First Nations

Creative things to do this NAIDOC Week
With the theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! we help you with a list of how to get involved…

Vale painter Ms D Yunupiŋu, mother of the Rirratjiŋu nation
The Yirrkala community lost a bold and individual talent with the passing of Ms D. Yunupiŋu.

A reckoning with Australia’s colonial past
The latest edition of Grififth Review 76: Acts of Reckoning has been curated by the journal’s first contributing editor, Teela…

Faceless portraiture redefines blak/black identity
A new exhibition at Cairns Art Gallery draws international connections with Indigenous Australia when re-imagining identity and social politics.

First Nations circus launches new development program
Na Djinang Circus's Making Space program will offer two First Nations artists six weeks of paid professional development.

Dance review: Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk]
A powerful exploration of Australia's racially skewed records of incarceration and detention.

Natasha Wanganeen: ‘Sci-fi films saved my life’
Actor-writer-producer Natasha Wanganeen takes us behind the scenes on Bunker: The Last Fleet, a dystopian, intergalactic reimagining of first contact…

5 Indigenous art fairs coming up
Either in person or online, 2022 is just warming up with a range of Indigenous Art Fairs soon to be…

2022 First Nations Arts Awards announced
Recipients include Destiny Deacon, Stephen Page, Jazz Money, Brittanie Shipway and more.

First Peoples invited to knowledge-sharing circle
A chance for Victorian First Peoples communities to gather and share creative information.