Join exhibiting artist Lesley Wengembo to celebrate Papua New Guinea Independence with an artist talk followed by traditional performances, music and food.

This gathering brings together Senior Possum Skin Knowledge Holders and descendants to reflect, reconnect, and strengthen the cultural, ethical, and practical foundations for ongoing practice.

Join artist Kirsten Garner Lyttle for a discussion of After Spectacle: Photography, Authority and the Archive. Lyttle will speak about the research and photographic processes behind the exhibition, which examines the historical representation of Māori through photography, archives and nineteenth-century exhibition culture.

Join exhibiting artist Peta Duncan in the gallery for a special floor talk sharing the ideas and creative processes behind her current exhibition, We Built a House Out of Water. Following the talk, Peta will lead a free, hands-on creative cyanotype workshop.

Join co-curator Dr. Eugenia Flynn in conversation with Prof. Gary Foley and Wayne Ludbey for a discussion centred on the practice of Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Murri photojournalist Barbara McGrady (Aunty Barb) as part of exhibition, We Should be Seen, We Should Be Heard.

Join returning artist Lena Becerra for an intimate floor talk inside Xenobotany, exploring the evolving materials and memory-driven processes behind her work.

Join artists Brian Martin and Deeptimayee Patro for a conversation exploring the cross-cultural exchanges, shared making, and Indigenous knowledges that shaped the Ara-Thulu (Tree) project and culminating exhibition.

Blak Dot joins Neighbourhood Noise as part of Brunswick Music Festival to celebrate dual exhibition currently showing: Through our Eyes and A conch choir. Visit the gallery, then join us for special noise activations in the Balam Balam Place Courtyard.

Who controls representation, and at what cost? This panel brings together the artists and curators of Through Our Eyes to interrogate the political conditions shaping how African-Australian lives are seen, framed, and circulated.

Musician Ria Soemardjo will activate the gallery with a live, improvised performance unfolding spontaneously throughout the space.

The Politics of Rice explores how rice can build communal societies, but also how it has been used through colonial and capitalist histories to displace local food cultures. Rassela Malinda and Jack Thompson discuss when rice fosters community and when it becomes an instrument of dispossession.

Tagata Moana: A Taste of the Pacific an evening celebrating the heart of Pasifika FOOD.

We Eatin Good- Explore Mauritius with us!

Join us for an Artist talk and Live performance with artist Daisy Dale Collier as they share ideas behind Tera echo and deliver a visceral sound intervention with collaborators, Nicholas Currie + Tristan Harwood.

Artist Floor Talk ///\\\ Bead workshop with Patricia Peña

Join artists Kirsten Garner Lyttle, wani toaishara and Frances Tapueluelu for an open conversation as they share the journey behind their works created for our current exhibition, EXCHANGE.

Pasifika Storytellers Collective are launching their first Anthology of writing. Book launch

EXCHANGE: Panel discussion + ngargee: - Coming together to celebrate Southeast Australian Aboriginal art Book launch

Blam Balam community open day.

BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET We are back, Dawson & Glenlyon Street Intersection take over

Colectiva de Abya Yala are pleased to invite you all to Unknotting Sentipensares film screening.

A unique fusion of art and performance celebrating International Women’s Day and Future River: When the past flows.

BLAK DOT Artist Market presented in collaboration with Brunswick Music Festival

Blak Dot Gallery is proud to present the fourth annual Blak Dot Artists Market in Partnership with Brunswick Music Festival.

Primavera/Springtime in Naarm! Yo Soy Collective and Colectiva Abya Yala come together for the first time to curate a beautiful day of live performances, workshops and an artist market.

Enjoy music spoken word poetry, a bit of food refreshments and visual goodness!

Come celebrate the Equinox with live music, workshops, performances and food.

Come along and enjoy Culture, Connection, Collaboration and a good feast