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Stacey Edwards

These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives

Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

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Curator Marika Duczynski and the four spears taken by Cook in 1770 have gone on public display at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

‘Like time travellers’: Priceless spears taken by Cook have come home

These weapons were used to resist the crew of the Endeavour. Until recently, they were stored in a museum basement in England.

  • Linda Morris
Rosanna Raymond of the Pacific Sisters.

The Pacific Sisters want you to don your Melbourne Cup best, then add nan’s lace and some bling

This Aotearoa-based arts collective has been blending ancestral Pasifika power with fashion, music, performance and fun for over 30 years.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Indigenous artist Mick Harding, in front of his video installation for ACMI, with his son Mitch who worked on the piece with him.

Welcome to ACMI: New work encourages visitors to think about country

A local Indigenous artist has created a stunning animation which will greet visitors to ACMI at Fed Square.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
University of Melbourne has been gifted one of the largest collections of Aboriginal cultural heritage by the family of Professor Donald Thomson.

‘This is for all Australians’: Invaluable Aboriginal cultural collection reunited

At a time when petty theft and grave robbery were rife in anthropology, Donald Thomson was distinctly respectful. His UNESCO inscribed collection is the result.

  • Will Cox
Birrunga Wiradyuri and Kathryn Fisher at the smoking ceremony for the QueensPlaza installation on October 1. Aunty Kathy is an Aboriginal elder born and raised at the Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve. She now lives in Brisbane.

‘I’m still an outsider’: A path from a childhood in denial to lighting up the CBD

Birrunga Wiradyuri says his ancestors made him wait to rediscover his culture. But when the time was right, he picked up a paintbrush and never looked back.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Jon Bell created The Moogai, the first film about the Stolen Generations that was written, directed and produced by a First Nations team.

‘I made this movie for the stolen mob’: A horror about historic wrongs

The Moogai offers a perspective on the Stolen Generations that has been sorely missing in mainstream Australian cinema.

  • Nell Geraets
Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name, No Blankets is performed at a Melbourne prison.

‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’: The musical bringing joy to prisons

Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name, No Blankets wowed audiences at the big festivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Now it’s winning over the toughest crowd of all.

  • Karl Quinn
“As an Aboriginal person, you’re meant to be really spiritual and connected. For most of my life, I couldn’t say that was true for me.”

For Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones, even painting a landscape is ‘political’

The Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi man on engaging with nature and each other – and a favourite NSW bushwalk.

  • Benjamin Law
Jean Paul Gaultier and Grace Lillian Lee in Paris.

A First Nations artist’s week with Jean Paul Gaultier

The chance to work with a fashion legend was one Grace Lillian Lee could not pass up.

  • Jane Rocca

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