22/05/2023
This year marks 10 years since the Collection of Carrolup Children’s Artwork returned to WA and John Curtin Gallery, under the guidance of the Carrolup Elders Reference Group, became the custodian.
Coinciding with the 10th year anniversary, another 10 drawings created by Australian First Nations Stolen Generations children have been added to the Collection.
Three of these drawings were donated by Curtin Fine Arts graduate Priscilla Kelly, the granddaughter of Charles Cook who was the Carrolup school inspector in 1950.
As part of the anniversary celebrations, the John Curtin Gallery is exhibiting never-before-seen footage of the child artists creating their precious works in the 1940s, after they had been forcibly taken from their families.
“Every single work created by the children of Carrolup offers another window into their story and our history with every new connection taking us a step closer to healing and reconciling the past.”
- John Curtin Gallery’s Carrolup Manager, Kathleen Toomath
The anniversary exhibition, ‘Kalyagool Karni-Wangkiny ([Telling Truth Always) – A Decade of Carrolup’, runs until July 9 at the Curtin Gallery.
Learn more about the Carrolup Centre for Truth-Telling here: https://www.curtin.edu.au/friends/our-community/carrolup/
Kalyagool Karni-Wangkiny [Telling Truth Always]: A Decade of Carrolup is made possible by , Elliott, Curtin Gallery, University, University, Museum of Anthropology and the Library of Western Australia.
Caption: With Roni Forrest, John De Giambattista, Emeritus Professor Simon Forrest, Kathleen Toomath, Chancellor Andrew Crane, US Consul General Siriana Nair, Associate Director JCG Chris Malcolm, Ezzard Flowers, Tony Hansen, Dorothy Bagshaw, Kim Collard, Garry Ryder, Meredith Hammat MLA, Dr Nick West and Professor Ellen Kraly
