Geelong Arts Centre

Creative Engine

Where artist meets audience

You're brave, bold and creative, and you've got fresh artistic ideas to explore!

Just need a place to collaborate with other locally-based creatives and strengthen your creative and arts business practice?

Creative Engine is your space to make.

A collection of purpose-built studio and co-working spaces to get you shoulder-to-shoulder with like-minded creative shaping Geelong's creative future.

Let us support you through professional development, workshops, networking, events and funding opportunities.

For all Creative Engine inquiries, please contact us via the Creative Engine Enquiry Form

Creative Engine Opportunities

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Merge Co-working Space

Geelong Arts Centre’s cutting edge coworking space at the heart of creativity and collaboration.

More than just a coworking space: Merge is vibrant ecosystem where artists, designers, writers and visionaries come together to form a community of aspiring individuals driven by passion and innovation.

Permanent and casual options are available.

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Studio Hire

Looking to develop new and exciting work, push the boundaries, or advance your contemporary arts practice?

Our stunning, purpose-built studio spaces available to hire for dance, theatre, performance, rehearsals, workshops, meetings, presentation and other events.

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Professional Development

Creative Engine offers opportunities to participate in creative and business skills development events that suit your level of skill and experience, from young and emerging to established professionals.

We are thrilled to launch a new program of online and in-person development opportunities for artists in 2022!

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ARTIST RESIDENCY

Presented by Geelong Arts Centre and Performing Lines.

Join us for a game-changing, intensive three-day residency providing a supportive, creative environment for local performing artists from all walks of life to test new ideas, collaborate and push projects to their next level of artistic discovery.

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Grants & Support Initiatives

These six grant packages will directly benefit individuals and organisations who are looking to develop new and exciting work, push the boundaries, and advance their contemporary arts practice.

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PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE ENGINE

Our grants and opportunities have supported a number of new works by local creatives since 2019.

Find out what's currently in the works at Creative Engine.


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Creative Engine E-News

To stay up-to-date with all Creative Engine events & opportunities, sign up to the Creative Engine E-News

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