Art Talk: Emily Kam Kngwarray

Art Talk: Emily Kam Kngwarray is booked out, however there are still tickets available for
Emily Kam Kngwarray and Utopia Art Centre. Details can be found below:

Sat 2 Dec 2023, 2pm
At the Gallery & Live Stream

Join the curators in conversation with artists, staff and collaborators from Utopia Art Centre in the James Fairfax Theatre as they discuss the exceptional collaborations that made this exhibition possible. Hear from the curators about how they worked collaboratively with the artist’s community to delve into the relationships between Emily Kam Kngwarray's artworks and her extraordinary life as an artist and Anmatyerr woman.

Bookings essential.

Art Talk: Emily Kam Kngwarray (BOOKED OUT)

Take a tour of the exhibition with visiting women and artists from Utopia Art Centre in conversation with Kelli Cole (Warumungu and Luritja peoples, Curator, Special Projects, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art) and Hetti Perkins (Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, Senior Curator-at-Large, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art). A unique opportunity to hear directly from Emily Kam Kngwarray’s family and community.

Location: Meet at the entrance to the exhibition on Level 1.
Duration: 60 min
Limited capacity, bookings essential.

When you book your free Art Talk ticket, you will be prompted to purchase a timed exhibition ticket for that entry time.

Curators:

Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins are co-curators of Emily Kam Kngwarray, 2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024.

Kelli Cole is a Warumungu and Luritja woman from Central Australia and is Curator of Special Projects at the National Gallery of Australia. Since her commencement at the Gallery in 2007, Cole has worked on several major projects, including all four National Indigenous Art Triennials (2007–22) and the development of the First Nations art galleries in 2010. Cole has curated various exhibitions and has been published widely. She worked closely alongside Hetti Perkins as part of the curatorial team for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony (2022).

Hetti Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon curator, writer, advisor and presenter with 30 years of national and international experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts. Perkins has curated major survey exhibitions of Indigenous art, including Australia’s representation at the Venice Biennale in 1997, showcasing Emily Kam Kngwarray, Yvonne Koolmatrie and Judy Watson, and the 2006 Australian Indigenous Art Commission at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Most recently, Perkins curated the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony (2022) at the National Gallery of Australia.