C31 Melbourne and Geelong is Victoria's non-profit, open-access community television station - but they're also much more than that.

They support content creators from all walks of life to connect with audiences in a multi-platform world and they are coming to Bendigo to let you know how you can get your stories on the silver screen.

With over 1 million YouTube network views and an in-house production team creating community-minded content, there has never been a better time to be involved with C31. Bring your questions and ideas we would love to hear from you!

Emporium Creative Hub will be hosting an array of presentations on Friday 13th September to showcase the creative endeavors of our 2024 Creative Incubator cohort. Now in its fourth year, this 14 week program has proved itself in providing local creative entrepreneurs with the knowledge, tools and advice to boost their creative enterprise.
As well as inspiring and informative presentations we will be providing the opportunity to network with participants and discover more about the innovative ventures they are embarking upon over a drink and some nibbles at the iconic Capital building right in the center of Bendigo's arts precinct. The event is also an opportunity to witness first-hand how Emporium Creative Hub continues to support and develop our local creative industries to be successful and sustainable, while reinforcing Bendigo’s reputation as the creative and cultural heart of regional Victoria.

Conflux Bendigo: Living the Creative is a convergence of creative forces, people, and ideas redefining the essence of creative living. Explore profound challenges and inspiring opportunities that define the life of a creative professional.

Featuring four visionary Bendigo based artists who push boundaries across platforms and modes of creative expression. We will delve into their thought processes, risk-taking and the innovative pathways they have paved to achieve remarkable artistic achievements.

Conflux Bendigo: Living the Creative confronts pressing questions in an industry often overshadowed by disillusionment, exploring transformative processes that reignite creative sparks and foster thriving artistic environments. Sessions critically examine systemic pressures and cultural shifts for artistic life and career satisfaction.

Discover how embracing diverse goals and fostering dynamic harmony catalyses innovation and personal fulfilment.

Expect rigorous discussions, insightful perspectives, and actionable strategies. Join us to challenge norms and embrace artistry as foundational, not radical.

Conflux Bendigo: Where creativity meets conviction, igniting change with every idea.

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Schedule:

9-9.30am - Arrive / Morning Tea

9.30-9.45am - Acknowledgement of Country & Opening Address

9.45 - 11am - Session one: TBC

11am-12.15 - Session two: Creating Equitable Futures

12.15pm - 1.15pm - Lunch (Dudley House)

1.15pm - 2.30pm - Session three: New Ways of Doing Things

2.30 - 4pm - Session four: Innovating Brand Narratives

4pm - 5.30pm - Post event drinks & networking (Dudley House)

Join us for an Afternoon Tea with artist in residence, Mermaid Tay, at the Emporium Creative Hub. This informal gathering offers a unique opportunity to explore the captivating artworks, experiments, and explorations Mermaid Tay has undertaken during her six months residency.

As Country Victoria’s first and only professional mermaid artist, Mermaid Tay has transformed a lifelong obsession with mermaids into over a decade of conceptual performance and multi-disciplinary archival work. Specialising in site-specific performance art, her work spans locations from bathtubs to local water fountains, capturing the visual and spiritual evidence that mermaids exist.

Mermaid Tay will share her role as a modern-day historian, viewing her work as evidence through a third-party observer’s lens. Discover how her body becomes a medium, creating a collated and documented archive of the existence of mermaids in contemporary life. Come and see a collection of explorative sketches, photos and other works that Tay has uncovered and experimented with during her residency and hear from the mermaid herself during a Q&A exploring the world of Mermaid Tay and her extraordinary artistic journey.

We are pleased to be collaborating with our friends at Latrobe Art Institute to present this relaxed evening of inspiring conversation.

Latrobe Art Institute's current Artist in Residence will provide insights into his recent travels and creative practice. Kuwaiti born, Zicarelli lives and works in Manila and has presented exhibitions across the globe. He was a recipient of the Ateneo Visual Arts Award in 2017 and 2019, for which he was awarded residencies in Liverpool, England and Bendigo, Australia. 

We look forward to you joining us for a drink, food, relaxed networking and this inspiring artist conversation at one of Bendigo's most creative institutions.

Join us for the premiere screening of four Create Lab videos created by local artists Ivan Sun and Frankie Bell, Kylie Art and Reverse Butcher, Broad Parade, Greg Stehle.

The City of Greater Bendigo’s Create Lab program provided small grants of up to $4,000 to contemporary music artists to create video works and digital assets that could be used for promotion, to explore new collaborations or support live performance opportunities.

The event is in partnership with the Emporium Creative Hub and will include an artist Q&A followed by a premiere screening on the Hargreaves Mall large screen.

Partnering with the pioneering Bendigo Tech School, this event promises an immersive exploration into cutting-edge technology and innovation.

Immerse yourself in the heart of the Bendigo Tech School—a hub fostering deep learning and innovation to tackle real-world challenges. This is your chance to engage with like-minded creatives, exploring opportunities for collaboration and discovering the groundbreaking initiatives shaping our future.

Bendigo Tech School, a trailblazer in STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics), is dedicated to equipping Victorian students with the skills imperative for tomorrow's rapidly evolving global economy. Through advanced programs designed in collaboration with local industry partners and 14 secondary schools, the Tech School empowers students with critical and creative thinking, fostering innovation, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities.

Join us at 'Share & Connect' as we bridge the gap between creativity and technology, shaping the future of education and enterprise. Together, let's envision new possibilities and forge connections that drive innovation and growth.

Register for Share & Connect with Bendigo Tech School HERE

Unlock your creative potential and expand your network at Share & Connect, a dynamic networking event crafted for creative minds.

Are you looking for support? Maybe you are looking for collaborators or opportunities to grow… Come along and join us for a drink and some food while chatting about your creative ambitions for 2024.

See you at Emporium soon

Register for Share & Connect March HERE

Curious about the value you could gain from joining the Emporium Incubator in 2024?

Come and join us for a taste of the experience.

Meet our engaging facilitators/coaches and learn processes that will add immediate value for you and your business, even before you sign up.

You will also connect with others interested in joining the next Creative Incubator.

Register to attend HERE

Curious about the value you could gain from joining the Emporium Incubator in 2024?

Come and join us for a taste of the experience.

Meet our engaging facilitators/coaches and learn processes that will add immediate value for you and your business, even before you sign up.

You will also connect with others interested in joining the next Creative Incubator.

Register to attend HERE

Join creator, Megan Champion, artists and special guests, to launch the Women of Gold project and celebrate women in our community through the power of art.

Women of Gold is a public art project showcasing diverse groups of women and their contributions to our community.

In a powerful statement, women from different industries and backgrounds will stand together to discuss leadership, career, community and motherhood to highlight the value of women's paid and unpaid contributions, the impact of diverse storytelling, and the International Women’s Day theme, ‘Count Her In: Accelerating gender equality through economic empowerment’.

The multimedia, immersive experience includes the Women of Gold short film (shot by Mitch Nivalis), podcast series, a soundscape of women’s voices (from our own Aimee Chapman) and artwork (by the incredible Sara McQueenie, Annie Brigdale, Julie Andrews, Ginny Jeong, Rhayven Jane and Lauren Starr) exhibited at Pennyweight Outdoor Story Gallery.

Register for Tickets HERE

Curious about the value you could gain from joining the Emporium Incubator in 2024?

Come and join us for a taste of the experience.

Meet our engaging facilitators/coaches and learn processes that will add immediate value for you and your business, even before you sign up.

You will also connect with others interested in joining the next Creative Incubator.

Register to attend HERE

Unlock your creative potential and expand your network at Share & Connect, a dynamic networking event crafted for creative minds.

Come along and join us for the first Share & Connect event of 2024!

Bring along your enthusiasm and ideas for the new year and get your motivation, feedback, thoughts and different perspectives from our community of fellow creatives.

See you at Emporium soon

Register for Share & Connect HERE

Get ready to dive into the social media world with a splash of creativity!

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Calling all creatives! Join us for an inspiring evening as we delve into the world of collaboration with visual artist Julie Andrews and writer Mary Pomfret. Discover the magic of their enduring creative partnership and learn what ingredients turn a collaborative project into something truly meaningful. Explore the power of creative conversations that spark fresh ideas and inspire innovation. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of a conversation that celebrates the art of collaboration and the birth of something new.

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Calling all creatives! Come and explore website creation without the tears and no IT degree required!

If we can do it, so can you!

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Get ready to mix, mingle, and marvel at the stunning new headquarters of Arena Theatre at our monthly Share and Connect event!

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It is possible to write your own website copy that sizzlessss - without having to do the 'hard sell' (gross!)

Join us with Nami Clarke at Emporium for this Conflux Bitesize

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Get ready for an exhilarating podcasting adventure with our free workshop series that will take your podcast from Idea to a finished pilot!

Places are very limited - submit your EOI by 5pm on Thursday 5 October!

Fill in your EOI HERE

Check out Bendigo Business Excellence Awards finalist Props Theatre new space as part of our Share & Connect series.

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Mitch Nivalis is a photographer and film maker with a strong commitment to social change, drawn to projects that have the potential to make an impact and improve visibility and aspects of our society through advocacy for Indigenous, LGBTIQ, multicultural and disability communities; as well as projects around mental health, the environment, education, gender equality and the prevention of violence against women.

One current inspiring project is ‘Equal The Contest’ Mitch’s debut feature length documentary exploring the Mount Alexander Falcons football club, a new community AFL club created in 2021 by and for women and gender-diverse people, which also explores Mitch’s own journey learning to play football at 42 years of age as an inexperienced, non-binary person.

Arena Theatre’s Christian Leavesley will be joining Mitch to facilitate this conversation exploring Mitch’s incredible career to date,  how they have traversed the biggest project of their career so far including assembling a team, getting funding, launching the film into the world and importantly what is next in this trailblazing local creative’s career trajectory?

Struggling to get visitors to your website - or more importantly sales, clients, commissions or enquiries?

You’ve done the work (and spent the cash) to get your website out in the world, so why isn't it working for you? And what  can you do to improve the situation?! Enter digital marketing expert David Cardwell.  David will give you simple, powerful and easily actionable steps  - in a guaranteed maximum fun, minimum jargon way - to leverage SEO (search engine optimisation). Get ready to outshine your competition, push your webpage to the top of Google search listings, and ensure that the people who want to buy your amazing creative work can find you.