Art Exhibition 'Dearest Edendale...'

Come check out 'Dearest Edendale...' for a fun, up-close art vibe you won’t wanna miss!

Art Exhibition Dearest Edendale...

Dates: Sat 14 - Tues 17 Feb 2026, 10am - 4pm

Venue: Mummery Room, Edendale Farm (30 Gastons Rd Eltham VIC 3095)

Opening: Sat 14 Feb 2026, 1pm - 4pm

Dearest Edendale… is a solo exhibition by multi-disciplinary artist Anna Madyarova, a long-standing member of the Diamond Valley Arts Society. Presented as a metaphorical love letter to the Edendale Community Environment Farm in Eltham—currently the home of the Society—the collection serves as a profound tribute to the site’s role as a sanctuary for creative practice.

For Anna, the farm transcends its physical boundaries to become a "state of mind," offering vital psychological restoration within the constraints of metropolitan infrastructure. Through her work, she explores the farm as a landscape of ecological intimacy and radical stillness.

The exhibition showcases the artist’s expansive technical vocabulary, where her choice of media serves as a deliberate conceptual response to her subjects. The tactile warmth of textiles evokes the farm's sensory richness, while the archival permanence of silverpoint and the raw, tonal depth of graphite capture its timeless inhabitants. Anna further explores this connection to nature through coloured pencil drawings, utilising both the smooth clarity of paper and the organic grain of wood to articulate the specific essence of the Edendale landscape.

Complementing the formal works, the exhibition celebrates the launch of a community engagement initiative. Anna has transformed her photographic studies of the farm into a series of illustrative colouring sheets for children. Supported by the Diamond Valley Arts Society, this project will be donated to the Edendale Farm, ensuring that the spirit of the site continues to inspire the next generation of creative minds.

Visitors of all ages will have an opportunity to get creative at our dedicated art desk, where you can bring our brand-new colouring sheets to life using a variety of pencils and markers.