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Creative Australia - WA Indigenous Curatorial Fellowship at The Berndt Museum
APPLICATIONS DUE: 1 MARCH 2027
Creative Australia is supporting two Curatorial Fellowships at The Berndt Museum, The University of Western Australia, for Indigenous art centre workers from Western Australia. The fellowships will run for two years (April 2027- April 2029), combining remote and on-site work, and will culminate in exhibitions at The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The programme is a partnership with AACHWA (The Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia) to support the professional development of Indigenous art centre workers.
The Berndt Museum is an Indigenous-led university museum that holds one of the most significant collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material in the world. The programme is designed to be flexible for an emerging Indigenous curator who is concurrently working in the art centre sector, enabling engagement in a longer-term, research-based project that may utilise the museum’s collections and archives.
Eligibility: To be eligible for the fellowship, participants need to: (1) Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; (2) Be currently working in a WA Aboriginal art centre; (3) Have availability across two years to develop a research-based exhibition project and be available for independent travel to Perth twice per year (1-2 weeks at a time, flexible).

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Personal Information

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

Name of Art Centre

Position

Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?

Yes

Do you currently work at a Western Australian art centre?

Yes

How long have you worked in art centres and/or the arts?

What community or language groups are you connected to?

What language/s do you speak?

Would you be able to travel independently to Perth for 1-2 weeks at a time, twice per year, in 2027 and 2028 (Dates flexible)?

Yes

Would you be able to attend monthly online meetings in 2027 and 2028?

Yes

Your Experience: Please provide a short bio and describe any prior curatorial or arts related experience relevant to this application (up to 200 words)

Tell us how you think this curatorial fellowship would assist you in any professional development or skills you hope to gain? (up to 200 words)

Tell us an idea you have for an exhibition project you’d be passionate to work on (it doesn’t need to be an idea specific to The Berndt Museum, but you can think about working with existing collections and archives) (up to 200 words)

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