PROGRAMS

In Visible Ink

In Visible Ink is a platform to amplify the stories and lived experiences of Australia’s First Peoples, migrants and refugees in meaningful ways that creates opportunities to increase empathy and diversity, to address prejudice, and for truth telling, healing and reconciliation.

The purpose of the In Visible Ink campaign is to make stories of people and communities marginalised by race and religion visible, in order to catalyse them and inspire meaningful social change.

Our inaugural event was run in February 2019 at the WA Maritime Museum, and was supported by Lotterywest, WA Museum, Community Arts Network, and the Minderoo Foundation. The 2019 event had 25 local, national and international storytellers and more than 200 participants.

The 2021 event was a collection of 10 events, and took place at WA Museum Boola Bardip, a place of many stories. It included 35 speakers, artists, academics, historians, musicians, fashion designers, writers, and film makers. 80% of these individuals were First Nations Peoples and people of colour. It was supported by WA Museum Boola Bardip and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. The 2021 event theme was “See Differently, Be Transformed and Make Change,” and emphasising the importance of “truth-listening” to future relationship building with Indigenous communities.

Check out the In Visible Ink website for podcasts, transcripts, photos and more.

Human Rights x Human Responsibilities

With the 2020 global pandemic as our backdrop, we created a 30-week Human Rights x Human Responsibilities (HRxHR) campaign that explains every human right from multiple points of view through commentary, art and storytelling.

The campaign launched 6 new collective human values: Freedom, Equality, Dignity, Belonging, Hope and Joy, which were then developed into interactive tees.

For more information, check out the HRxHR website and our Shop to purchase your tees.

Conversations

The Museum believes that social cohesion begins and grows through conversation - the most basic form of social exchange. Through conversation, we can engage in mutual dialogue, express curiosity, find common ground across differences, and actively process information into knowledge and wisdom.

We are delighted to be one of John Curtin Gallery’s Impact Partners, curating conversations to complement the Gallery’s quarterly exhibitions. We will also continue to host conversations with the WA Museum Boola Bardip.