We have carefully crafted a line-up of unique and unexpected voices from diverse areas of our field to offer presentations and workshops throughout our conference.
Through the presentations, workshops and tours we are deepening skill, developing practice, and witnessing the current state and the future trajectory of our field. Amongst it all, we will also hold space to engage and celebrate with one another as colleagues and as friends.
The WA Maritime Museum in Walyalup/Fremantle
Victoria Quay Road, Fremantle Western Australia, Australia
International artists Kaori Juzu, Everett Hoffman and Julia Heineccius are presenting workshops pre and post conference
1, 2 & 3 October 2024
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
$350
Maximum 10 particpants
No prior enamelling experience necessary. Enamelling on copper, using forms made by participants.
To secure a place in this workshop please email
*Note spots are limited
3 & 4 October 2024
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
Cost $230
Deconstruction Site: Workshop participants will use simple and direct model-making and jewellery metalsmithing techniques to explore the construction, deconstruction, and prospective restoration of materials and objects.
To secure a place in this workshop please email
*Note spots are limited
Dates 6, 7 & 8 October
Contemporary Metal, Osborne Park
Cost $350
Alternaltive materials exploration, trapping and setting. Workshop exploring, large-scale stone setting and trapping – rhinestones and alternaltive materials.
To secure a place in this workshop please email
*Note spots are limited
7, 8 & 9 October 2024
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
$350
Maximum 10 particpants
Enamelling on copper, using forms made by participants.
To secure a place in this workshop please email
*Note spots are limited
Surrounding the conference are a host of exhibitions and events
Dr Aly de Groot is an Australian contemporary fibre artist from Garramilla-Darwin. Inspired by her empathy for marine life and ecosystems, she has been dedicated to learning, using, and teaching contemporary basket-making processes for over two decades. Aly is a PhD graduate from the College of Indigenous Futures Arts & Society at Charles Darwin University, where she is currently the Lecturer in Indigenous Australian Art. Working alongside Indigenous elders and traditional makers, notable collaborative projects include 3 large scale public artworks with Larrakia Elder, Aunty Billawarra Lee, and an award winning fashion collection with Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts. The presentation will be done remotely from Darwin.
Dr Louise Hamby is currently a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University with a focus on Indigenous fibre arts, the material culture of Arnhem Land, Indigenous collection-based research and digital repatriation and re-documentation of museum collections and archival material. An honorary associate of Museum Victoria since 2003, Dr Hamby has worked on a number of collaborative curatorial projects working with Indigenous Australians. Threaded objects continue to be an area of her research and collection.
Everett Hoffman is a cross disciplinary artist, curator, and writer, based in Philadelphia, PA. He has achieved his BFA and MFA, and completed many residencies across America, most recently completing a three-year residency at Penland School of Craft. His writings have been featured in multiple publications, and he has exhibited widely across America and also Greece. Everett is a finalist in Art Jewellery Forum’s 2024 YOUNG ARTIST AWARD.
Julia Heineccius studied at the University of Washington, and earned her MFA in Metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2012. She has completed a number of residencies, exhibited throughout America and Europe, and currently lectures in jewellery and metal at North Seattle College. Julia creates functional and sculptural objects, but pursues jewellery as a concept, a form of art, and a set of techniques. Julia is also conducting a workshop based on the idea of constructing and deconstructing prior to the conference day.
Kaori Juzu is a contemporary jeweller originally from Fukuoka, Japan. After completing her apprenticeship under Per Suntum in 2008, she has established her own very successful practice, allowing her opportunities to work, exhibit and teach in various cities across the world. Her work focuses on enamelwork, pushing the boundaries, using simple materials while employing a sophisticated mix of techniques. Most recently, Kaori is a 2023 Loewe Foundation Craft prize finalist.
Michelle Broun is a proud Yindjibarndi women residing on Whadjuk Nyungar Boodja. Michelle has worked in the arts and cultural sector for 30 years - as a textile designer, curator, cultural planner, and creative producer, in both the not-for-profit and government sectors. In 1995 she was co-curator of Women’s Work Land and Spirit which toured to Beijing at the Forbidden City during the UN Conference on Women- then nationally in Australia to 17 venues with support from Art On The Move and Visions Australia. She was lead Curator of Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn, WA Museum, Boola Bardip where she collaborated with community to create a narrative of identity, diversity, spirituality, and the resilience of West Australian Aboriginal people and places. As Curator of Australian First Nations Art at John Curtin University she curated Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation – the child artists of Carrolup. This exhibition honours the child artists of Carrolup Native Settlement, who between 1946-1951 produced hundreds of vibrant artworks, mainly landscapes under the tutelage of their teacher Mr. Noel White. It toured to Manchester and Glasgow in 2022 as part of the UK/Australian Season of Culture. It acknowledges the legacy of the Stolen Generations and prompts conversations about Australia’s true history, issues of empire and structural racism. Michelle is currently enrolled in a Masters of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University. In 2024 she will undertake a 10,000 thesis in relation to a major collection held at the Museum of Victoria. She was recently appointed to the Indigenous Reference Group at the National Museum of Australia.
Monks’s practice is informed by her cross-cultural identity, using storytelling as a way to connect the past with the present and future. Her works take a conceptual approach that are embedded with narratives and aim to promote conversation and connection. An award-winning designer and artist, Monks crosses disciplines to work with furniture and objects, textiles, video, installation and performance. Across these varied forms of contemporary art and design, her work reflects Aboriginal philosophies of sustainability, innovation and collaboration.
Rudee Tancharoen lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a contemporary jeweller and a director of Atelier Rudee, the first international academy of contemporary jewellery in Thailand. She has completed studies in Thailand and Italy, and her work has been published and exhibited in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.
The WA Maritime Museum in Walyalup/Fremantle
Victoria Quay Road, Fremantle Western Australia, Australia
Full programme of presentations
Welcome morning tea on arrival
Lunch
PIN SWAP (More information on the PIN SWAP upon registration)
Presenter Exhibition of work
Afternoon Tea
Invitations to all exhibition openings
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