Emporium Creative Hub

01/09/2026

Come and join the conversation about AI, ethics and the creative industries. A constructive space for 'robust human conversation'

Register for your tickets and check out the other conversation topics via the link in the original post.

21/08/2026

SUPPORT LIFELINE LODDON MALLEE

Join the community at the Star Cinema in Eaglehawk for a fundraising event in support of Lifeline Loddon Mallee and the amazing work that they do in our region. With your chance to win door prizes and a raffle, not to mention the obligatory cinema choc top, popcorn or glass of wine available at the candy bar, all can be enjoyed from the comfort of the signature red cushy couches.

Get your mates together to support mental health and crisis support!

Tickets available on the Star Cinema website: starcinema.org.au
OR over the phone: 5446 2025

19/08/2026

This week we are excited to welcome a group of students as a part of the Passions & Pathways program at Emporium Creative Hub.

We have a line up of awesome creative professionals who are donating their time to chat with young aspiring creatives about what they do for work. We can't wait to have so many eager faces in the building

Many thanks to the Passions and Pathways team for making this happen with the backing of Goldfields LLEN

18/08/2026

Get behind the creative community of Eaglehawk!!

Become a member and support the Eaglehawk Festival or just get along this weekend Saturday 22nd Aug for festival fun and frivolity in the Burra

17/08/2026

I'm looking forward to another exhibition opening at LAI this Friday evening. These openings are free to attend so come along I'd love to see you there and there is always great art to take in.

Join us this Friday evening for the exhibition opening celebration for our next exhibition 'Actions for Water II'. The evening will feature a performance and activation by Cambodian artist Sao Sreymao, exploring the effects of climate change, depleting fish stocks and dam construction on communities along Tonle Sap Lake and the Mekong River.

🕔 Friday 21 August 5 to 7 pm

Curated by La Trobe Art Institute's senior curator, Amelia Wallin, and guest curator Sharmila Wood, Actions for Water II explores water as both a vital ecology and a site of speculative possibility. Situated on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, the exhibition and its public programs reclaim water as a shared commons, while recognising its ongoing significance as a living entity — carrying cultural memory, collective histories and responsibilities of care.

Exhibition runs 20 August – 8 November 2026

Daniel Jan Martin (AU), Tomoko Hayashi (JPN), Eugenia Lim with Maddi Mansfield (AU), Mei Swan Lim (AU), Zarina Muhammad (SG), Glenda Nicholls (AU), Khvay Samnang (KH), Sao Sreymao (KH), Urbonas Studio (USA-MIT/LITH), underFOOT Collective (AU)

Founding Partner: Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney.

17/08/2026

We had a great time celebrating Bendigo Businesses last Thursday night at the Bendigo Business Excellence Awards.

Congratulations again to all the finalists in the Creative Industries Award
Bendigo Theatre Company
Dahlia Design & Interiors
DUMAWUL
e+ architecture
Nest Design Studio
The Design Unicorn

And a huge shout out to winners e+ architecture who took home the Creative Industries Award powered by La Trobe University, Bendigo AND the Climate Leader award. WELL DONE
👏👏👏

10/08/2026

The countdown is on!
👸We are getting ready,
👗Picking up dresses from the dry cleaners and
💇Booking in hair appointments ahead of the BIG gala dinner for the Bendigo Business Excellence Awards 🏆
La Trobe University, Bendigo and Emporium Creative Hub are incredibly proud to sponsor this award and recognise the incredible creative businesses that are making waves right here in Regional Victoria and beyond.
La Trobe and the Hub are looking forward to raising a glass to all the Creative Industry finalists and the remarkable Bendigo Businesses who are in the running for awards this Thursday night.

30/07/2026

We are excited to be a part of this creative forum coming up in September.
It’s Fun, it’s FREE and it’s creative come along and enjoy the conversation with us.

The City of Greater Bendigo, invites you to join local creative thinkers from across the creative industries and beyond at the Creative Futures Forum 2026.

On Wednesday 2 September, the Capital will be filled with conversations about creative practice, collaboration, first nations approaches to creative and cultural leadership, and issues facing the creative industries.

Entry is free, and open to people at all career stages from young and emerging through to established.

Details below:
Creative Futures Forum
The Capital
50 View St Bendigo
Wednesday 2 September
5pm - 6.30pm (Doors open 4.30pm)

For a free ticket visit:
https://boxoffice.gotix.com.au/tiny/CreativeFuturesForum2026

For more information email:
[email protected]

02/07/2026

We had a great time celebrating all the business who have been named as finalists in the Be.Bendigo Business Excellence Awards for 2026.
A special mention and shout out to the Creative businesses with a record SIX finalists in the Creative Industries category
nestdesignstudio
the_design_unicorn
Dahlia Design & Interiors
e+ architecture
dumawul
DUMAWUL
bendigotheatrecompany
Bendigo Theatre Company

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Gala dinner in August! 🥂 ✨ 🏆

bebendigo
Be.Bendigo

11/05/2026

Expanding the creative take over of Bendigo 😜 I am excited to attend the first Young Professionals Network event on Thursday 14th May.

Whether you are a young person who has just moved to Bendigo for a job, is studying to get into your dream job, is balancing a job/life/family, is working at a desk, out in the community, in your home studio/office, has 3 part time jobs in the gig economy... This event is for YOU!!

Come and have a casual social catch up with the YPN committee who are looking forward to meeting you. Check out the YPN social media feeds to meet the new committee in advance, get a sense of our vibe and prepare for a really fun night. Tickets via the link in the YPN Insta Bio or the link below:

https://events.humanitix.com/ypn-kick-off-meet-the-new-committee-may-2026

Thanks to Strategem and Be.Bendigo who support young professionals from across industries to come together and plan events for other young professionals living and working in Bendigo.