Kelly’s Garden

  • Exhibitions
  • Outdoors

Kelly’s Garden

  • Exhibitions
  • Outdoors

An outdoor venue perfect for installations and sculptural work.

Once a carter’s backyard, an escaped convict’s hideaway and a drying room for apple juice filters, Kelly’s Garden is a space that offers a unique urban heritage environment for contemporary sculptors and installation artists.

Kelly’s Garden is a courtyard enclosed by the three storey brick and stone walls of the old warehouses it once serviced. It is accessed via Kelly’s Lane off Salamanca Place, and has a large sliding gate with specially designed peepholes.

Kelly’s Garden has been restored to cater for a continuing program of large scale sculpture and installation works.


Venue Hire Rates

Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members
Kelly’s Garden is a free space available for two to three month long exhibitions for Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members only.


Applying for Kelly’s Garden: 2023 Calendar

Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC) is currently seeking applications for inclusion in Kelly’s Garden 2023 Calendar : from August 2023 – January 2024.
This Call for Applications is for REMAINING DATES only; some months in the calendar are heavily booked.
Applications are sought for sculptural or installation works.

Deadline for Submissions :
Applications can be submitted at anytime

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application within 10 x Working Days of Submission.


Applying for Kelly’s Garden : 2024 Calendar

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for Kelly’s Garden twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year.

Salamanca Arts Centre is currently seeking applications for inclusion in the Kelly’s Garden 2024 Calendar. This round is for remaining dates only; not all dates within 2024 are available, but Salamanca Arts Centre shall endeavour to offer applicants’ preferred dates where we can.

Applications are sought from Arts Organisations, solo and duos of artists for large scale installations or sculptural work.

Applications can be submitted via the link below.

Applications close Monday 2nd October 2023.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in November 2023.