for artists


Saturday 23 July 2022, 2PM > 3PM, FREE, at Linden New Art 

Master your smartphone camera and discover the simple editing apps used to take your photos to the next level. Join photography expert Chris Bowes in this professional development session and learn how to capture your work using basic photography techniques.


Saturday 2 July 2022, 3PM > 4PM, FREE, at Linden New Art

Join Linden New Art’s Liam James and Karl Halliday for a comprehensive how-to and introduction to the strategies for describing your artwork and writing that perfect artist bio.


Thursday 10 February 2022, 6PM - 7PM FREE and live on Facebook and YouTube

Join Linden Director Melinda Martin for an insightful conversation with Melbourne-based artists Ash Keating and Emma Coulter on everything public art projects. 


Tuesday 19 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook

Join us for a special professional development session in partnership with Design Fringe and Craft Victoria as part of Craft Contemporary, featuring Ella Saddington from multidisciplinary design studio Us From Space, furniture designer Thomas Lentini, and Elishia Whitchurch, Design Principle at UAP, facilitated by Director Melinda Martin.


Thursday 14 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook

Join us for a special professional development session facilitated by Curator Juliette Hanson, and featuring Melbourne Fringe, Monash University, and team leaders from the Design Solutions task force. We will find out how the Monash student teams tackled your design problems, and you can vote for the best team!


Tuesday 13 July 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook

Join us for a special professional development session unpacking this illusive acronym. We will set the record straight, covering definitions, contexts and how practising artists can take advantage of this new technology and potential marketplace for their art practice. 


New application deadline > Thursday 10 June, 2021

Melbourne Fringe and Linden New Art are reinvigorating the Fringe Furniture exhibition and bringing the newly named Design Fringe exhibition to the Southside of Melbourne. To celebrate this important step, we will commission a significant new work by a mid-career First Nations designer. This work will form the centrepiece of the exhibition at Linden New Art, which will be hosted at the gallery from 4 September to 21 November 2021.