One of the most quietly powerful moments we’ve experienced at the original Romulus Folio Gallery took place during National Reconciliation Week, when we had the honour of meeting Uncle Les Huddleston.

Over the past three months, Romulus Folio has deeply engaged in transforming an empty shell into a working open studio gallery and dynamic arts hub.

This August, you’re invited to follow that call into a shared afternoon of story, song, and soulful reflection, led by the wonderful Kathryn Farrell, whose deep reverence for myth, music, and memory makes this a very special offering in her Reconnecting to Roots series.

Our Art of Emotions workshop on June 28 offered a slower, more spacious return to palette knife painting. Participants, new and returning, were gently guided into stillness before approaching the canvas.

On an early winter afternoon, we gathered at Romulus Folio for ‘Unlock Your Creativity: Emotions on Canvas’ a workshop designed to explore the landscape of feeling through colour, texture, and movement.

We are thrilled to officially welcome Crystal Wu to the Romulus Folio artist profile, now live on our website.

In June, Scott and I had the incredible opportunity to present my art at the Melbourne Design Show. It was a rich experience filled with discovery, connection, and growth. Here are 8 key lessons we learned along the way, insights that will shape the future of Romulus Folio and our creative practice.

Romulus Folio Gallery was proud to present Tides & Transformation, an exhibition by Angelina Mirabito, as part of our ongoing programming at The Gladstone.

Two Writing Winter Workshops with Angelina Mirabito, PhD

This winter, Romulus Folio invites you to reconnect with your inner voice and embrace the quiet transformations of the season through two gentle, soul-nourishing Writing for Wellbeing Workshops led by artist, writer, and researcher Angelina Mirabito, PhD.

Romulus Folio is proud to present Tides & Transformation, an exhibition by Melbourne-based artist Angelina Mirabito, developed during her residency at The Gladstone in Fishermans Bend. This exhibition delves into themes of repurposing, transformation, and the environment, responding to the unique character and layered history of Fishermans Bend—a landscape shaped by industry, erosion, and renewal.

This past weekend at Romulus, we hosted a monochrome painting workshop — and the results were quietly powerful.

Rooted in emotional awareness and intuitive expression, this session invited participants to choose one colour that resonated with them and work with it in dialogue with white. Through a palette knife and simple guided prompts, we explored how colour carries feeling, how white transforms and softens, and how creative motion can reveal what’s often hard to put into words.

We’re delighted to share that Angelina Mirabito will be exhibiting a selection of works in the official launch of the Creative Asia Art Centre—a new cultural space dedicated to artistic dialogue, creative exchange, and connection across the Asia-Pacific region.

This year’s Melbourne Design Week theme—Design the World You Want—raises a powerful question:

How do we engage differently with the world we currently experience to transform it into what we want?

Thursday May 8th was a wonderfully colourful afternoon as we held a painting workshop for kids featuring Fluid Bearbrick.

The Art of Surface: Texture and Colour in Spatial Design

Part of #MelbourneDesignWeek presented by @NGVMelbourne

May 15–25, 2025

ROMULUS Folio Gallery, South Melbourne

Join artist Angelina Mirabito, and filmmaker and artist, Samuel Galloway for The Art of Surface: Texture and Colour in Spatial Design, an immersive exhibition exploring how light, texture, and spatial design shape our experience of the world.

Weaving Three Stories is not just a workshop—it’s a yearning circle, a space to sit together and honour story, land, and spirit through the tactile traditions of dilly bag weaving and the resonant energy of yidaki healing (didgeridoo). Whether you’re new to cultural weaving practices or returning to them, this gathering offers a powerful opportunity to learn, reflect, and connect under the guidance of an First Peoples artist and knowledge-holder.

A conversation with film maker Sam Galloway | 4th May 2025.

Illuminating Perspectives was our first public conversation, and in many ways, it gave voice to something we’ve both been feeling our way through in our work. Light became the throughline—not just as a technical element, but as a way of seeing, of witnessing, of breaking through what is otherwise unseen.

This Saturday, April 3rd, we enjoyed a Gathering of Women, Mothers, and Children for Creativity celebrating mother in honour of for Mother’s Day next week.

With much heartfelt appreciation to all who helped us celebrate the launch of the Romulus Folio Gallery, Friday May 2nd, our latest creative venture as part of the Artist in Residence program at The Gladstone. This program—made possible through the generous support of The Gladstone/FB Ideas allowed us to activate the vision of an open studio, a vibrant gallery, and a dynamic arts hub, all housed within this incredible space.

On Sunday, April 27th, ROMULUS folio gallery hosted a fully booked Painting with Palette Knives workshop — with a few extra smiles in the room!