Djunngaal Elders Group Yarrbah Collection, Punishment Dress, curated by Simone Arnol and Bernard Lee Singleton for CIAF 2019.
Wade Lewis
The Protectionist era was a painful time for First Nations people – but artists are recreating clothing from this time as a powerful method of healing,
Aboriginal Display at the Brisbane Exhibition, 1914.
State Library of Queensland
First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
Tracker, from Australian Dance Theatre and Ilbijerri Theatre.
Pedro Greig/Rising
My top three works situated witnessing as a political act. These works invite you to revisit what you thought you knew.
Warlukurlangu Artists
There’s one simple rule when buying First Nations art or crafts: the more information the better.
Bangarra dancer Beau Dean Riley Smith in Bennelong.
Daniel Boud/Icon Films
A new film about Bangarra Dance Theatre carries the deep Indigenous knowledge and personal trauma behind its 30-year history.