A river of stories, fed by tributaries of artists and art forms
Announcing our works in development for 2025-2026
In 2025 we celebrate 20 years of curated programs at Arts House. Over that time, so many of the experimental, risky, contemporary new ‘Australian’ stories that have been presented here have been nourished through our development programs. Through CultureLAB, The Warehouse Residency and other streams, Arts House has supported the making of hundreds of works that started as a trickle to become part of a fertile and plentiful river, feeding the arts ecology of Melbourne and beyond.
Our presentation seasons are the moments when communities and audiences are invited to experience the finished work. But it’s the work that goes on behind the doors, where artists tests ideas, undertake research, run workshops, write and rewrite scripts, run and rerun scenes and get blisters from the Tarkett – all the while supported by our tech and creative teams – that feed our program. Artists making and sharing work at North Melbourne Town Hall is the reason that Arts House exists, and it is through development that this reason is made possible.
We are proud that the 14 projects and residencies selected through The Warehouse Residency, CultureLAB, Arts House Develops and Arts House Investigation programs have been curated through the lens of our Equity—Builder and DIAP commitments. Our programs are open to all art makers and art lovers.
It fills us with much joy to introduce you to the artists that we will be working with over 2025-2026, and as we lay plans for the next decade!
Fayen d’Evie and collaborators Luke D. King, Nelly Kate, Ebony Wightman, Access Lab and Library // Riana Head-Toussaint // Crystal Nguyen // Tommy Misa // Jackie Sheppard // Feras Shaheen // Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan // Samara Hersch and Zac Chester // Cahwati Sugiarto, Aviva Endean and Matthias Schack-Arnott // A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION (Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard) // Cheng Lei, Clyde Brunswick and Emma Valente // Mararo Wangai with Belvoir St Theatre // High Altitude Exchange (Peter Waples-Crowe, Kate ten Buuren, Subash Thebe Limbu, Kalā Kulo Collective Kathmandu, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney) // Everything You Can Dream of is True Residency presented with Utp //
We’d like to extend our thanks and gratitude to our artist and industry peers who contributed their enthusiasm, smarts and passion to our curatorial process: Renay Barker-Mulholland, Bruno Booth, Bernadette Fam, Riana Head-Toussaint, Walter Kadiki, Thomas E.S. Kelly, Monica Lim, Olivia Muscat, Crystal Nguyen and Daley Rangi.
We can’t wait to share these works with you over the coming years!
– The Arts House team
