Public art elevated
Footscray has always been shaped by the people who call it home. The Indi Footscray art trail celebrates that spirit through a vibrant collection of artworks inspired by place, culture and community.
Stretching 75 metres along McNab Lane, the mural brings together six celebrated local, First Nations and international street artists in a curated cultural work delivered by Juddy Roller. Together, their artworks capture the rhythm, people and pulse that make Footscray one of Melbourne's most dynamic neighbourhoods.
Meet the artists, explore the stories behind the murals and see how a once-overlooked laneway has become a new local landmark.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this page contains the name of an Aboriginal artist who has passed away.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this page contains the name of an Aboriginal artist who has passed away. This has been shared with the express consent of their family.
Episode 1: The Curator
Juddy Roller is an award-winning Australian public art agency specialising in large-scale murals, public art strategy, artist curation and end-to-end project delivery. As the founders of Australia’s Silo Art Trail, Juddy Roller helped pioneer a new model for public art and cultural tourism, turning everyday infrastructure into nationally recognised cultural destinations.
For Indi Footscray, Juddy Roller curated and delivered a public art program that celebrates the area's rich cultural diversity, creative spirit and local character. Shaun from Juddy Roller worked closely with each artist to shape a trail that feels like a genuine portrait of Footscray, not just a wall of art, bringing the same instinct for storytelling and place that's defined his work across the country. And helping embed Indi Footscray within the cultural fabric of the neighbourhood.
— JUDDY ROLLER
Episode 2: This Must Be The Place
As a resident and lover of Footscray, Lynn Bremner has drawn on her years living in the suburb to create a mural that celebrates the area's multiculturalism and diversity. Interwoven throughout the artwork are small details designed to bring a smile to the community. These include a famous bonded pair of macaws often seen flying around the neighbourhood, a dolphin as a nod to the dearly missed Olympic Doughnuts, and of course a Bulldog representing Footscray's pride in the Western Bulldogs.
— LYNN BREMNER
Episode 3: The Painting Game
As a celebrated international mural artist, Seth explores imagination, identity and the power of creativity through vibrant, dreamlike artworks. For The Painting Game, he depicts a child painting on the ground, whose imagination transforms the world around him into an explosion of colour. The artwork celebrates the richness of Footscray's people, stories and community connections, highlighting the idea that our surroundings, encounters and shared experiences shape who we are.
— SETH
Episode 4: Footscray In Motion
In Footscray, there’s a constant flow - people moving, interacting, gathering. It’s a place shaped by many cultures, buzzing with life and activity. This mural responds to that pulse. It’s about movement, connection, and the way people come together in public spaces - the beauty in the ordinary.
The four birds depicted are caught mid-dance, embodying exchange and interaction. Each carries its own personality, yet they move as part of something larger - within a shared sense of rhythm, joyful and fully alive.
— MINNA LEUNIG
Episode 5: Building Bridges
Every city has its own heartbeat, but Footscray’s is built on the stories of the people who crossed oceans to get here.
When Millo painted this wall in Melbourne, he wanted to capture the true spirit of the neighborhood. From its heavy industrial roots to becoming a home for waves of Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, and East African communities, Footscray has always been a landing pad for new beginnings.
Today, as the skyline fills with cranes and modern developments, the challenge isn’t just adding more buildings - it’s making sure we don't lose the human connection. The two characters placing that final brick together remind us that progress only works when we actively build bridges between the past, the present, and each other.
— MILLO
Episode 6:
The Indi Footscray mural is a piece of artwork that captures the rhythm, people and pulse of Footscray. Meet the artists, witness the process and see the journey as it comes to life.
In Footscray, there's a constant flow - people moving, interacting, gathering. It's a place shaped by many cultures, buzzing with life and activity. This mural responds to that pulse.
This mural draws together a series of everyday touchpoints that shape the identity of Footscray. I have referenced the life of the Footscray Market and its vendors, the Victorian cottages that line nearby streets, the open green space of Footscray Park, and the distinctive local flora that grows along the river corridor. Rather than depicting one single scene, the mural acts as almost a still-life or collection of fragments; glimpses of places and characters that together form a portrait of Footscray.
In developing the work, I was thinking about Footscray as a place shaped by many layers of history and movement. For thousands of years this area has been part of the Country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, connected by the Maribyrnong River and long used as a place of gathering and passage. In more recent history, Footscray grew into a working-class industrial suburb where factories, rail lines and small weatherboard homes sat side by side.
Over generations, new communities arrived and left their mark through food, language, markets and everyday life, creating the diverse and energetic neighbourhood that exists today. The mural responds to this sense of accumulation, a place built from many stories, by bringing together familiar scenes and characters that celebrate the shared life of the suburb.
— BROLGA