previous successful applications have included site-specific, sculptural and spatial practices. New works that respond specifically to the site are highly encouraged.

Successful applicants programmed in the Atrium in 2027 will receive:
• A $928 - $1,950 Artist Fee for the exhibition, based on NAVA rates
• 7-10 week exhibition
• Curatorial assistance throughout the development phase
• Professional installation
• Marketing through the Incinerator Gallery and Moonee Valley City Council channels, which can include national arts publication listings, social media and a considered seasonal print and promotional materials campaign.
• Professional exhibition photography
• An Opening Event alongside other exhibitions

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to exhibit with Incinerator Gallery.

Applications close Saturday, 5 September 2026.
Learn more and apply via the link in our bio.

Image credit: Caleb Thaiday, Elijah Money, and Stone Turner, 'Placid in Play', 2024, installation view at Incinerator Gallery. Photography by Gianna Rizzo.

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Hear about the works in our current exhibition Views and Vistas of the Valley at our next Thursday Late.

Join us on the first Thursday of September for an intimate night at the gallery. Enjoy a drink and nibbles, while you hear detail about the works in the collection exhibition through curator Mia Maria’s perspective.

Come along and share your stories of the Valley.

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnMelbourne #Exhibition

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“The series continues my documentation of suburban life—its quiet rituals and community spaces. Having lived in nearby Ascot Vale when I first moved to Melbourne in 1975, returning with a camera brings both familiarity and a reminder of the changes to our suburban places over the decades.” - David Wadelton

Established in 1963, the Maribyrnong Park Bowls and Croquet Club ceased operations in 2024 - this photographic series was commissioned to celebrate the Club’s legacy as well as to imagine a regenerative lens to the historical site that has been a significant hub for the local community.

Photographer David Wadleton has captured this vision of late Modernist recreational design, which is now functioning as a time capsule of communal leisure and suburban social life.

Views and Vistas of the Valley is on now, until 31 October

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnMelbourne #Exhibition

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Our current exhibition Views and Vistas of the Valley celebrates the significant building that form the identity and reflect the history of our community.

The schematic drawings for the Essendon Incinerator by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, produced in 1929 reveal Marion Mahony’s exceptional draftsmanship, shaped through her training within the Prairie School of Architecture and the influential ethos of American architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Incinerator building on this site is last of its kind surviving in Victoria and of major architectural significance, protected by the National Trust and Heritage Victoria, and cared for by Moonee Valley City Council.

View these iconic drawings, then walk through the space to experience the heritage and history of the building itself.

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 11am-4pm.

📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view, photos by Thomas McCammon.

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnMelbourne #Exhibition

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Now showing

Views and Vistas of the Valley

18 July 2026 - 31 October 2026

Coming soon

Bright Sparks 2026

14 November 2026 - 16 January 2027

Fireworks 2026

14 November 2026 - 16 January 2027

Showing in Moonee Valley

Olivia Chin – Circulation

22 July 2026 -

babanh-u laangi-yuyuk-a (Mother of Pearl): Edwina Green

28 May 2026 - 28 May 2046

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: Dr Paola Balla

1 May 2023 -

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