Finding the right art and craft store in Melbourne can feel overwhelming with so many options to choose from. Luckily, Melbourne is home to a vibrant array of art supply shops, catering to everyone from budding hobbyists to seasoned professionals.
This list rounds up the best art and craft stores Melbourne-wide, featuring both large retailers and charming independent shops. No matter your budget or artistic goals, there’s a Melbourne store here with everything you need to bring your creative ideas to life!
Arts and Craft Shops Melbourne
1. Spotlight, Multiple Locations Melbourne Wide
Spotlight is an artists’ and crafters’ paradise. It started as a family run fabric stall at the Queen Victoria Market in the 1970’s and has grown from strength to strength ever since.
There are now over one hundred stores Australia wide with thousands of products to choose from. Every store (including their online store) has an extensive range of art, craft and sewing supplies as well as homewares.
Looking to add a seasonal twist to your home décor? From Halloween decorations to perfect pumpkins, you’ll find just the right pieces to set the scene. Spotlight also stocks a variety of scrapbook materials, jewelry kits, as well as regularly adding new products and special promotions.
Explore all sorts of fun project ideas with your kids at Spotlight!
Spotlight, 1300 305 405
2. Riot Art & Craft, Online Store
If you’re looking for Melbourne craft stores, look no further (and this one delivers to your door). Whether you’re a first-time crafter or a long-time professional artist, Australia’s largest art and craft supplies retailer, Riot Art & Craft is the perfect local store. It’s a craft shop dedicated to supporting your passion for creation by providing you and the whole art community with the best art supplies to help you achieve your artistic vision.
Don’t forget to check out the gift shop section for fun party supplies and the latest seasonal decorations that help bring out your inner creativity.
So, if you’re looking for some painting supplies, sculpting equipment, needlework tools, or craft activities for the kids, they’re one stop that’s sure to have everything you’ll need to fuel your creativity!
Riot Art & Craft, support@riot.com.au
3. Chapman & Bailey Art Shop, Abbotsford
Chapman & Bailey Art Shop are specialised in a bunch of artistic expertise and services but they’re also well versed in supplying customers with the finest artists materials such as canvases, stretcher frames, boards, art materials and and custom framing options.
They’re also the ones who introduced sustainable art materials in Australia and continue to make sure that they supply the artists of Melbourne with quality sustainable art materials in the most environmentally friendly way.
Chapman & Bailey Art Shop, 420 Johnston Street, Abbotsford +61 03 9417 7957, artmaterials@chapmanbailey.com.au
4. Art Shed, Moorabbin
The Art Shed is a vibrant Moorabbin art supplies store open seven days a week, ready to help you with any questions you may have about selecting the art supplies for your current or next art project. Their friendly staff are trained or practising artists so you can be sure that they’re more than well equipped to help you with your artistic needs.
Art Shed, 475 Warrigal Road, Moorabbin, +61 3 9551 9271, customerservice@artshedonline.com.au
5. Melbourne Artists’ Supplies, Brunswick
Melbourne Artists’ Supplies offers a wide variety of art equipment and materials where even the pickiest of artists will find themselves leaving the store with an awesome deal or two and feeling completely satisfied with the artistic finds they got from the store that day.
This Brunswick art supplies shop can be found on Dawson Street and is open every Monday – Saturday from 10am to 5pm
Melbourne Artists’ Supplies, 11 Dawson Street, Brunswick, +61 3 9387 1331, brunswick@melbourneartsupplies.com.au
6. Senior Art Supplies, Frankston
Providing wonderful customer service as well as supplying everything from acrylics to oils, easels, brushes and more, is Senior Art Supplies – a fantastic art shop in Frankston that provides high quality products catering for the professional or the creative at heart.
Senior Art Supplies, Shop 4/72 Dandenong Road West, Frankston, +61 3 9783 6044, info@seniorart.com.au
7. Arthouse Direct, Richmond
Offering an extensive range of art, graphic and craft supplies and materials for all artistic skill levels is retail art shop Arthouse Direct – an art and craft supplies Melbourne shop that provides a comprehensive range of art supplies and craft materials, including products sourced from all the leading art material manufacturers around the world.
The store is one of Melbourne’s best one stop art shops and offers everything from art and craft materials for printmaking to modelling, 3D Art, and so much more.
Arthouse Direct, 43 Bridge Road, Richmond, +61 3 9428 1511, richmond@arthousedirect.com.au
8. Deans Art, Preston, Collingwood & Brunswick
Melbourne art store, Deans Art supply has been serving the Melbourne community with the best art materials since they were first established in 1854. Since then, the shop has grown and there are three stores across Melbourne all with a large selection of art supplies for all of your creative needs.
Deans Art, 17-19 High St, Preston, +61 3 9485 9500, sales@deansart.com.au
Deans Art, 454 Smith St, Collingwood, +61 3 9419 6221, collingwood@deansart.com.au
Deans Art, 475 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, +61 3 9388 9288, brunswick@deansart.com.au
9. Eckersley’s Art & Craft, Melbourne CBD, Hawthorn & Prahran
Whether you are an inspired artist or just dabbling in arts and crafts, you can count on online store Eckersley’s Art & Craft to have anything and everything you’re looking for as they’re one of the largest fine art, craft and design supply retailers in Australia.
Eckersley’s Art & Craft, 463 Swanston St Melbourne, +61 3 8539 3160, Swanston@eckersleys.com.au
Eckersley’s Art & Craft, 654a Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, +61 3 9818 8222, hawthorn@eckersleys.com.au
Eckersley’s Art & Craft, 120-126 Commercial Rd, Prahran, +61 3 9510 1418, prahran@eckersleys.com.au
10. Barnes, Carlton North
Barnes is an art shop dedicated to providing top-quality materials for artists and makers. They offer a wide range of products, including sculpting clays, waxes, mould-making silicones, polyurethanes, epoxy resin, latex, gypsum, metal paints, and patinas.
Serving Australia, New Zealand, and beyond, Barnes is the go-to spot for those in fields like prop making, special effects, model making, puppetry, costume design, animation, cosplay, and even automotive and engineering.
Committed to quality and excellent service, Barnes has everything you need to bring creative projects to life.
Barnes, 739 Nicholson St, Carlton North, 3054, 03 8374 6650
11. Northcote Pottery Supplies, Brunswick East & Dandenong South
Looking for pottery materials? Look no further than Northcote Pottery Supplies where they sell the best quality pottery materials including clay, glazes, tools and kiln products.
Northcote Pottery Supplies also offers a wide range of short courses, workshops and masterclasses for those looking to learn more and develop their knowledge of ceramics and be inspired by the diversity of the medium.
Northcote Pottery Supplies, 142-144 Weston St, Brunswick East, +61 3 9387 3911, info@northcotepotterysupplies.com.au
12. Wool Baa, Port Melbourne
If you’re into knitting, then you have to check out Wool Baa – an upmarket Australian knitting yarn shop in Port Melbourne that has been supplying Melbourne with yarn for over fifteen years.
Wool Baa, 350 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, +61 3 9645 1477 (Australia) / +61 3 9645 1477 (International), sales@woolbaa.com.au
13. Resource Rescue
If you’re looking for both eco-friendly and discounted craft supplies, Resource Rescue has your back!
Resource Rescue is a non-profit organization that collects rejects, seconds and factory offcuts for sale at a discounted price. So, you can get the craft materials you need without breaking the bank – all while being kinder to the environment!
The store is open every Wednesday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm.
Resource Rescue, 1/42 Burgess Road, Bayswater North, 0403 847 271, sonia@discountcraftsupplies.com.au
14. Atelier Art Supplies
Atelier Art Supplies is your one-stop shop for all your creative needs as they offer a wide selection of top-notch art supplies for both at-home uses or for all your business needs.
Plus, with years of experience in supplying schools across Victoria, you can count of them to help you explore your artistic side.
Atelier Art Supplies, 8/199 Champion Road, Williamstown, 03 9397 4928, sales@atelierart.com.au
15. Arbee Craft
Experience unbeatable discounts on a vast range of art and craft products by visiting Arbee Craft’s Clearance Shop located in Noble Park North, Melbourne.
Their clearance products are exclusively available at this shop and include an extensive selection of discounted items such as paper crafts, sequins, stickers, ribbon, felt in various shapes and sizes, beads, mosaic tiles, embellishments, toy hobby items, general craft items, and much more.
Note that only clearance items are available for purchase from their clearance shop. Should you need something else, you’ll have to order them online.
Arbee Craft’s Clearance Shop is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
Arbee Craft, 48-58 Overseas Drive (Gate B), Noble Park North, (03) 9587 7037
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