Teaching and learning with city-based artists

This presentation will explore examples of exhibitions showcasing the work of Aboriginal artists shaping the city-based artists movement, highlighting the significant activist contributions city-based Aboriginal artists make to culture and society at large. By examining recent and current local and national exhibitions, we will explore the tensions and shifts away from reductive Eurocentric definitions, and how Indigenous voices and presence have led the restorying and repositioning of city-based artists over time. We will highlight parallel shifts in how curators, art historians, and educators engage with Aboriginal artists to transform these discourses. Additionally, we will introduce education resources available to teachers to explore these important contributions and development with students in their classrooms. 

Please note: This presentation includes opportunities to explore a range of education resources in small group discussion activities. While a limited number of hard copy examples will be available, please bring a device (i.e tablet, smartphone, laptop) to complement your participation in these opportunities. 

Caine Chennatt is one of the 2025 Hadley's Art Prize judges. Caine is a curator and cultural administrator bridging exhibitions, collections, galleries, museums, and art projects with all audiences through the lenses of cultural humility and cultural leadership. Caine is currently Director, Curatorial and Cultural Collections at the University of Tasmania.

Associate Professor Abbey MacDonald works in Arts Education at the University of Tasmania and education resource development with Ngarrngga at the University of Melbourne. Her work spans the intersections of education, creative arts, and intercultural engagement. Abbey brings more than a decade of sustained strategic leadership to her work, which extends beyond academia into professional education and creative and cultural industry settings, locally, nationally and internationally. 

This event is part of the Hadley's Art Prize education day, Culture, Creativity and Changing Landscapes. For more events, visit hadleysartprize.com.au/education-day