There are art studios where you can meet the artist and do a workshop, art and craft festivals and markets, fascinating artisan ateliers turning wood and blowing glass, or get outdoors for ancient rock art and epic silo art.

The Ararat Gallery Textile Art Museum Australia (TAMA) - has a unique place among Australia’s public galleries and its collection contains a diverse representation of boundary-pushing, textile-based works by artists including Kate Just, Kathy Temin, Jenny Watson, Sera Waters, Jemima Wyman and Paul Yore; today the collection is arguably the most significant of its kind in Australia.

Hamilton Gallery  - has been a local treasure for over 50 years and is celebrated for its exceptional breadth and quality. The collection includes works by some of the greatest European, Asian and Australian masters. Australian paintings range from colonial works by Nicholas Chevalier and S.T. Gill through to work by influential artists Howard Arkley and Andrew Sibley.

Collections of silver, porcelain and glass from the beginning of the 18th century onward, Asian ceramics from the major dynasties, European and Australian prints, 18th century landscapes, Australian oil paintings and watercolours and fine international and Australian examples of 20th century decorative arts combine to form a collection of over 8000 items making Hamilton Gallery a leading public art collection, Australia wide.

Mud Gallery -  is a community gallery manned by the local artists and volunteers, displaying and selling works of art. The art gallery consists of paintings, drawings, photography, jewellery, cards, wood craft, leather craft, silversmith creations, pottery, ceramics, glassware and much, much more. Beautiful creations all made by local artists.

Horsham Regional Art Gallery - with a focus on Australian photography, the gallery's exhibition program showcases this unique environment and the art it has inspired and celebrates the local community.

Visitors can experience the gallery's nationally significant collection of Australian photography; the Mack Jost Gift of Australian paintings and works on paper, and artworks by the artists have been inspired by the Wimmera.

Silo Art Trail - Celebrate the rich heritage of Victoria's Wimmera/Mallee region with a journey along the 200km Silo Art Trail.

The trail unites internationally-recognised street artists in six of Victoria's smallest towns. Murals in Sheep Hills, Brim, Patchewollock and Rupanyup are already complete, with new works by Kaff-eine and Rone planned for Lascelles and Rosebery.

A unique evolving project, the Silo Art Trail has already revitalised the towns.

Rock Art Sites

Billimina Shelter is an impressive rock overhang where Jardwadjali camped from time to time and left many red paintings.

The most interesting aspect of the paintings at Billimina is the many bars arranged in horizontal rows.

It is believed these marks were used to count events in retelling stories or to record the number of days spent at a place.  

While they are sometimes difficult to see, there are also emus, kangaroo and emu tracks, and 55 human stick figures painted here.

Bunjil Shelter is located in the Black Range Scenic Reserve near Stawell and this is the only rock art painting of Bunjil known. It is widely regarded as one of the most significant cultural sites in south eastern Australia. 

Gulgurn Manja (pronounced Gulkurn Manya) meaning hands of young people, is a rock shelter at the northern tip of Gariwerd.

The paintings at Gulgurn Manja include bars, emu tracks and handprints.

Handprints such as these are only found in northern Gariwerd, and many here were done by children, hence the Aboriginal name for the site. These paintings were part of a unique local art style which was used to tell stories and pass on the law of the people.