Australia Day Celebrations 26 January

Each year, Australia Day activities include artists' demonstrations in the courtyard, self guided walks of Herring Island (free brochures/maps available from the gallery), one guided tour, perfect weather and the perfect opportunity for a picnic in treasured bushland. Hundreds of people can enjoy a great day on the island.

We hope to repeat this performance in 2017 - particularly by organising perfect weather in spite of Melbourne's "weather on steroids" performance.

Australia Day fly past seen from Herring Island

Herring Island Summer Arts Festival thanks the Australia Day Committee (Victoria) for their support for our Australia Day program.

Demonstrations Australia Day 2015

In the 2017 the artists demonstrating in the courtyard will be representing the Association of Sculptors of Victoria, the Basketmakers of Victoria, the Contemporary Art Society Vic and A4 Art Australia. Plus, the ASV would like to invite children of all ages to come and join us at Herring Island to get their hands dirty at our clay modelling demonstration, observe the environment and get inspired to design and create small sculpture pieces.

Come and have a fun day, bring some friends and enjoy some time designing your masterpieces that you can then take home. (Please note that we won't be able to fire the works so they will be wet and fragile and you may prefer to reuse the clay for future sculptures). Please supervise your parents as we don't want them wandering off and getting lost.