The Dax Centre Information

The Dax Centre provides artists with lived experience of mental health issues opportunities for creative expression while fostering social change by expanding the public's awareness of mental illness and breaking down stigma through art. Founded in 2012, but with a history spanning back to the 1940s, The Dax Centre is the premier exhibition space and education centre of it's kind in Melbourne. The Dax Centre is proud to support a diverse group of talented artists realise their creative dreams and break down stigma through our education and public programs. Through our exhibitions and educational programs we engage, inform and encourage conversations about mental health through art. The centre is named after Dr Eric Cunningham Dax AO, and his pioneering work to develop mental health care and improve the quality of life for those living with mental illness. The Cunningham Dax Collection is an important art collection of national significance and is on the Victorian Heritage Register. It is the only one of its type in Australia, and one of only four of its kind in the world.