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Exhange Country

Exchange Country is a visual artist residency program, conceived by Noongar artist Rohin Kickett, and supported by the City, designed to facilitate meaningful connections, skills development and cultural exchange between First Nations artists across Western Australia.
 
Exchange Country offers an opportunity for artists to spend time on Country, making new connections, collaborations and the creation of new artworks inspired by this exchange.
 
Image credit: Robyn Jean 

Exchange Country - part 1

In 2023, emerging Noongar and Yamatji artist Emily Rose travelled to the Pilbara and spent time on Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi Country (Roebourne) and (near Roebourne) to work with Senior artist Wendy Hubert, emerging artist Ava Christopher and members from Juluwarlu Arts.

In the second part of the exchange, Emily hosted  Wendy Hubert and Ava Christoper on Noongar Country and travelled through the southwest with Emily’s daughter Kai Rose and mother – photographer, artist and writer Robyn Jean who documented the southern exchange.
 
Image credit: Robyn Jean 

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Part 2 of the Exchange Country Project will take place in 2025.

The project timeline and travel is artist led, to facilitate meaningful exchanges, allowing for flexibility and to make the most of new opportunities made through connections. Artworks produced as part of this project will feature in a major exhibition, scoped for 2026, and some of the works created during these exchanges will be acquired for the City of Melville’s Art Collection.
 
To find out more about the program or if you are a First Nations artist or arts group and interested in being a part of this project, contact Visual Arts Programs / Art Collection Curator, Yvonne Doherty arts.melville@melville.wa.gov.au 
 

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The City of Melville acknowledges the Bibbulmun people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which the City stands today and pays its respects to the Whadjuk people, and Elders both past and present.

City of Melville nagolik Bibbulmen Nyungar ally-maga milgebar gardukung naga boordjar-il narnga allidja yugow yeye wer ali kaanya Whadjuk Nyungar wer netingar quadja wer burdik.