City of Darebin Art and History Collection
Darebin Council acknowledges the importance of the City’s cultural heritage and maintains a substantial collection of contemporary artworks and historical items that reflect the artistic, social and political aspirations of the local community.
The role of the City of Darebin Art and History Collection is to inspire, inform, engage and connect the community in an appreciation of the visual arts and to support local artists in their endeavours to contribute to a vibrant municipal culture.
Artworks are acquired for the collection following Darebin Council’s Arts, Culture and Heritage policy guidelines. The collection comprises contemporary visual arts including: paintings, works on paper, photographs, ceramics, textiles, sculpture; urban and public art; historical documents and heritage artefacts.
Artists represented in the collection include: Elisabeth Bodey, John Borrack, Eolo Paul Bottaro, Turbo Brown, Georgina Cue, Ju Yuen Chew, Phyllis Faldon, Sarah Faulkner, Tama tk Favell, Aunty Gwen Garoni, Jennifer Goodman, Mary Hammond, Phil Harris, Katherine Hattam, Siri Hayes, Hilary Jackman, Amanda Johnson, Warren Lane, Adam Nudelman, Charlie O, Polixeni Papapetrou, Caesar Sario, Ken Senior, John Sheehan, Vipoo Srivilasa, Nick Stella, Natalie Thomas, Peter Waples Crowe and Sharon West.
The collection is displayed around Darebin in a variety of facilities including Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Preston and Northcote Town Halls, Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Bundoora Park, Darebin libraries, customer service centres, civic and leisure centres while public artworks are displayed in the streets and parks throughout the municipality.
Gwen Garoni
Taungerong, Regrowth After the Fires (detail) 2010
Melbourne b. 1933
acrylic on canvas
80 x 120cm
City of Darebin art collection
Phyllis Faldon
Convergence 2010
acrylic on canvas
55.0 x 78.0cm
City of Darebin Art Collection
David McLeod
Incandescent 2011
oil on canvas
92.0 x 92.0cm
City of Darebin art collection
Ray Thomas
Bimba Dowera 2005
b. 1960
Gunnai
acrylic on linen
105.0 x 105.0 cm
City of Darebin art collection
Kate Hudson
Winter Posy 2012
reduction linocut on paper
26.0 x 21.5cm
City of Darebin art collection
Caesar Sario
Sienna Earth 2013
oil on canvas
123cm x 92cm
City of Darebin art collection
Kate Hudson
Agapanthus and Honesty 2012
reduction linocut on paper
26.0 x 21.5cm
City of Darebin art collection
Mary Hammond
Preston Market 2002
Australia
oil on canvas
75.5 x 49.5cm
City of Darebin art collection
John Sheehan
Portrait of three trees (outside Bundoora Homestead) 2010
oil on linen board
City of Darebin art collction
Ju Yuen Merran Chew
New Homecoming 2004
digital collage on paper
90.0 x 90.0cm
City of Darebin art collection
Chalie O
The Liquorice Allsorts Carousal 2008
b. Darwin 1970
Warramangu
limited edition digital print 1 of 10
A1 size print
City of Darebin art collection
Winner, DATISCC Award 2008
Fiona Tettman
The threads that bind us 2013
stained glass, glass beads, wooden embroidery frame
City of Darebin art collection
Matthew Gove
Untitled 2012
ceramic
9.0 x 38.0 x 8.0cm
2013 Darebin Art Show
Prize Winner
Jodi Wiley
Tree (detail) 2010
Australia b.1978
acrylic on canvas
36.0 x 26.0 cm
City of Darebin art collection
Winner, Darebin Art Show 2010
Michael Camilleri
Monk in landscape - Merri Creek 2010
Australia b.1972
oil on board
41 x 51cm
City of Darebin art collection
Mary Hammond
Preston Market Saturday late 2009
Australia
oil on canvas
51.5 x 41cm
City of Darebin art collection
