Collie Creates

Collie Creates Collie Creates is a community-led festival celebrating creativity, connection, and local talent in the heart of Collie.

Follow us for updates, event info, and ways to get involved! FESTIV ARTY’s theme for 2023 is’ Metamorphosis’, reflecting the changing face of Collie. We’re planning more arty and crafty workshops with something for everyone to learn new skills or just have fun. Do you have a special skill you’d like to share with a workshop. Or are you a practicing artist or crafts person? Would yo

u like to open your studio as part of our ‘Art Trail’ We’d love to hear from you. Just drop us a line at [email protected]. FESTIV ARTY is made possible by the generosity of many Collie businesses large and small in particular our Community Bank Collie – Bendigo Bank. We thank all our past sponsors and hope you will join us for our ARTIEST FESTIV ARTY yet! FESTIV ARTY is presented by the Collie Festival Committee Incorporated. ABN 92 109 076 215.


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Our page Terms and Conditions:

Festival organisers created this page for those who love the arts and would like to keep up to date with FESTIV ARTY news, events and programs. Your input to sharing these experiences through comments, likes, images and videos is most welcome. We want you to engage and interact as much as possible. The Collie Arts Festival Committee does not accept responsibility for the comments of fans on this page and the postings to the FESTIV ARTY page are not representative of the opinions of the festival organisers, nor do we confirm their accuracy. We want you all to express your love for the festival, but please do so in an appropriate manner. Posts will be deleted if they contain:
- Violent, obscene, profane, hateful, derogatory, illegal or racist comments, content, links or images or incite such comment or behaviour.
- Comments that threaten or defame any person or organisation.
- Multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user.
- Repetitive posts copied and pasted or duplicated by single or multiple users.
- Offensive, inaccurate, false, misleading or deceptive comments or content.
- Any other inappropriate content or comments as determined by the organisers’ discretion. Users who do not comply with these conditions will be blocked from the page at the organisers' discretion. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at [email protected]. Posting photos to our wall:

FESTIV ARTY does NOT claim ANY ownership rights in photos that you post on our ‘wall’. However, by posting a photo on our wall you hereby grant to FESTIV ARTY a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable, non-transferable, perpetual licence to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly display and/or reproduce, your photo, including without limitation in any online media formats and through any social media channels, pages or accounts. You can revoke this licence at any time by contacting us in writing at [email protected] and informing us that you no longer want us to use your photo.

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NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

When you enter a FESTIV ARTY event or program, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by the Collie Festival Committee Incorporated and its affiliates and representatives. Images, photos and/or videos may be used to promote similar events in the future, highlight the event and exhibit the capabilities of Collie Festival Committee Incorporated. You release Collie Festival Committee Incorporated, its officers, volunteers and employees, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication and use of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or or sound recordings. By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any use, exhibition, streaming, web casting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such use, exhibiting, broadcasting, web casting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by Collie Festival Committee Incorporated or the person or entity designated to do so by Collie Festival Committee Incorporated. You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, and release before entering the event. You can revoke this licence at any time by contacting us in writing at [email protected] and informing us that you no longer want us to use your photo.

10/05/2026
fIt’s finally here — the 2026 Collie Creates Art Competition is officially OPEN! Got a creative spark? Whether you paint...
12/04/2026

fIt’s finally here — the 2026 Collie Creates Art Competition is officially OPEN!

Got a creative spark? Whether you paint, sculpt, photograph, craft, or create something totally unique — we want to see it!

🌟 FREE entry
🏆 Win up to $100 in each category
🎭 All ages & all art forms welcome

This year’s theme is “Whatever the Weather” — so let your imagination run wild! From stormy skies to sunny days, abstract moods to wild elements, show us how weather inspires your art .

With multiple categories to explore, there’s a place for every kind of creator. So dive in, get creative, and share your masterpiece with us!

💥 Don’t miss your chance to shine — start creating and enter now! 💥

For more information or for entry forms, please send us a DM or head to our webpage: https://www.colliecreates.com/visual-arts-competition

Entry forms are also available at the Collie Art Gallery or Reubens Newsagency.

Photo by Hatice Baran: https://www.pexels.com/photo/color-palette-and-painting-behind-16037034/

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Easter with family and friends.
05/04/2026

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Easter with family and friends.

🛍️✨ Our 2 May Markets are just around the corner… and we still have space for a few more amazing stall holders!Are you a...
18/03/2026

🛍️✨ Our 2 May Markets are just around the corner… and we still have space for a few more amazing stall holders!

Are you a handmade maker, creative crafter, or DIY superstar? 🎨🧵🪵 If you make it yourself and would love to share your creations with the community, we’d love to have you join us!

Simply head over to our website to grab an application form — or if May is a little soon, you can also book ahead for our September markets.

It’s shaping up to be a fantastic day with:
🌭 Delicious food vans
🎶 Live entertainment
🎨 FREE kids’ craft activities

And hopefully… just a little less rain than our last market day! ☔😅

Come be part of the fun — great stalls, great people, and a great community day out!

🎨✨ Artists, it’s time to unleash your creativity! ✨🎨These sheets might be blank right now… but by September we’re hoping...
15/03/2026

🎨✨ Artists, it’s time to unleash your creativity! ✨🎨

These sheets might be blank right now… but by September we’re hoping they’ll be bursting with colour, imagination, and artworks so amazing our judges will have a seriously tough time choosing the winners! 🖌️😅

📢 Art entry forms are coming very soon, and this year we’ve added a NEW Youth Category! If you know a talented young artist, give them a nudge and let them know — we’d love to see what they can create.

💥 Entry is FREE and there are cash prizes up for grabs:
🥇 1st Place
🥈 2nd Place
⭐ People’s Choice Award – voted by our incredible community

🌦️ This year’s theme is “Whatever the Weather”, and thanks to your feedback we’ve created a separate category just for the theme. Rain, sunshine, storms, or rainbows — let your imagination run wild!

And here’s the exciting part… artists can now enter MORE artworks in their chosen categories, so don’t hold back!

So grab your paints, dust off the sculpting tools, charge that camera, or sharpen those pencils 🎨📷✏️ — and start getting your masterpieces ready for Collie’s biggest Art Competition.

Let’s see what you’ve got! 👀

Calling all crafty and creative people! ✂️🧵🖌️Do you love making, creating, building, or sharing your skills? We’re looki...
12/03/2026

Calling all crafty and creative people! ✂️🧵🖌️

Do you love making, creating, building, or sharing your skills? We’re looking for talented makers and creative minds to run fun, hands-on workshops and share what they know with others.

Whether it’s painting, sewing, crafting, DIY, or something totally unique — we’d love to hear from you!

✨ Got a craft or skill you’d like to teach?
✨ Is there something new you’ve always wanted to try?

Let us know! If there’s enough interest, we’ll help organise a workshop so everyone can jump in, learn something new, and have some creative fun together.

Tag a crafty friend or drop your ideas in the comments! 👇

Calling all local sporting clubs and community groups!Want to be part of the action at the Collie Creates Festival? We’r...
05/03/2026

Calling all local sporting clubs and community groups!

Want to be part of the action at the Collie Creates Festival? We’re looking for awesome teams to help with market set-up and general event tasks.

It’s a great chance to support the community, be part of the festival fun, and raise funds for your club or organisation.

We’re currently looking for helpers for our markets on:
• 2 May
• 12 September

Keen to get involved? Email us at [email protected] for more information. Please include a short summary of your group and what the donated funds would be used for.

Let’s make this year’s festival one to remember! ✨

15/02/2026

🎨 Calling All Artistic Market Stall Holders! 🎨

Applications are now officially OPEN for our 2026 Arts Markets — and we have exciting news…

✨ We’re holding TWO market days this year!
📅 2 May 2026
📅 12 September 2026

Despite the rain, 2025 was a fantastic day filled with creativity, community spirit, and incredible talent — and we’re looking forward to making 2026 even bigger and better!

If you’re an artist, maker, designer, or creative business and would love to join our vibrant market stall crew, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply now via:
https://www.colliecreates.com/collie-art-market-day

📧 Or email us at:
[email protected]

and we’ll happily send you an application form.

Spots fill quickly, so don’t miss out!

We can’t wait to see the amazing creativity our community brings to the markets this year! 🎨✨

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Collie, WA

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