Artist in Conversation | Keziah Craven with Dr Jen Webb

Join artist Keziah Craven and Dr Jen Webb as they discuss Embodied Trauma, an exhibition exploring how wearable art, sculpture and performance can give form to lived experiences of trauma. Drawing on her PhD research and collaborative practice with survivors, Keziah examines how art can become a language for resilience, transformation and reclaiming agency.

Jen Webb is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra. Recent books include Art and Human Rights: Contemporary Asian Contexts (Manchester UP, 2016); Gender and the Creative Labour Market(Palgrave 2022), and the poetry collections Moving Targets (2018), Flight Mode (with Shé Hawke, 2020), and The Daily News (2024; shortlisted for the ACT Poetry Book of the Year 2025). She is co-editor of the literary journal Meniscus and the scholarly journal Axon: Creative Explorations.

Content note: This exhibition and conversation explore themes of trauma, violence and survivor experiences that some attendees may find distressing.

Meeting Place: Gallery 1, M16 Artspace

M16 Artspace operates on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. We honour and pay our respects to the traditional custodians. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Routes 2, 6, 56, 182

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟲
Stuart Street, 4 minute walk
Stop ID: 2367 and 2368

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟱𝟲
Captain Cook Crescent, 10 minute walk
Stop ID: 3229 and 3294

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟮
Closest stop on school days:
McMillan Crescent, 9 minute walk
Stop ID: 1609 and 1608
Closet stop at other times:
Wentworth Avenue, 4 minute walk
Stop ID: 2234 and 2235

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟮 - Only operates during peak hour
Wentworth Avenue, 14 minute walk
Stop ID: 3321 and 336

Please visit https://www.transport.act.gov.au/ to view timetables as they are subject to change.

Parking: M16 Artspace has free parking and dedicated disability parking spots outside the entrance.

Wheelchair access: Ramp access at the entrance of M16, however this can be too narrow for some wheelchair users. If this proves to be the case the studio access entrance has no stairs and connects directly to the gallery, please contact us for more information!

Bathrooms: We have one wheelchair access and gender-neutral bathroom behind the lobby in addition to two gendered bathrooms.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach us at exhibitions@m16artspace.com or through the number provided below.

Office: Wednesday - Friday, 12 - 5

Gallery: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 5

For general enquiries: (02) 6295 9438

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