John Stringer Prize Artist Talk 1 December
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 1 December 2021 Join 2021 John Stringer Prize finalists Lea Taylor, Theo Costantino, [...]
Sense and Sensitivity Curator Talk 8 December
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 8 December 2021 Sense and Sensitivity Curator, Dr. Suzanne Ingelbrecht, discusses the [...]
Word and Image: an experiment in collaborative creative writing
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 15 December 2021 Four Curtin writers respond to the John Stringer Prize in [...]
IOTA21 ARTISTS’ TALK
2pm to 3-30pm Sunday 12 September 2021 IOTA21 co-curators in conversation with artists Melissa Cameron, Desmond Lazaro, [...]
IOTA21 THE FRUITS OF CURIOSITY
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 15 September 2021 (online) The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial is the most important [...]
IOTA21 CONFERENCE: FUTURING CRAFT
11.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 18 September 2021 Futuring Craft addresses matters that traverse craft from design, environment, [...]
DEMENTIA, DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE
12.30pm to 1.30pm Wednesday 29 September 2021 Please join us for the launch of Moving Pictures: Dementia, [...]
CREOLE CULTURES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
12.30pm to 1.30pm Wednesday 6 October 2021 This talk highlights creolization as a creative social practice that [...]
Indian Ocean Craft Triennial: Curiosity and Rituals of the Everyday
The John Curtin Gallery is delighted to co-present the central international exhibition with Fremantle Arts Centre for this new festival of contemporary craft, IOTA21: Curiosity and Rituals of the Everyday.
The artists in the inaugural Indian Ocean Craft Triennial: Curiosity & Rituals of the Everyday are guided by principles of craft as a social practice capable of enhancing community innovation, collaboration and economic improvement.
Blending traditional practice with contemporary materials and expressions they explore themes such as ceremony, colonisation, gender politics, ritual, and culture. Works include ceramics, fibre and textiles, weaving and painting from India, Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Western Australia.