One of our Olive Arts Collective artists Talia Segal has been painting the storage sheds facing Merri Street on the north side of the Merri Hall. Talia is an abstract artist and a member of the Olive Arts Collective. She exhibited in our 2025 Exhibition Celebrating and Caring for Creation, was involved in our [...]
Artists continue to enjoy the opportunity to make and create art together on Wednesday and Friday mornings. They are supported by Bev Evans (co-ordinator), Phil Kreveld (lead artist) and Leanne Salau (lead volunteer) on Wednesdays and Neil Shurgold on Fridays. All are welcome to the Olive Arts Collective This year we have been treated [...]
On the 24th of July, local artist Myrashel opened a solo exhibition titled ‘Behold’ with the Olive Arts Collective at the Brunswick Uniting Church. The exhibition, made of 22 paintings to represent the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, was a “personal exploration of Hebrew language, spirituality, Christian experience and faith” for the artist. [...]
We invite you to Myrashel’s new exhibition, ‘The Symbolism of Hebrew’ at our pop art space at Brunswick Uniting Church, 212 Sydney Road Brunswick. The exhibition will be 22 paintings each illustrating the 22 letters of the Hebrew language. The opening will be on Saturday the 25th of July at 2pm with a preview [...]
Our 9th World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP) was held on Saturday 13th June. Our theme this year was “Warm hands warm hearts”. With this year’s theme in mind, we made fingerless gloves before WWKIP and during. We had over 45 participants throughout the day who knitted or crocheted, sewed in ends, socialised and met [...]
The third Olive Arts Collective Exhibition will feature the works of Christina Berkman and Phil Kreveld on 29th-31st May and 5th-7th June in the West End of the Community Hall Christina will present her Artist Talk at 2pm on Saturday 30th May and Phil on Saturday 6th June. Artist Statements Christina Berkman My heartfelt [...]
It was a pleasure it was to host Graham Laming’s solo exhibition Beyond recently in the Olive Arts Collective Pop Up Gallery. Graham is a committed and much loved member of the Olive Arts Collective spanning over ten years. Read the story by Leanne Salau, from the May 2026 Olive Branch. Please look out [...]
Many of you will remember Rosalind Smallwood who attended worship with us until she moved to Mercy Place and now watches online. One Sunday a few weeks ago Natalie and I visited Rosalind at Mercy Place Parkville. We met Rosalind in the cafe and had a lovely chat and coffee together. We were visiting [...]
Olive Arts Collective Exhibition Everyone is welcome to visit the second of our pop-up exhibition - Beyond by Graham Laming Please join us for the launch with a talk with the artist - Saturday 10th April, 12-2pm. Visit the West End of the Hall, 10-12th & 17-19th April, 12-5pm. The Olive Arts Collective is a [...]
The Olive Arts Collective will be hosting a series of Pop-up Exhibitions throughout the year. The first of these will be part of the Sydney Road Street Party in the West End of our Community Hall and will continue on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th March, midday - 5pm. The exhibition will [...]
