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Craft Lab returns to Ballarat Mining Exchange as part of Ballarat Heritage Festival. Photo: Supplied. Three woman gathering near a timbre table displaying round crafts vases. They are in a bustling indoor environment.
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UNESCO City of Crafts puts craftsmanship on the dinner table

Ballarat Heritage Festival presents Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway, where local makers will have their pieces spotlighted and taken…

White Night returns to Ballarat. Photo: Supplied. Floral projections cast onto a building during the night, featuring vintage portraits that have flowers as eyes. A crowd gathers outside.
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Limited-time projections to cast city into the unexpected

White Night returns to Ballarat for the first time since 2019, offering a night of free activities.

Nan Goldin. A group of people dancing the twist in a room.
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Exhibition review: Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, Art Gallery of Ballarat

Goldin's photos of the 1970-1980s are both intimate and confronting.

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Photo biennale celebrates milestone with the power of people

The 10th Ballarat International Foto Biennale is filled to the brim with works that tell people’s stories and leave a…

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Celebrating the vision of female photographers in recent exhibitions

Female photographers in the spotlight with a series of currently showing and upcoming exhibitions, each expanding the idea of portraiture.

Blue toned walls are lined up inside a gallery space adorned sparsely by artworks.
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Exhibition review: Pre-Raphaelites and In the Company of Morris, Art Gallery of Ballarat

Two interwoven exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ballarat are presented in the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelites with new contemporary…

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Heritage Festival offers a chance to get hands-on with the past

Celebrate the Gold Rush history of central Victoria at the Ballarat Heritage Festival.