Exhibition Development Fund Grant awarded to Warrnambool Art Gallery

06.12.23

We are thrilled to announce Warrnambool Art Gallery as a recipient of the NETS Victoria Exhibition Development Fund for a forthcoming solo exhibition by Kait James. The Gallery has been awarded $15,000.

Kait is a proud Wadawurrung woman and has recently exhibited in NGV’s ‘Melbourne Now’ and is represented by Neon Parc.

The NETS Victoria Exhibition Development Fund is assessed by NETS Victoria’s Artistic Program Advisory Committee, chaired by David Sequeira, and is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Image Description: A green souvenir calendar tea towel from the year 1980 has brown borders and print depicting illustrations labelled “Aboriginal art Australia”. Overlaid embroidered text in vivid red-orange obscures the calendar dates and reads “SOVEREIGNTY NEVER CEDED”.
Kait James, ‘Sovereignty Never Ceded’, 2019 Acrylic yarn, felt on printed cotton 74 x 47 cm. Collection of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne