Join us for a special after-work viewing of the After Walter Hopps exhibition, where you can explore diverse artworks, meet local artists, and support Geelong's local arts ecology by purchasing a new artwork.

This year, Platform Arts wants to fill the offices, boardrooms, conference centres and reception areas of Geelong with art made right here. To help realise this goal, Platform Arts is excited to bring you There's An Art For That.

Check out our biggest annual community art show, After Walter Hopps, which features the works of over 150 local artists, ranging from emerging to established, working across diverse mediums. Hear directly from local artists and participate in the live auction of three standout pieces from artists who've made their mark on our creative landscape.

This fundraising event includes beer, wine, and light catering. We're very excited to have Anther Geelong Distillery onsite, who will craft a bespoke cocktail to serve to our guests on arrival. We hope you can join us for this special night.

In 2025, we want to see Geelong support local artists by choosing local art.

About After Walter Hopps:

Each year, Platform Arts hands over creative control of its curated gallery program to artists living in the Geelong region. Over three days, in early October, 150 artists brought in a vibrant array artworks to Gallery One, which were installed on a first-come, first-served basis in a fast-paced curatorial experiment. An open-call exhibition, the works in After Walter Hopps have filled the gallery from floor to ceiling, wall to wall, in a show that emerged cumulatively, expansively, and with community at its centre.

This exhibition is inspired by Walter Hopps' 36 Hours project, held in 1978 at the Museum of Temporary Art (MOTA) in Washington, USA. In this seminal curatorial experiment, Hopps accepted—and hung—all work delivered to the gallery by local people within a 36-hour window.