Venue Type: Exhibitions

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
FREE for 2 – 3 months


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

Availability for 2025 & Beyond

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2025 dates or when become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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An image of a large gallery space with wooden floors and wooden poles throughout. We can see a large, multi coloured fabric artwork hanging from the ceiling by Matt Arbuckle. A work by Kate Tucker on a white plinth in the distance and a large painting by Grant Nimmo on the far wall of a rainforest.
Photo: Jesse Hunniford

The Long Gallery is the largest gallery space at Salamanca Arts Centre.

Originally a store for whaling products, then filled with can-labelling machinery during the jam factory days, the Long Gallery has provided the backdrop to countless exhibitions, conventions, balls, auctions, recitals, workshops, product launches and live performances. It is located on Level 1 of Salamanca Arts Centre.

An enigmatic venue where 180 year-old polished floor boards stretch for 30 metres past rows of oaken columns to limewashed sandstone walls. Licensed for 400 patrons and with French doors opening above Salamanca Place, the Long Gallery is always in high demand for exhibitions and private functions. Facilities include contemporary track lighting, demountable hanging panels, lift access, storage and limited tables and chairs.

Venue Hire Rates

Exhibitions

Not for Profit / Educational Institutions / Schools / Artists (group or solo)
$363 per Day / $1,505 per Week

Commercial Galleries / Government Departments
$464 per Day / $1,970 per Week

Tertiary Students (does not include School Exhibitions)
$230 per Day / $985 per Week

All Private Functions / Events (includes Weddings, Performances, Conferences etc.)
$3,165 per event (maximum Hire Period of 4 days)

All prices are inclusive of GST and valid from 1 January 2024.

*Venue Hire Rates will increase as of 1 January 2025.
For details of 2025 Venue Hire Rates, please refer to the Long Gallery Venue Hire Pack / Conditions of Hire (PDF)

Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC) is currently seeking applications for inclusion in the Long Gallery 2025 Calendar (January 2025 – March 2026).
Applications are sought for both EXHIBITIONS by Groups, Organisations, Duo and Solo Artists working in any visual arts medium and for PRIVATE FUNCTIONS (Weddings, Engagement Parties, Birthday Parties, Parties in general, Balls, Dinners, Conferences, and any other non-public non-arts events). 

This Application Round is for REMAINING DATES ONLY. 
The majority of the 2025 Calendar was filled by successful applicants during the previous April 2024 Application Round. 

Remaining Dates are:
OPTION #1 : Wed 22 January – Sun 2 February 2025 (12 x Days)
OPTION #2 : Wed 19 February – Tues 4 March 2025 (14 x Days)
OPTION #3 : Wed 9 – Sun 13 July 2025 (5 x Days)
OPTION #4 : Tues 5 – Mon 11 August 2025 (7 x Days)
OPTION #5 : Wed 4 February – Tues 31 March 2026 (56 x Days)

DEADLINE for SUBMISSIONS:
5:00pm Monday 30 September 2024

APPLY FOR EXHIBITION
APPLY FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application early November 2024. 

Availability for 2026 & Beyond

The Long Gallery is fully booked for the remainder of 2024.
Applications are now open for the REMAINING DATES in the 2025 Calendar (see above for details).

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for the Long Gallery twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year, with Special Applications Round (in the event of a cancellation) if required.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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Photograph of the Sidespace Gallery : A room with white walls and dark wooden floor. A support beam is in the middle of the room. To the far end of the room is a wooden french door.
Photo: Nicole Robson

The Sidespace Gallery is a professional exhibition space that is accessible and affordable for solo artists and small group exhibitions. 

A quirky gallery with perfect proportions, the Sidespace Gallery is the gallery of favour for artists wishing to exhibit contemporary work in the public domain. 

The Sidespace Gallery is part of Salamanca Art Centre’s subsidised Access Galleries Program and is available to Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members on the acceptance of an exhibition proposal.

Venue Hire Rates

Exhibitions
Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members
$73 per Day / $325 per Week

All prices are inclusive of GST and are effective from 1 January 2024.

*Venue Hire Rates will increase as of 1 January 2025.
For details of 2025 Venue Hire Rates, please refer to the Sidespace Gallery Venue Hire Pack / Conditions of Hire (PDF)

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for the Siespace Gallery twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year, with Special Applications Round (in the event of a cancellation) if required.

Applications are currently CLOSED for the Sidespace Gallery.

Availability for 2026 & Beyond

The Sidespace Gallery is fully booked until the end of March 2026.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or if dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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Photo: Nicole Robson

Salamanca Art Centre’s most intimate venue, encountered even before passing through the front doors.

Commanding the best public location in Salamanca Place, the Lightbox is a square metre of window space available to selected artists to install works that utilise the attributes of this special exhibition space. This gallery is part of Salamanca Arts Centre’s subsidised Access Galleries Program and is available to Salamanca Arts Centre’s Associate Members and Resident Artists.

The Lightbox is a window space located at the main entrance to the Salamanca Arts Centre on Salamanca Place, and can be viewed 24 hours a day.

Salamanca Arts Centre encourages artists to interpret the space with installations that best reflect the Lightbox dimensions and location.

Venue Hire Rates

Exhibitions
FREE per month

The Lightbox is available for FREE for month-long exhibitions for Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members and Salamanca Arts Centre Resident Artists only.

Applying for the Lightbox : 2025 Calendar REMAINING DATES

Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC) is currently seeking applications for inclusion in the Lightbox 2025 Calendar (March 2025 – March 2026).
Applications are sought from visual artists for Solo or Duo Exhibitions.

This Application Round is for REMAINING DATES ONLY. 
The majority of the 2025 Calendar was filled by successful applicants during the previous April 2024 Application Round. 

Remaining Dates are:
August 2025
October 2025
March 2026

DEADLINE for SUBMISSIONS:
5:00pm Monday 30 September 2024

APPLY NOW

Applying for 2026 & Beyond

The Lightbox is fully booked until August 2025.
Applications are now open for the REMAINING DATES in the 2025 Calendar (see above for details).

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for the Lightbox twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year, with Special Applications Round (in the event of a cancellation) if required.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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Photograph of the Studio Gallery : A long room / hallway with many doors leading off it and small framed artwork hung on the wall.The wall on the right is white and the far wall is grey. Low beams span the gallery walls and dark wooden floor.
Photo: Nicole Robson

The Studio Gallery is dedicated to showcasing the works of artists that have studios at Salamanca Arts Centre.

The Studio Gallery is located on Level 2 of Salamanca Arts Centre and is surrounded on all sides by Artists Studios. 

The Studio Gallery is part of Salamanca Arts Centre’s subsidised Access Galleries program and is available to artists who are current Residents of Salamanca Arts Centre or who have had a Residency in the past 12 months (including in the Short Term Studio).  This gallery space enables Salamanca Arts Centre’s Resident Artists to exhibit for month-long periods and provides visitors the opportunity to see work created onsite at Salamanca Arts Centre.

Venue Hire Rates

Exhibitions
FREE per month

FREE for month-long exhibitions by Salamanca Arts Centre Resident Artists

Availability

The Studio Gallery is full for the remainder of 2024.

Resident artists

Applying for 2025 & Beyond

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for the Studio Gallery annually.

Applications for the Studio Gallery 2025 Calendar are currently open.
Eligible artists have been notified with details on how to apply.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or if dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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Photograph of the Top Gallery : A room with white walls and dark wooden floor. Two support beams are in the middle of the room. To the far end of the room is a wooden, french multi-paned door.
Photo: Nicole Robson

Dedicated to exhibiting the works of Emerging Artists, the Top Gallery is an intimate exhibition space infused with heritage character.

The Top Gallery is part of Salamanca Art Centre’s subsidised Access Galleries Program and is offered to Emerging Artists who are Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members on the acceptance of an exhibition proposal. This heavily subsidised gallery space enables Emerging Artists to exhibit, often for the first time as a solo artist, for month-long periods. 

The Top Gallery is located on Level 2, nestled beneath the Terrapin Puppet Theatre Workshop in the attic of Salamanca Arts Centre at the top of the stairs. The rough-cast, limewashed stone walls, exposed beams and wooden flooring offer a counter-point in form and texture to many types of work. 

Venue Hire Rates

Exhibitions
Emerging Artists | Salamanca Arts Centre Associate Members
$175 per Month

All prices are inclusive of GST and are effective from 1 January 2024.

*Venue Hire Rates will increase as of 1 January 2025.
For details of 2025 Venue Hire Rates, please refer to the Top Gallery Venue Hire Pack / Conditions of Hire (PDF)

Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC) is currently seeking applications for inclusion in the Top Gallery 2025 Calendar (March 2025 – March 2026).
Applications are sought from Emerging Artists, working in any visual arts medium, for Solo or Duo Exhibitions.

This Application Round is for REMAINING DATES ONLY. 
The majority of the 2025 Calendar was filled by successful applicants during the previous April 2024 Application Round. 

Remaining Dates are:
August 2025
September 2025
December 2025 + January 2026 (combined)
February 2026
March 2026

DEADLINE for SUBMISSIONS:
5:00pm Monday 30 September 2024

APPLY NOW

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application early November 2024. 

Applying for 2026 & Beyond

The Top Gallery is fully booked until August 2025.
Applications are now open for the REMAINING DATES in the 2025 Calendar (see above for details).

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for the Top Gallery twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year, with Special Applications Round (in the event of a cancellation) if required.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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Photo: Jesse Hunniford

SOCIAL is a new space proudly presented by Salamanca Arts Centre.  

SOCIAL stands on the land of the traditional owners, the palawa people and we pay respect to Elders, past and present. SOCIAL aims to bring our community together through a celebration of culture. This multi-modal space is for experimentation, play and discovery.
 
Located at 67 Salamanca Place, this accessible and centrally located space will be a mixture of curated exhibitions and open calls.

Venue Hire Rates

$2,950 per month / $735 per week / $163 per day

All prices are inclusive of GST and are effective from 1 January 2024.

*Venue Hire Rates will increase as of 1 January 2025.
For details of 2025 Venue Hire Rates, please refer to the SOCIAL Venue Hire Pack / Conditions of Hire (PDF)

Applying for SOCIAL

Salamanca Arts Centre assesses applications for SOCIAL twice annually, with application rounds occurring in April and September each year, with Special Applications Round (in the event of a cancellation) if required.

Applications are currently CLOSED for SOCIAL.

Applying for 2026 & Beyond

SOCIAL is fully booked until the end of March 2026.

If you would like to be notified when applications open for 2026 or when dates become available due to a cancellation, please sign up to our alert list.

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