The role of the City of Darebin Art Collection is to inspire, inform, engage and connect the community in an appreciation of the visual arts and local heritage, and to support artists in their endeavours to contribute to a vibrant municipal culture. The collection is regularly exhibited and displayed at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and publicly accessible locations within the City of Darebin including Darebin libraries, Northcote and Preston town halls, Darebin Intercultural Centre, Darebin customer service and civic centres, and Bundoora Park.

Artists represented in the City of Darebin Art collection include: Trevor 'Turbo' Brown, Bindi Cole, Bill Coleman, Peta Clancy, Paul Compton, Georgina Cue, Barry Dickins, Sarah Faulkner, Tama tk Favell, Mark Gawen, Jennifer Goodman, Mary Hammond, Katherine Hattam, Siri Hayes, Kate Hudson, Hilary Jackman, Michael Kelly, Warren Lane, John Miller Marshall, Polixeni Papapetrou, Premier Pottery, Preston, Lorraine 'Bunta' Patten, Vipoo Srivilasa, Alan Sumner, Nat Thomas, Ray Thomas, Peter Waples-Crowe, Paul Wood and Sharon West.