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Encounter memory, connection, and the tides of Country.
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Bumpy鈥檚 (@bumpymusic_ )Maambakoort (2025) celebrates the听acclaimed soul artist鈥檚 homecoming to ancestral saltwaters, and听honours her late Nan, Rose Whitehurst, who compiled the first Noongar dictionary. Its rolling structure mirrors the ocean鈥檚 tides, inviting reflection on memory, belonging, and connection to Country.听鉁�
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Laurel Nannup鈥檚听First Contact (2016) draws on Noongar memory and history, evoking ancestral spirits and storytelling to honour Noongar life and the Stolen Generation.听In Noongar Nyitting (Dreaming), the spirit transforms into a bird after death, and the white sails of the ships were understood as the wings of ancestral spirits returning from the sea.
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Susan Flavell鈥檚听Landscape with Whirlpools (tsunami) (2013鈥�2023) transforms a single textile into a turbulent seascape of found objects, fabrics, porcelain, and ink, exploring the fantastic, the monstrous, and the mythical, reflecting grief, dreams, and the shadow self.听馃寠 @susanflavellart
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馃搷 Visit John Curtin Gallery鈥檚 Atrium as part of听A call and response across the ocean to learn even more about each artwork.
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A call and response across the ocean is on show until May 3! @perthfest
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馃敆 More info via link in bio.

馃摳- @marnie__richardson

@curtinalumni @perthartlist @curtinbfagrads

We are excited to be taking part in this year鈥檚 Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival!

Explore 139 St Georges Terrace throughout April to take part in truth talks, exhibition tours, workshops and drop-in sessions!

馃棑锔� 1 April to 30 April 2026.
馃搷 139 St Georges Terrace (Old Perth Boys鈥� School), Perth.

鉁� Witness truth telling firsthand and enter a space where shared history can be confronted honestly at our Once Known Truth Talks series.

鉁� Register for a free guided tour of Once Known at Perth Old Boys鈥� School every Tuesday and Friday throughout April (excludes public holidays).

鉁� Children and children-at-heart are invited to take part in our free Sensory Play Drop-In Sessions and Badge Making Workshop, inspired by beautiful Noongar Country.

RSVP | Free events, registration required.
馃敆For specific event and activity times see link in Bio!

Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival is supported by @cityofperth 馃檶

Once Known is proudly supported by: @bfplperth @lotterywest @inside_bhp @colgateuniversity and #navigators

Step into a space where land, sea, and memory intertwine.
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Kelsey Ashe鈥檚 Land of a Thousand Myths invites you into a layered exploration of cultural hybridity, ancestral memory, and myth-making. A journey across nine wooden canvases, the wax-etched textures tell the story of the erosive power of sea and sun, while reimagining Celtic convict and migratory histories through a contemporary lens. 馃寠
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Brian Robinson鈥檚 and on the fifth day the waters swarmed with sea creatures, weaves Zenadth Kes maritime knowledge, ancestral symbols, and playful visual allegories into an awe-inducing wall-based sculpture. Robinson examines the moral and psychological legacies of colonialism and the evolving identity of Zenadth Kes peoples. 鉁�
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馃搷 Visit John Curtin Gallery鈥檚 Atrium as part of A call and response across the ocean and immerse yourself in this dialogue of land, sea, and memory.
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A call and response across the ocean is on show until May 3!听
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馃敆More info via link in bio

馃摳 – Image by Sharon Baker
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@cbfagrads @curtinalumni @perthfest @perthartlist

鉁� Curator Tour with Lia McKnight听
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Join JCG Curator, Lia McKnight for a guided tour of our Perth Festival exhibition, A call and response across the ocean.
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馃搮Sunday 22 March 2026

鈴�2pm 鈥� 3pm

馃搷John Curtin Gallery, 麻豆直播
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Free event
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This exhibition brings together living histories of the Indian Ocean in imagery, scents and sounds, reuniting friendships and kin ties that were severed through transglobal acts of colonisation.
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This reconnection offers a vision of the world in which generosity, empathy and cross-cultural collaboration can begin to heal the wounds of the past.听馃挍
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馃敆 Register via link in bio!
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@perthfest @perthartlist @curtinlifeaustralia @universityartmuseumsaustralia @curtinbfagrads @curtinguild @thaniapetersen @abdi.karya @skinnyfish_music

What can oceans reveal about Australia鈥檚 connections with Asia? 馃挱

Join historian Vannessa Hearman for a lunchtime talk exploring the Timor Sea as a space of movement, memory, and exchange between Northern Australia, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste.

Looking both ways: The Timor Sea and Australia鈥檚 entanglements with Asia –

馃搮 Wednesday 18 February 2026
鈴� 12:30pm 鈥� 1:30pm
馃搷 John Curtin Gallery (Building 200A)
Free event, open to the public

Drawing on place-based research across coastlines, lagoons, mangroves, and ports, Hearman reflects on colonisation, maritime borders, and how communities remember and memorialise the past.

馃敆 RSVP via link in bio!

@curtinbfagrads

#JohnCurtinGallery #CurtinUniversity #LunchtimeTalk #TimorSea #HistoryTalk

Slow Making Afternoon with Jacky Cheng听鉁�
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Join artist Jacky Cheng for a gentle, hands-on workshop at John Curtin Gallery that invites slow making, conversation, and reflection.
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馃搮 Sunday 15 March
鈴� 1pm鈥�3pm
馃搷 John Curtin Gallery (Building 200A)
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The session offers a welcoming, inclusive space to explore folding as a creative and ritual practice using paper.

You鈥檒l be guided through simple folding processes that encourage attentiveness to touch, repetition, and gesture.

Folding becomes a quiet act of care: a way to hold stories, mark time, and connect across personal and shared experiences.
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$25 Curtin Students | $45 Curtin Staff / General Public
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馃敆 Register via link in bio!
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No prior experience is required, and all materials are provided.
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Arrive as you are 鈥� curious, reflective and ready to spend an afternoon making and thinking together.听馃挍

@perthfest @perthartlist @curtinlifeaustralia @jackychengart @universityartmuseumsaustralia @curtinbfagrads

Have you taken your Paper Voyage yet? 鉀碉笍

Take a walk through our Access Gallery and let us know which place in the world means the most to you!

In response to our latest exhibition, A call and response across the ocean, this free, self-guided activity invites visitors to take a moment and explore themes of migration and shared histories through hands-on making.

John Curtin Gallery is open today (Sunday) from 12pm to 4pm.

A call and response across the ocean is on show until 3 May, for more information visit the link in our bio!

#johncurtingallery #curtinuniversity #perthart /jcg/explore/news-media/rt #gallery #perthfest

@curtinbfagrads @curtinlifeaustralia