SPEAKING COUNTRY - Culture Through the Language of Art

Next date: Friday, 03 July 2026 | 09:00 AM to Sunday, 26 July 2026 | 04:00 PM

^{Jenine Godwin-Thompson, Placescapes - Country n Connections}

Exhibition on Display
From Fri 10 Apr to Sun 26 Jul

 

SPEAKING COUNTRY: Culture through the language of Art invites audiences on a journey of reconciliation and cultural immersion through the power of Aboriginal art. Featuring vibrant paintings that speak to Country, connection, and identity, alongside traditional weaving practices, the program celebrates resilience, creativity, and the sharing of knowledge across generations. 

When culture speaks, art listens, telling stories that are unwritten and unbroken, carried through Country, memory and making. Each artwork is a way of speaking — not with words alone, but through colour, pattern, movement and connection to place.

Culture lives in what we see, what we feel, and what we remember. It is passed down through generations, held by Elders, and renewed by artists who continue to listen to Country and respond in their own way.

This exhibition reminds us that knowledge does not need to be written to endure. It is held in land, in story, and in community — living, continuing, and always speaking.

Exhibition Celebration Event

In recognition of NAIDOC week join us for an official celebration of Jenine Godwin-Thompson's latest exhibition SPEAKING COUNTRY: Culture Through the Language of Art.
From 2pm hear from the artist about the inspirations behind the exhibition and be welcomed to country by Wurundjeri Elder.

Sat 11 Jul | 2 - 4 pm
Free Entry, Booking Essential 

 

Artist Talk

Join Yaggerah artist Jenine Godwin-Thompson for an artist talk exploring the themes of her exhibition SPEAKING COUNTRY: Culture Through the Language of Art. The exhibition invites audiences on a journey of reconciliation and cultural immersion through the power of Aboriginal art. Featuring vibrant paintings that speak to Country, connection and identity, alongside traditional weaving practices the show celebrates resilience, creativity and the sharing of knowledge across generations. 

Sat 30 May | 2 -3 pm
Free Entry, Booking Required

 

Wild Weaving Workshops

 

Join First Nations artist Jenine Godwin-Thompson for a Wild Weaving Workshop. Participants will experience firsthand the depth and diversity of Aboriginal culture through an interactive activity where they will create a weaving of their own to take home. Creating space for dialogue, understanding and respect, this intimate gathering is informed by the artists personal practice along with her connection to her cultural background, community and family.

Workshop 1 - Sat 20 Jun | 11 AM
Workshop 2 - Sat 20 Jun | 2 PM
2 hrs each workshop
Spaces limited. Bookings essential.
Each session is limited to 20 participants. 

 

About the Artist

Jenine Godwin-Thompson is a Yaggerah Aboriginal women from the South East of Queensland area known as Meeanjin (Brisbane)- which means 'place shaped like a spike', The Yaggerah/Jagera and Turrbal people were the principal clans, with the Yaggerah/Jagera to the south of the Brisbane River and Turrbal north. Godwin-Thompson has mostly lived and worked in Townsville as well as Aboriginal communities in the Gulf and North-West regional communities in Queensland, however she relocated to Healesville in 2014. 

 

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Location

The Memo Healesville, 235 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville, 3777, View Map