Call for entries to the Mayoral Art Exhibition
Applications are now closed. View the exhibition
The 30th Annual Mayoral Art Exhibition raises funds in support of the Bone Marrow Donor Institute and is supported by Maroondah City Council and Community Bank Ringwood East and Croydon.
The theme for 2025 is Time.
We encourage artists to respond to past, present, future and the passage of time.
We celebrate the contribution that founding partner Bone Marrow Donor Institute (now part of Fight Cancer) and thousands of exhibiting artists have made over three decades in advancing medical research.
The vital collective contribution to cancer patients through this work is also, ultimately, time.
Image: Elroy Hendricks, When High Tide Turns up (Maroondah Clocktower), 2019, acrylic on canvas, Maroondah City Council Art Collection
About the Bone Marrow Donor Institute
Since the Bone Marrow Donor Institute (BMDI) began in 1989 it has raised over $4 million with a focus on cancer research, initially for Leukemia research which has benefited other serious health conditions including breast and testicular cancer. BMDI has sponsored accommodation units for cancer patients, particularly supporting regional patients with a North Melbourne unit. In another success story, five young mothers who donated bone marrow through the institute discovered they had early stages of cancer and were successfully treated. BMDI has since become incorporated with Fight Cancer Foundation with its broader connection to cancer research.
Further information
The Mayoral Art Exhibition is an annual fundraiser in support of the Bone Marrow Donor Institute, Croydon branch and generously sponsored by Maroondah City Council and the Ringwood East and Croydon Community Bendigo Bank.
For more information please contact Alan Somers from the Bone Marrow Donor Institute on 0419 134 300 or email asom9346@bigpond.net.au.
