23 August to 2 November 2025 | RACV ArtHouse

At the intersection of art, fashion, photography, and politics, Niijournal is a publishing platform that reclaims space for underrepresented voices and reshapes the visual language of identity. Founded by British-Ghanaian photographer & Ballarat Foto festival headliner Campbell Addy wih creative director Ibby Njoya, Niijournal challenges dominant narratives by centring perspectives from the African diaspora and beyond. This exhibition is part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. 

^{Image Credit: Courtesy Niijournal}

23 August to 19 October 2025
Ironbark Foyer, RACV Goldfields Resort

Ballarat based photographer Kathy Muhlhan fuses iconic Lake Wendouree and its Botanical Gardens with Dahlias, summers showstopping bloom. In the Victorian Era, when floriography (the language of flowers) was all the rage, dahlias were given as symbols of devotion, love, beauty and dignity. Kathy highlights these qualities of the Lake and Gardens and instils the romance of time passing by using double exposures. This exhibition is part of the Open Program, Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2025.

^{Image Credit: Kathy Muhlhan, On the edge of the Lake #3, 2024. Digital photograph}

7 June to 17 August 2025 | ArtHouse, RACV Goldfields Resort

Jessie Rose Ford explores highly detailed botanicals and gestural oil and acrylic paintings of the Australian landscape, highlighting the intrinsic beauty of the world around us. Drawing inspiration from the garden, a studio setting, a bushwalk, travel and conversations with friends, for Ford the studio isn't confined to 4 walls – it's everywhere.

^{Image credit: Jessie Rose Ford, Through the Trees, 2021, acrylic on card, 23 x 25cm. Courtesy the artist}

25 March to 17 August 2025 | Goldfields Gallery

Highlighting 3 outstanding RACV Collection artists: Narelle Autio, Euan Macleod and Catherine Nelson who explore coastal regions across Australia. These paintings and photographs capture Australian coastal life, while also showcasing the breadth of the RACV Collection.

^{Image credit: Euan Macleod, Murray’s Beach, 2010, Gouache on paper, 70 x 50cm, Photography Christian Capurro, Courtesy the artist and Niagara Galleries, RACV Art Collection}

25 March to 1 June 2025 | ArtHouse, RACV Goldfields Resort

Inspired by Creswick artist Victor Litherland’s practice of setting up his easel on the streets of Creswick and painting the buildings, trees and people of the town. We ask you to rise to Victor’s challenge and pick up the pencils and views of Creswick to complete your own sketch of your lovely surrounds.

_{Image credit: Aldona Kmieć, Winterbloom 11, 2021. Courtesy the artist}

14 December 2024 to 16 March 2025

Collagism (Holly-Anne Buck) takes us on a reimagined journey through Australia’s iconic “Big Things” using AI. This poetic road trip blends the surreal with the hyperreal, combining technology and nostalgia to create a visual narrative that triggers both cultural memory and digital exploration. It’s a playful adventure through Australia’s landscapes, offering a joyous experience for the whole family!

^{Image credit: Collagism, Punks of the sky, 2024, digital artwork, courtesy of the artist}

19 October to 8 December 2024

Sourcing clay from the Creswick Clay Pit to make beads, Paradoxa Collective bring the earth into the air and a constellation of stars to the ground to contemplate what the Dja Dja Wurrung community refer to as ‘our upside-down Country’. In doing so, the artists enact and encourage the possibility of renewal through small acts of caring and connection.

^{Image credit: Creswick Clay Pit, 2024, photography Penelope Aitken}

19 October to 8 December 2024

This exhibition takes a closer look at the individual artists that make up Paradoxa Collective: Penelope Aitken, Anna Farago, Siri Hayes, and Susan Wirth. Based on Wurundjeri Country, they share an interest in peri-urban landscapes, connecting to the land through practical restoration and regeneration activities combined with site-informed art making. Their art practices range from photography, to textiles, painting, sound and video.

^{Image credit: Susan Wirth, Light through the trees, 2017, wool and acrylic, courtesy of the artist.}

22 June to 14 October 2024 

Take a tour, ‘around town’ with artist Matthew Dettmer, featuring paintings and digital drawings of Creswick and surrounds. Capturing the charms of Creswick, Matt has focused on simplified views that speak to his painting style. Created specifically for the rooms at RACV Goldfields Resort, explore the story behind these commissioned artworks.

^{Image credit: Matthew Dettmer, Tremarne House (After Litherland), 2023. Oil on Masonite, 36 x 36cm. Courtesy the artist}

22 June to 14 October 2024

Sangeeta Sandrasegar has worked with master dyer Heather Thomas using botanical materials from the Creswick region to create a new tonal palette of yellows and native golds. Sangeeta reflects the goldfields history as a magnet of migration, connection to landscape and land, and contemporary stories of employment. 

^{Image Credit: Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Process image for Yellow deep that drew your eyes, 2023. Image courtesy Sarah Hunnisett}

16 March to 16 June 2024

Jacob Raupach investigates the shifting history of industry across regional Australia, and their legacies. He uses multiple forms of photographic process and presentation methods to explore the relationship between natural and societal environments. Embracing the original motto for Creswick School of Forestry Circumspice as his exhibition title, Jacob asks us to look around, to inspect, to search for, and look again.

^{Image Credit: Jacob Raupach, Installation view CCP, 2018}

9 December 2023 to 11 March 2024

Setting up a temporary print workshop at RACV Goldfields Resort, Negative Press founder, Trent Walter, will conduct a series of workshops that will reflect on the material, natural and representational aspects of Creswick. Trent Walter is a master printer and has designed and delivered community printmaking workshops across Australia. Visit ArtHouse to explore the outcomes of these workshops presented as a mass installation of printed matter.

^{Image Credit: Living Museum of the West workshop, Maribyrnong 2021. Courtesy Negative Press}