The Dax Centre is the premier gallery and education centre of its kind in Melbourne.
Proudly part of the SANE Australia Group, The Dax Centre was founded in 2012 but has a history spanning back to the 1940s.
The Dax Centre, with SANE, work with artists with lived experience of mental health issues, providing a safe and supportive environment for the artists to exhibit their work, develop their art practice and raise the public’s awareness of these artist’s important cultural contributions.
We deliver education programs to secondary and tertiary students that inspire young people, expand their understanding of mental health issues and break down stigma.
Through our exhibitions and educational programs, we engage, inform and encourage conversations about mental health through art.
We challenge stigma towards mental health issues and start conversations that advance the understanding of mental health issues and build empathy.
We are the custodians of the Cunningham Dax Collection of art, one of only four collections of its kind in the world and the only Collection of its size and type in Australia.