Photo: Joe Ruckli 

This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.   

This Speaker Series has been developed in collaboration with Dominique Chen (Senior Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts) as part of UQ Art Museum's ongoing work to engage artists, colleagues and students while the Museum relocates. Audiences are warmly invited to join students for these guest lectures, which will take place across campus in September and October 2026. 

12:30pm, Wednesday 9 September | Room 275 Global Change Institute  
Guest lecturer Libby Harward 
81% Urban: Urban Art Movements and Artist Collectives 

12:30pm, Wednesday 16 September | Viewpoint 
Guest lecturer Jonathan Jones 
Place & Space: Public and Site-Specific Art 

12:30pm, Wednesday 23 September | Fryer Library 
Guest lecturer Kimberley Moulton 
Indigenous Perspectives on Curation 

12:30pm, Wednesday 7 October | Viewpoint 
Guest lecturers Aunty Sana Balai & Jocelyn Flynn 
Pacific Art and Global Conversations 

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Indigenous Perspectives on Curation with Kimberley Moulton

23 September 2026 12:30pm1:30pm
This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Pacific Art and Global Conversations with Aunty Sana Balai & Jocelyn Flynn

7 October 2026 12:30pm1:30pm
This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Place & Space: Public and Site-Specific Art with Jonathan Jones

16 September 2026 12:30pm1:30pm
This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | 81% Urban: Urban Art Movements and Artist Collectives with Libby Harward

9 September 2026 12:30pm1:30pm
This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.