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Opening event! Regional Arts Triennial - Radical Futures ✨

Join us for the opening event of our next exhibition Regional Arts Triennial - Radical Futures.

🗓️ Thursday 17 September

📍John Curtin Gallery, Curtin Univeristy (Building 200A)

⏰5:30pm – 7:30pm (formalities from 6pm)

🙌 Free event, open to the public.

🔗 RSVP via link in bio!

This exhibition brings together 49 artists to consider how regional communities imagine, make and care for the future. Their works reflect the specific conditions of place while also speaking to broader questions about how we live together, care for the environment and respond to an increasingly uncertain world.

We can’t wait to welcome this special exhibition with you! 💛

The Regional Arts Triennial is a statewide program held every three years that celebrates the artists, stories and cultural voices of regional Western Australia while building connection, visibility and opportunity for regional arts communities.

This project is made possible through the Regional Creative Industries Fund with support from the WA Government and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE.

Image 1: Athena Shaw Boast and Matthew Darwen_Saving our beautiful Mammangs for the future2025_Photo By SharonBaker (detail).

Image 2: Martine Perret, Beneath Dark Skies - Magnetic Fields, 2025, video still, Duration 509 min (detail).

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@perthartlist @universityartmuseumsaustralia @curtinlifeaustralia @curtinalumni @curtinuniversity @perth.art.seeker taken in John Curtin Gallery by @blbcreative

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So humbled to be part of Regional Arts Triennial. Radical Futures: Rematriation.
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The exhibition is full of such talented artists and powerful work. My piece, Collecting Boxes, is an architectural portrait and my very first dive into conceptual installation art.
It’s been amazing and humbling seeing how it connects with viewers.
@blbcreative @regionalartswa @waregionalartstriennial @foolishfancy
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#artexhibitions #regionalarts #installationart #conceptualart #foolishfancy taken in Roebourne, Western Australia by @blbcreative

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7 months ago

Snapshots from the curatorial tour with Sarah Roots, Lead Curator of Regional Arts Triennial 3.

Over the past months, the tour has taken Sarah across multiple regions, including Carnarvon, Broome, Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany, and Margaret River — visiting exhibitions, connecting with emerging curators, and spending time with artists and gallery partners across the state.

Each stop offered a different way of connecting: from early morning walks and quiet reflection in Kalgoorlie, to creative Q&As with artists in Esperance; insightful artist talks with a full and engaged audience in Albany; and a blockbuster, well-attended showcase in Margaret River. Carnarvon and Broome also formed key stops along the journey, with Broome hosting the Kimberley-wide exhibition, including works from Kununurra.

Alongside these visits, the tour included a Dabungool tour with Aunty Annie Dabb and Professor Susanna Castleden, as well as community gatherings that created space for shared conversations, reflection, and the exchange of ideas.

These journeys form an important part of the Triennial’s commitment to building relationships, listening deeply, and supporting strong, connected regional arts communities across Western Australia.

This activity in WA’s regional communities is proudly supported by Regional Arts WA, in partnership with Minderoo Foundation for the Thrive! Framework. by @blbcreative

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𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 exhibition represents the excellence of Roebourne in the @waregionalartstriennial; a statewide contemporary art program.

Over the coming weeks we will share more on the team of exceptional individuals who make the Roebourne iteration possible.

Today, we are thrilled to introduce Regional Curator Linda Daniel Rowlands and respected senior matriarchs, Elders and artists Nana Pansy Hicks and Nana Violet Samson.

Join us on Sat March 07 - 5pm, at the Old Roebourne Library for what will be an incredible evening celebrating the excellence of the regions. by @blbcreative

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Today we were lucky to welcome Sarah Louise Roots, Lead Curator for Regional Arts Triennial, to the Complex. Hearing her broader perspective on the Triennial, spanning across 13 regions, and how our iteration, In the Quiet of the Land, sits within the statewide context, was both grounding and inspiring.
One of the most remarkable aspects about this exhibition has been the way our artists collaborated by sharing skills and knowledge so freely. With a mix of more experienced practitioners and those earlier in their professional journey, this exchange has been invaluable, shaping so much of what you see on display. Today, the artists were also able to share their concepts and creative processes with Sarah and with each other, deepening the conversation and insight around the work.
We were especially moved to hear Elaine Clocherty, Waljin – Mitchella Hutchins and Dwardinan – Vivian Brockman Webb share the personal stories behind A Spirit Held Captive is Always Free. Their site-responsive installations move through remembrance, grief, acknowledgement and renewal. It was a privilege to hear about the detail, materials and stories behind the work as well as their enduring connection to the land.
Thank you to Guest Curator Japneet Keith for shaping this iteration, and to Sharon Williams, City of Busselton Curator, for her mentorship and guidance. Selected works from the triennial will be presented at John Curtin Gallery in September. From there a touring show will be curated to travel statewide with Art on the Move.
Please make the time to come and visit In the Quiet of the Land, on now throughout the complex, until 1 March 2026. taken in Old Courthouse Complex by @blbcreative

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Radical Futures

The third WA Regional Arts Triennial is underway.

Led by curator Sarah Roots, Radical Futures 3rd iteration invites artists from regional Western Australia to explore the roots of creativity and change — asking how we imagine bold new possibilities for our shared future.

Across 2026 this Triennial will unfold through regional exhibitions before culminating a showcase in February 2026 at the Old Court House Complex, Busselton
This project asks us to pause, reflect, and reimagine what lies ahead — not as a distant idea, but as something shaped by place, material, memory, and making.

I’m honoured to be one of the selected artists for WA Regional Arts Triennial 3: Radical Futures.

#RadicalFutures #WARegionalArtsTriennial #RAT3 #RegionalArtsWA #FutureThinking #southernforestarts #artonthemove #blbcreative taken in Busselton, Western Australia by @blbcreative

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Last chance to see ‘We Walk Together’ in Rubibi / Broome!

Huge congratulations to the inspiring team who brought this powerful exhibition to life. ART ON THE MOVE was proud to be on the ground last week - delivering Gallery Fundamentals training, supporting the install, and celebrating the opening with our friends and colleagues in the Kimberley.

Led by artist/curator Dora Griffiths (@waringarri_arts) with emerging curators Jessie Ward and Tracey Mulardy, and guided by Cathy Cummins, 'We Walk Together' brings together 25 artists exploring how First Nations and non-First Nations people can walk together toward a shared future.

Here are some moments from the amazing week captured by Léo Gouesnard (@indaboxproduction).

'We Walk Together'
Open until Friday 3 October, 10am–4pm
The Octagon & University of Notre Dame Library Annex, Rubibi / Broome

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'We Walk Together' is presented by Kimberley Arts Network (@kimberleyartsnetwork) and was officially opened by Minister for Regional Development and Minister for the Kimberley Stephen Dawson MLC.

The WA Regional Arts Triennial 3: Radical Futures is proudly supported by the WA Government. It is coordinated by Southern Forest Arts (@southernforestarts) with support from ART ON THE MOVE through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost. Project partners include John Curtin Gallery (@johncurtingallery), Regional Arts WA (@regionalartswa), GalleriesWest and Kimberley Arts Network.

@blbcreative @bidyadangaartists @amelia_jajko @jan.parish @antoniaaitken1 @stevencutts @jeanne_barnes_artist @jaimwright @_stain_ed @viviennemcdermott @jalaruphotography @n0meshath @maxximay @elizabeth.knuckey taken in Broome, Western Australia by @blbcreative

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Roebourne-based curator Sarah Roots (@blbcreative) is leading the third WA Regional Arts Triennial: 'Radical Futures' with a curatorial framework that invites artists to explore the roots of creativity and change.

Over the next 8 months, more than 100 artists will present 13 exhibitions across regional WA, culminating in a major survey at John Curtin Gallery in 2026 before touring statewide with ART ON THE MOVE.

The first exhibition, 'Solid Ground' in Carnarvon, has already launched, marking the beginning of this powerful journey.

Head to the linkinbio to read our interview with Sarah to find out more about her vision for Radical Futures.

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The WA Regional Arts Triennial is funded with support from the WA Government (@cits_wa)

It is coordinated by @southernforestarts with support from the #RegionalExhibitionTouringBoost delivered by ART ON THE MOVE

Project partners include @johncurtingallery | @regionalartswa | @gallerieswest | @kimberleyartsnetwork

Solid Ground is presented by @shireofcarnarvon

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Photography by Andrew Robertson (@gascoynemedia) and Susanna Castleden. by @blbcreative

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a year ago

Pilbara for Palestine on National Day of Action.
Gaza is starving, words won’t feed them. taken in Ngarluma Country by @blbcreative

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World Heritage Listing for Murujuga National Park confirmed! With 50,000 years of cultural and spiritual history, it's an outdoor gallery like no other. Congratulations to all who worked so hard for this, happy NAIDOC!
#Murujuga #olderthanthepyramids #NAIDOC taken in Murujuga National Park by @blbcreative

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a year ago

People + Place Exhibition officially opened at Red Earth Arts Precinct. Thanks to all who made the opening so spectacular. Link in bio for online gallery and sales! Cover art by incredible artistic force of @victor.bellotti taken in Red Earth Arts Precinct by @blbcreative

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HERstory Exhibition is OPEN
🌟Link in bio 🌟

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#HERstory #REAF2024 taken in Red Earth Arts Precinct by @blbcreative

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