Overview
Whitehorse City Council hosts a range of events, festivals, workshops, tours, exhibitions and programs year-round. Council works with a range of businesses to deliver events to the community, such as Whitehorse Spring Festival and Whitehorse Carols.
Our goal is to support local businesses, artists and performers wherever possible. If you are keen to participate in a range of diverse and inclusive arts and culture events and activations, we want to hear from you!
Suitable candidates will be added to our supplier database.
Contact Us
If you require more information, or are event equipment supplier, please contact Council using the details below:
Administration and Events Officer
Phone: 9262 6026
Email: arts@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
Artists
If you are a local artist keen to exhibit your work across Whitehorse City Council Facilities, we want to hear from you!
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Box Hill Community Arts Centre invites applications from artists to exhibit within our professional public gallery. Located in the award-winning Box Hill Community Arts Centre building, the light-filled gallery comes equipped with a hanging system, display cabinets, professional lighting and an adjoining lounge/ kitchen area. The Gallery Space is home to a wide variety of exhibitions throughout the year.
For gallery hire costs, gallery dimensions, promotion & more info, please download our application pack and complete your application online.
All Nations Foyer, Artspace
Artists can exhibit their work in the All Nations Foyer for up to one month, subject to the approval. Applications are considered a year ahead, for the following year’s program.
Artists are chosen by a sub-committee of the Whitehorse Visual Arts Advisory Committee and applications are open to all artists living, studying or working in the City of Whitehorse. There may be some costs incurred by the artist, dependent on the exhibition requirements.
Exhibition proposals are open to all practitioners of all media, including ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, jewellery, sculpture, photography and textiles.
Entries have closed for this year and will re-open in 2024.
Food Vendors
If you are a local food and beverage vendor keen to participate in our large range of activations and events, we want to hear from you!
The Whitehorse Festivals team is runs an Expression of Interest initiative each year for all food and beverage vendors that are interested in being included in our upcoming events.
The 2024-25 Festival season applications are now closed.
Please send through your details to arts@whitehorse.vic.gov.au to be added to our mailing list, so you don't miss any details about the Expression of Interest initiative.
Stallholders
Thousands of people attend Whitehorse Festival Season each year. Council produces a number of events as part of the Whitehorse Festival Season and we are exploring adding a limited number of market stalls to Spring Festival. There may also be an opportunity at Whitehorse Carols and the Australia Day Concert.
If you're interested in having a market stall at our events, please Please send through your details to arts@whitehorse.vic.gov.au for consideration.