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School Holidays
Summer
Summer School Holidays
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January

Stay entertained these school holidays with a range of fun and affordable activities for children of all ages!

There's creative workshops and family fun for everyone.   

Children
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Colourful imagine to celebrate Midsumma
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Midsumma
Midsumma at Whitehorse: Talking with Pride
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20 January - 20 February 2025

Talking with Pride is a collaboration between the Box Hill Community Arts Centre and Family Access Network, celebrating Midsumma Festival. 

The initiative is dedicated to empowering young people to express themselves and celebrate their unique identities through art.

All ages
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Term Program
Term 1 2025 program release
Term 1 Program
February - March

Activate your body and mind in the New Year with our diverse range of creative, lifestyle and performing art classes at Box Hill Community Arts Centre and Strathdon House & Orchard Precinct.

Adults
Term 1 Program
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Festivals
Free
Australia Day Concert
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Sunday 26 January

It's time to gather on the grass and move to the music! We have an incredible line-up of performers for all ages this year at the Whitehorse Australia Day Concert.

The event kicks off at 5pm with free rides, face painting and more.

All ages
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Play old-fashioned games
Relax this January and play games together at Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum.
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  • Family
  • Free
  • Heritage
Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex
Bird Square
Victorian Chinese Cultural and Arts Association
This exhibition aims to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Chinese art and photography.
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  • Art Exhibition
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Artist rendering of a dragon and children playing together in a field
Whimsical Garden: a playful exhibition
How does the world look from a worm’s perspective? In this exhibition take a different view onto Whitehorse Art Collection and explores images of insects, animals and foliage.
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  • Art Exhibition
  • Children
  • Free
Artspace
Youth students making a pot on the pottery wheel
Wheely Wild Wheel Work (9 years +)
Learn to make pottery pieces on the ceramic wheel.
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  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Children painting in visual arts class
Kids Visual Arts - Sunflowers Inspired by Van Gogh
Bring your imagination to life on the page, create masterpieces with oil pastels and watercolour paint inspired by th
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  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
young boy hand building with clay in ceramic studio
Fun With Clay - Dog Man
Learn to hand-build and paint a clay project for firing and glazing. 
  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
children ceramics class in clay studio
Fun With Clay - Rainbow Wall Hanging
Learn to hand-build and paint a clay project for firing and glazing. 
  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
sunset seascape pastel drawing workshop for children
Art Day - Summer Under the Sea
Children will dive into a creative ocean adventure: make a clay seahorse, paint a beach landscape and craft a 3D unde
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  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre

Venues & Festivals across Creative Whitehorse

The City of Whitehorse is one of the most dynamic art and cultural hubs in metropolitan Melbourne. There’s something for everyone – exhibitions, music, theatre, heritage, and art and craft.

Creative Whitehorse: connecting you to a creative community. 

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An art gallery with artwork on the walls
Artspace
A gallery hosting curated exhibitions on contemporary subjects, with invited artists and works from its fine collection.
Art Class in studio
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Our well-loved community arts centre, with excellent, accessible term/holiday programs and topical exhibitions.
The Box Hill Town hall exterior lit with blue lighting
Box Hill Town Hall
A historic building hosting events of all sizes: with a stage, catering facilities, hireable spaces and amenities.
Pioneer cottage with gum tree in the background
Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex
Historic cottage and museum complex surrounded by hectares of bushland, open weekends and available for school tours.
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Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct
A heritage building and vast green space, host to classes, events and sustainability-focussed programs for all ages.
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Whitehorse Festivals Season
Festivals are one of the most loved programs in the City of Whitehorse, with over 45,000 people attending annually.