Poetic Portraits exhibition

Next date: Wednesday, 01 October 2025 | 12:00 AM to Friday, 31 October 2025 | 11:59 PM

Poetic Portraits creative writing project banner

Poetic Portraits brings together the expressive poems and portraits of 20 local writers from the City of Monash.

Ranging in age, these writers collaborated in creative workshops to each create 2 poems - one inspired by a cherished personal object and another as a letter to their own selves. Accompanying each writer's words is a photographic portrait of them with their treasured item. 

Now exhibited in Mount Waverley and Oakleigh, Poetic Portraits invites you to discover their stories. Be delighted and surprised by this unique celebration of the voices of different generations.

Exhibition details

Date: Wednesday 1 October - Friday 31 October
Locations: 

  • Mount Waverley Village, Hamilton Walk, Mount Waverley 
  • Oakleigh Library Foyer, 148 Drummond Street, Oakleigh (Oakleigh Library hours)

No bookings needed.

Read the poems

Read and listen to the full poems from mid-September on the Poetic Portraits page.

Poetic Portraits is a partnership between Monash Council and RMIT University.

When

  • Wednesday, 01 October 2025 | 12:00 AM - Friday, 31 October 2025 | 11:59 PM

Location

Mount Waverley Village, Hamilton Walk and Oakleigh Library Foyer, 148 Drummond Street, Oakleigh