08 MAY—11 JUL YARRANGANY — roots
Speaks to what lies beneath.
To ancestry carried in the body,
To land remembered and reclaimed,
To language, story, and the quiet threads that bind us.
- Yarrangany
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Opening celebrations
- Wowak (Breathe)
- Blak Out Poetry
- Movement Workshop with Karlia
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Indigenous Grasses Butterfly Dirt Ball Making
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Exhibition Floor Talks
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‘Joy Work’ in Desperate Times
- ngurruwigarra (to wonder)
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Pecha Kucha Night
2) Collective Mothering Vol. 1, Ranch Pressing, 2025, photo Colin Maier of RP. 3) Charlotte Ghaie, Oh, do I feel like the Mother of the World, photo courtesy of Sunday Salon. 4) Evonne Munuyngu, Woven Mat, 2026, Pandanus and natural dyes. Image and work courtesy of Bula’bula Arts. 5) Judy Malibirr, Bathi (basket), 2026, Pandanus and natural dyes. Image and work courtesy of Bula’bula Arts. 6) Exhibition guests at Arranging by chance, Abbra Kotlarczyk and Briony Galligan, photo Nicole Cleary, courtesy of Bundoora Homestead.
01 AUG—04 OCT Kate Baker, Emily Bowman, Hannah Cooke, Briony Galligan, Charlotte Ghaie, Victoria Jost, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Judy Malibirr, Nikki McKenzie, Evonne Munuyngu, Emma Michaelis, Pauline Rotsaert, Samantha Taylor, Lisa Waup, and Ranch Pressing
Collective Mothering brings together artist-mothers whose practices explore care, kinship, and communal continuity. Spanning new commissions, existing works, performance, publishing, and public programs, the exhibition considers how acts of mothering shape our relationships with ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world around us. Together, the artists explore care not as a private responsibility, but as a shared cultural and social practice.
The full program of events will be announced soon.
2026
Platform Arts provides critically rigorous, responsive programs for artists to challenge and refine creative practice toward the creation of ambitious new works.
30 Years
of Creativity at Platform Arts
Help raise $10,000 to support new artist opportunities, commissions, and programs Thirty years ago, we began as a youth arts organisation—supporting young people to explore creativity, find their voice, and connect with others. Today, we’ve evolved into a contemporary multi-arts organisation working across diverse disciplines, communities, and ideas.
As we approach our 30th anniversary, we’re not just celebrating the past—we’re building what comes next.
We’re aiming to raise $10,000 to support new artist opportunities, commissions, and programs as we enter our next chapter.
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Platform Arts
On Wadawurrung Country
60 Little Malop St
Djilang/Geelong VIC 3220
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Platform Arts, based on Wadawurrung Country in Djilang/Geelong, focuses on the development of artistic practice and ideas, leading to the presentation of these ideas as contemporary arts experiences. We curate a multi-artform program of exhibitions, performances, publications and events that respond to themes and provocations we believe are urgent for our times. Learn more
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