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4 Apr 2025 – 30 Jun 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Opened for the first time at the Old Perth Boys\u2019 School, Once Known presents a selection of meticulous reproductions of the delicate and treasured artworks created by Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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3 Oct 2025 – 7 Dec 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Kattidj Nag\u00e3r\u00a0features artworks and personal objects created by the children who were forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \n Djeran – Djilba Season Exhibition Opening\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

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28 May 2026 5:30pm-7:30pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

You are invited to join us for the opening of John Curtin Gallery’s Makuru exhibition season, unveiling Christopher Pease: Terra Nullius and Reko Rennie: OA_RR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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\n \n Artist Talk: Christopher Pease\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

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31 May 2026 2:00pm-3:00pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

Join Minang\/Wardandi\/Bibbulmun artist Christopher Pease and JCG Curator Lia McKnight as they discuss his survey exhibition Terra Nullius. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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\n \n Reconciliation Week Tour: Once Known\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

<\/svg><\/span>139 St Georges Terrace<\/p>

2 Jun 2026 2:00pm-3:00pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

Through the beauty of art and recognition of place and time, this tour will offer a glimpse into the past and remind us of our journey together on a path of reconciliation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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3 Jun 2026 2:30pm-3:30pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

Join us for an afternoon student talk at John Curtin Gallery during National Reconciliation Week 2026, presented in response to this year\u2019s theme, All In. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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\n \n Dare to Advocate: Once Known\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

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10 Jun 2026 4:30pm-6:30pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

A space where art, reflection and conversation come together to help explore real-world social justice challenges, and consider ways to engage that feel both meaningful and sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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18 Jun 2026 4:30pm-6:30pm<\/p> <\/div>\n

A space where art, reflection and conversation come together to help explore real-world social justice challenges, and consider ways to engage that feel both meaningful and sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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29 May – 23 Aug 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Reko Rennie: OA_RR blends urban car culture, ancestral motifs, and personal memory into bold, cinematic experiences. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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29 May – 23 Aug 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Guided by the 2026 National Reconciliation Week theme \u2018All In\u2019, the student-led Reconciliation Week Exhibition at John Curtin Gallery (JCG) celebrates the strength, creativity and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with a focus on the Carrolup story and child artworks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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29 May – 23 Aug 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Christopher Pease: Terra Nullius transforms a legal fiction of dispossession into a vivid assertion of Noongar sovereignty, resilience, and enduring connection to Country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \n Regional Arts Triennial – Radical Futures\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

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18 Sep – 6 Dec 2026<\/p> <\/div>\n

Focusing on collective imagination, Radical Futures reveals aspirations for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Artist Talk Sunday 31 May\u00a0\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f
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\n Join us as we welcome our latest exhibitions on Thursday 28 May\u00a0\ud83d\udc9b
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\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Exhibition Open: 29 May - 23 August 2026

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\n We`re currently closed for install! \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f

But don`t worry, John Curtin Gallery will open again on Friday 29 May, to welcome the work of Christopher Pease (@chris_pease) and Reko Rennie (@rekorennie)!

Keep an eye across our social media to stay up-to-date on what`s coming this Makuru season. \ud83d\udc40\u2728

\ud83d\udd17 More information on our website via the link in bio.

John Curtin Gallery`s regular opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 12pm - 4pm.

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\n That`s a wrap! \ud83d\udc4f

A call and response across the ocean, part of Perth Festival 2026, has officially come to an end!

We hope you enjoyed the rhythms, stories and scents of the Indian Ocean, and experienced the reunion of friendships and kin ties severed through transglobal acts of colonisation.

Through immersive installations, film, sound and historical works, A call and response across the ocean taught us of connections across continents and to reflect on the enduring legacies of cultural exchange and resilience.

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A huge thank you to everyone involved! \ud83d\udc9b

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\n Drop-in to Chronically Crafty, Wednesday May 6!\u00a0\u2728
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\n Exclusive screening of Before 1770! \ud83c\udfac

Celebrate the end of our Perth Festival exhibition, A call and response across the ocean, and join us for a screening of this feature documentary!

Through vivid storytelling and immersive re-enactments, Before 1770 delves into themes of transglobal colonisation and cultural memory, offering a powerful perspective on the historical friendships and kin ties between northern Australia and Makassar.

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@perthfest @thaniapetersen @before1770 @abdi.karya @skinnyfish_music @curtinbfagrads @perthartlist @universityartmuseumsaustralia

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\n Join us for another Lunchtime Talk! \u2728

This special panel discussion will explore how heritage is practiced, interrupted and regained from various views across the Indian Ocean.

Join Wajarri Nyarlu\/Menang heritage expert Patricia Ryder, Geographer and heritage scholar Tod Jones and Media scholar Thor Kerr as they contest dominant narratives about Australia\u2019s geographical and cultural isolation through exploring connections, disconnections and reconnections across the Indian Ocean.

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The JCG Lunchtime Talks is a mid-week series that invites speakers from diverse disciplines to share their research, practices, and perspectives in response to the gallery\u2019s exhibition programming. These informal sessions offer a welcoming, collegial space to explore ideas, spark dialogue, and engage with the themes and questions shaping contemporary visual culture and artistic practice.

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\n Two weeks left! \ud83e\udee8

The final weeks have arrived to experience the rhythms, stories and scents of the Indian Ocean, and witness the reunion of friendships and kin ties severed through transglobal acts of colonisation.

A call and response across the ocean will leave John Curtin Gallery on Sunday 3 May!

Through immersive installations, film, sound and historical works, A call and response across the ocean invites visitors to trace connections across continents and reflect on the enduring legacies of cultural exchange and resilience.

\ud83c\udf0a Histories do not stay silent.

\ud83d\udccd John Curtin Gallery. Free, open to the public

\ud83d\udd17 Find out more via the link in our bio!

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\n What wellbeing looks like on Country, through the lens of\u00a0Bardi Jawi children!\u00a0\ud83d\udcf8
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Currently nestled in our Access Gallery the Our World in Photos exhibition is hand curated by Bardi Jawi children aged 8-15 from the very remote West Australian community of Ardyaloon.
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Since 2023, Curtin University\u2019s School of Population Health and the Ardyaloon community have co-developed a strengths-based photovoice model to explore and share children\u2019s perspectives on well-being. Underpinned by research and participatory processes, forty-five on-Country workshops and 17 dialogue events have reached 133 children. Producing over 200 photographic stories, children\u2019s insights have informed new learning resources based on their priorities. Strategic exhibits include Government House Perth (2024), Rural Health West, Aboriginal Health Conference (2025), and an international debut at St Francis Xavier gallery, Nova Scotia Canada (2026).
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John Curtin Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which this work was created \u2013 the Bardi Jawi Peoples. We give respect to the Elders, past, present and emerging, and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We honour their connection with land, waters and community.
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\n Pause, contemplate, and reconnect with yourself and your collective history.\u00a0\ud83e\uddd8
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Map your inner ocean at our second yin yoga and sound bath session on Wednesday 22 April!
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This unique experience\u00a0features gentle yin yoga paired with a calming sound bath, guiding you to reflect deeply on your personal journey through the past, present, and future. Hosted by JCG\u2019s Education Coordinator,\u00a0Mel Macaulay (@__melmacaulay__), and Sound Journey Facilitator,\u00a0Anita Emor\u00a0(@emora_suara_sound), the experience encourages participants to pause, contemplate, and reconnect with themselves and their collective histories.
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Anita Emor has Makassan heritage and sings in language from North Sulawesi as part of the sound bath experience.
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\n Encounter memory, connection, and the tides of Country.
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Bumpy\u2019s (@bumpymusic_ )Maambakoort (2025) celebrates the\u00a0acclaimed soul artist\u2019s homecoming to ancestral saltwaters, and\u00a0honours her late Nan, Rose Whitehurst, who compiled the first Noongar dictionary. Its rolling structure mirrors the ocean\u2019s tides, inviting reflection on memory, belonging, and connection to Country.\u00a0\u2728
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Laurel Nannup\u2019s\u00a0First Contact (2016) draws on Noongar memory and history, evoking ancestral spirits and storytelling to honour Noongar life and the Stolen Generation.\u00a0In 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\u2019s\u00a0Landscape with Whirlpools (tsunami) (2013\u20132023) 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.\u00a0\ud83c\udf0a @susanflavellart
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Thania Petersen\u2019s Rampies sny connects Perth to a lineage of memory, migration, and devotion, its an installation shaped by many hands and infused with \u201csmells that recall a thousand places.\u201d

Previously realised in Cape Town and Tunisia, Petersen\u2019s immersive artwork is named after a unique Cape Muslim tradition. Women cut and scent fragrant leaves with oils and incense, packaging them into cloth bundles, accompanied by poetry, song, and blessings.

Symbolising devotion and cultural heritage, the ritual honours the birth of Prophet Muhammad. \u201cRampies sny\u201d is a combination of Malay and Afrikaans words: Bunga Rampai is a Malay term, meaning fragrant flowers\/leaves; rampies is from the Malay word rampai translating as mixture and sny is Afrikaans, meaning cut.

This is a celebration that speaks of love, whilst invoking the lands from which Petersen\u2019s ancestors were forcibly taken.

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Installation information:
Thania Petersen
Rampies sny, 2022-2026
Organza bags, citrus leaves smoked with frankincense, essential oils, dimensions variable.

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