IOTA21 WRITERS’ RESPONSE
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 13 October 2021 Everyday objects and hand-made artefacts have long inspired writers to [...]
INDUSTRIALISATION OVER CRAFT
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 20 October 2021 In the historical context, design knowledge was applied to promote [...]
BOHEMIANS, CRAFTSMEN AND THE NEW WOMAN
12.30pm - 1.30pm Wednesday 27 October 2021 Dr John Martin examines the bohemian, sexual, craft and muscular [...]
ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT?
[THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE] 28 July 2021 Oral Traditions, Contemporary Voices. John Curtin Gallery Curator, First Nations [...]
Sheila Network Event: connecting womxn
4pm Sunday 25 July Sheila Foundation and John Curtin Gallery present a networking event for womxn in the [...]
Speaker Series: Regional Encounters
12.30pm Wednesday 21 July Curtin writers respond to The Alternative Archive What happens when creative writers are gifted [...]
Speaker Series: Healing the Land
12.30pm Wednesday 14 July Chris Malcolm, and Michelle Broun consider several artworks from the Curtin University Art Collection [...]
TOUR WITH ANNA LOUISE RICHARDSON
[THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE] [THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE] exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of regional contemporary arts practice [...]
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.