Rainbow Exhibition 2025
Celebrating LGBTIQA+ arts and culture
LGBTIQA+ artists and curators are invited to apply for a solo or group exhibition at the Eltham Library Community Gallery.
The selected exhibition will be put forward for Midsumma Festival, Australia’s premier queer arts and cultural festival, bringing together a diverse mix of LGBTIQA+ artists, performers, communities and audiences. The program shares the lived experiences of those voices at the margins, the expression of queer history and the celebration of new ideas.
This project will receive a project fee, curatorial and marketing support, an opening celebration and be registered as a Midsumma event.
Projects will receive a $5000 project fee. Please see our guidelines below for more information.
Read the Eltham Library Community Gallery Midsumma 2025 EOI Guidelines(PDF, 175KB)
Submit an application
Applications open: Tuesday 14 May 2024
Applications close: 11.55pm Sunday 14 July 2024
Exhibition dates: 25 January - 2 March 2025
Location: Eltham Library Community Gallery, Panther Place, Eltham
We will notify all applicants by end of August 2024.
Criteria for determining successful proposals
- Quality of exhibition
- Eligible for Midsumma Festival
- Suitability to exhibit (exhibition considers the unique gallery space, and is suitable for all audiences, the gallery is located in a public space at the entrance of the Eltham Library)
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with a disability, culturally or linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQA+ people and emerging artists and curators.
Contact us about your access requirements by emailing artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au or call 03 9433 3359.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Eltham Library Community Gallery before applying.
More information
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For more information about Eltham Library Community Gallery, contact:
Exhibitions Support Officer
Email: artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au
Phone: 03 9433 3111
Image: Ayman Kaake 'In Their Names' 2024 Midsumma exhibition. Photograph Jamie Robertson
Images of the gallery space
Works depicted are not indicative of requirements for this project. We strongly encourage creative and contemporary use of the space.
Image: Install photo In their names by Ayman Kaake, Eltham Library Community Gallery, 2024, Photo by Jamie Robertson.
Image: Body of Landscape by Randal Pound, Eltham Library Community Gallery, 2023, Photo by Pia Johnson.
Image: Art and Agency by Araluen, Eltham Library Community Gallery, 2022, Photo by Jamie Robertson