Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation: the child artists of Carrolup
Friday, July 8, 2022 to Monday, September 26, 2022
UK Tour 2022:
8 July – 26 September 2022
[The Portico Library, Manchester]
6 October – 9 November 2022
[The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Chapel, University of Glasgow]
Cultural warning
Please be aware this exhibition includes images and words of Aboriginal and other people who are deceased. It also contains information about the Stolen Generations and the impact of invasion and colonisation.
The exhibition preview night. Photograph by Andrew Brooks
Can you help us find the Carrolup Artworks?
The artworks returns to the UK after 70 years to share the story of the artists and the healing journey of their descendants.
If you think you may have a Carrolup artwork and would like to find out more, please get in touch with us at 0161 236 6785 or email us here.
Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation: the child artists of Carrolup is an exhibition presented by Curtin University, with the Carrolup Elders Reference Group. Presented as part of the UK/Australia Season
It is curated by Michelle Broun with Dr Helen Idle and Goreng Noongar Elder Mr Ezzard Flowers.
From 8 July to 26 September 2022, we are sharing the story of the First Nation children and families from Western Australia who have survived the impact of colonisation to find love, strength and resilience through the art of the child artists of Carrolup.
This exhibition is a selection of the artworks which were returned to Western Australia in 2013. It is the story of the child artists and the healing journey of their descendants.
We aim to reconnect families with those sold artworks and strengthen our relationships with the UK through our shared histories. The exhibition includes artworks and explanatory panels that introduce the lives of the stolen children and the impacts of colonisation in the spirit of truth-telling and reconciliation. The Carrolup artworks are culturally significant for the Noongar people of Western Australia. The descendant families long to be reunited with their stolen children through their lost artworks.
You can also find out how you can become part of the healing journey of the descendants of the child artists through connection to the art which toured the UK in the 1950s. For more information on Tracing the art of a Stolen Generation: the child artists of Carrolup, please visit: The Carrolup Centre for Truth-telling.
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Acknowledgements:
Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation: the child artists of Carrolup was curated by Michelle Broun assisted by adjunct curator Dr Helen Idle with James Moss (The Portico Library)
Supported by
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries Western Australia Australian High Commission in the United Kingdom British Council Australia BHP John Curtin Gallery and Curtin University.
With heartfelt thanks to all the crew and volunteers at The Portico Library. Emma Morley, Martin King and Sean McGrath.
We would like to acknowledge the Portico Library volunteers who had helped with the installation:
Jim Duff, Abbie Hawkins, Ellie Holly, James Brown, Evelyn Ashmore, Natalia Dolgobrodova, Katie Gunn, Elen Lewis, Alyn Hilsden, Lydia Gaines, and Shahireh Sharif.