Showing at Crown Street Stables: Fireworks 2025

The formal exhibition opening and awards presentation will be held at Crown Street Stables from 5pm on Friday, 14 November 2025.

Please note the below session times for the exhbition: 

Saturday 15 November: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Sunday 16 November: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Monday 17 November: 8.30am to 1pm

Tuesday 18 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Wednesday 19 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Thursday 20 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Friday 21 November: 1.30pm – 3pm only

Saturday 22 November: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Sunday 23 November: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Monday 24 November: 8.30am to 1pm

Tuesday 25 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Wednesday 26 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Thursday 27 November: 8.30am to 3pm

Friday 28 November: 1.30pm to 3pm only

Saturday 29 November: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Prizes to be awarded at the opening:

• Fireworks Art Award $500
• Fireworks Design Award $500
• Mayoral Award for Excellence in Art $200
• Mayoral Award for Excellence in Design $200

Visitors to the exhibition can also vote for their favourite work through:

• People's Choice Award $200

Voting for the Fireworks People's Choice Award is open between Friday, 14 November to Sunday, 23 November 2025. Visit the Crown Street Stables during opening hours to cast your vote. The People's Choice Award winner will be announced in the week following the exhibition's close.

• The Fireworks Art Award - Elin Oveisi, 'Tabriz, Iran, 2010', Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
• The Fireworks Design Award - Mary Doufas, 'Lotus Modular Solution - Domestic Violence Refuge', Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
• The Mayoral Award for Excellence in Art - Samantha Gelsomino, 'Hiding in Normalcy', Buckley Park College
• The Mayoral Award for Excellence in Design - Aidan Borg McGlone, 'Lieni', Essendon Keilor College 
• The Bright Sparks Mayoral Award - Lachie Wiseman, 'A handy piece of artwork', Year Four, St Mary’s Primary School, Ascot Vale
• The Bright Sparks Art Award - Alexis Mantzis, 'Happy place to fly', Year One, Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

Fireworks Art Award Judge: Olivia Chin

Olivia Chin is a Merri-bek-based artist working on Wurundjeri Country. Her practice explores ecology, memory, and how histories become embedded in objects and materials.

Fireworks Design Award Judge: Penelope Bartlau

Penelope Bartlau is an established multi-disciplinary artist who creates immersive experiences through installation art, visual performance, puppetry, and creative writing. She devises image-based experiences that activate audiences. Her works inspire awe, wonder, and curiosity. She aims to make us feel differently about the world and question what we think about time, place and fact. Penelope has worked with Barking Spider Creative since 2006. She’s a PhD candidate at RMIT’s School of Design and Social Context. Penelope lives and creates on the unceded lands of the Gulidjan and Gadubanud peoples.