Presented in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria
First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams 2023
Curated by Jarra Karalinar Steel
JUN 13 2023 – JUN 2024
Find your stop and step up into a rolling exhibition of Blak Futurism, identity and culture. Or step back and watch the fleet of travelling canvasses wind their way across Country and up through urban passageways.
The Melbourne Art Trams roll on with six trams once again featuring new designs by First Peoples artists. Artist Jarra Karalinar Steel (Boonwurrung/ Wemba Wemba) returns as curator too. She’s inviting six artists to respond to the new theme of Blak Futurism—a call to envision better futures and representation for Australia’s First Peoples.
2023 Artists
- Amina Briggs (Boonwurrung / Erub / Ugar)
- Charlotte Allingham (Wiradjuri / Ngiyampaa)
- Coree (Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri / Gunnai /Gunditjmara) and Lyn Thorpe (Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri / Wemba Wamba / Wadi Wadi)
- Jay Van Nus (Pibelmun Noongar)
- Peter Waples-Crowe (Ngarigu)
- Rubii Red (Lama Lama)
Artistic Team
Curator | Jarra Karalinar Steel
Associate Producer | Edwina Green
Design Support and Artwork Realisation | Kate Francis
Photographer | James Morgan
Videographer | Matthew Cleaves, Breakfast Video
Supporters
Presented in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria.
Image Credits
Reproduction of Lin Onus 1991 Tram No. 829, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'Not Sorry For, Who We Are' by Patricia McKean, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'My Aunty Once Told Me' by Darcy McConnell, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'Weaving Culture through Community' by Tegan Murdock, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'Living with the River' by Aunty Louise Moore, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'BLAK LOVE' by Paola Balla, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: James Morgan
'BLAK LOVE' by Paola Balla, 2022. Melbourne Art Trams—RISING. Photo: Kirti Jain