Images: (left) photo and artwork Yarrangany by Jessi Rebel; (right) Thaedra Fragos, photo by Rory Daniel; (inset) artworks by Ra Ramsis Farag; (animated) Kalyakoorl projection, Kiri Tawhai.


 Yarrangany
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.

  1. Yarrangany
  2. Opening celebrations
  3. Wowak (Breathe) 
  4. Blak Out Poetry
  5. Movement Workshop with Karlia
  6. Indigenous Grasses Butterfly Dirt Ball Making
  7. Exhibition Floor Talks
  8. ‘Joy Work’ in Desperate Times
  9. ngurruwigarra (to wonder)
  10. Pecha Kucha Night

Image, centre: Hannah Cooke, Ada vs. Abramovic, 2018, photo Giulia McGauran. Images, clockwise from left: 1) Emma Michaelis, crop of Figure #1: Mor - We are far from flowers cut and dried, 2026, photo courtesy of the artist. 2) Collective Mothering Vol. 1, Ranch Pressing, 2025, photo Colin Maier. 3) Charlotte Ghaie, Oh, do I feel like the Mother of the World, photo Sunday Salon. 4) Evonne Munuyngu, Woven Mat, 2026, and 5) Judy Malibirr, Bathi (basket), 2026, photos courtesy of Bula’bula Arts. 6) Exhibition guests at Arranging by chance, Abbra Kotlarczyk and Briony Galligan, photo Nicole Cleary.


 Collective Mothering
01 AUG—04 OCT  Emily Bowman, Hannah Cooke, Briony Galligan, Charlotte Ghaie, Genevieve Grieves, Victoria Jost, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Judy Malibirr, Mandy Nicholson, Nikki McKenzie, Evonne Munuyngu, Emma Michaelis, Pauline Rotsaert, Samantha Taylor, Lisa Waup, Ranch Pressing, Dr Amber Smith (c)

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.

  1. Collective Mothering
  2. Opening celebrations: SAT 08 AUG
  3. Rock Mass Communitas

The full program of events will be announced soon.

Images, clockwise from left: (1) George Goodnow in-studio (2020). (2) Paper sculpture, George Goodnow. (3) Weaving materials, YOOKAPA studio. (4) LUSH, Gemma + Molly, (2023). Photos Leiko Lopez.

 
 Artist development
2026
Platform Arts provides critically rigorous, responsive programs for artists to challenge and refine creative practice toward the creation of ambitious new works.

  1. (Studio)LAB
  2. Pecha Kucha Night
 
Images, clockwise from left: (1) historical photo of Platform Arts audience, photographer unknown. (2) Old Courthouse building (windows), photo Daniel Longo. Platform Arts building, circa 1991, photographer unknown. (3) Poster artwork of historical events at the Old Courthouse venue, photos Platform Arts.


30 Years
of Platform Arts
22 OCT—18 DEC
Since its beginnings as the Courthouse Project in 1996, and through its evolution as Courthouse Arts and Courthouse Youth Arts, the organisation now known as Platform Arts has grown in close relationship with the local arts community, shaped by the people, practices, and stories that have passed through its doors.

In 2026, Platform Arts celebrates 30 years of activity. From October to December, our special anniversary program will reflect the energy, experimentation, care, and creativity that have defined the organisation across three decades.

For our 30th year, we’re not just celebrating the past, we’re building what comes next. Learn how you can help shape our future impact.


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On Wadawurrung Country
60 Little Malop St 
Djilang/Geelong VIC 3220
P: (03) 5224 2815 
M: 0467 094 597
E: hello@platformarts.org.au

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Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday / 10.00AM—4.00PM
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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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