The Board and staff of NETS Victoria are excited to announce the creation and publication of A Guide for Venues: Engaging with First Nations Curators, Artists and Audiences.

The Guide is designed for venues working with NETS Victoria to host exhibitions, in particular, exhibitions that include the work of First Nations artists, however the Guide is a ready resource to assist galleries generally in culturally sound engagement and to strive for best sector practice in the spirit of reconciliation.

The Guide was developed through consultation with Indigenous Law Firm – Terri Janke and Company, and NETS Victoria’s Board of Management, Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, and First Nations Advisory Group.

The creation of the Guide is part of NETS Victoria’s commitment to an Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan established to reaffirm and enact its organisational values.

View the Guide here.

Image Credit: Visitors at the Looking Glass: Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce opening, Flinders University Museum of Art SA, 2021.
Looking Glass: Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce, was a TarraWarra Museum of Art and Ikon Gallery exhibition,
curated by Hetti Perkins and toured nationally by NETS Victoria 2020–2023.
Courtesy the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne.
Photograph: Brianna Speight

Image description: Four gallery visitors looking at an exhibition