Gathering: National Weaving Salon
8 September - 10 October, 2025
Light Square Gallery, Tarntanya/Adelaide
Presented by Ku Arts, Gathering: National First Nations Weaving Salon was an exhibition coinciding with Kurdinthi, a landmark gathering of over one hundred Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander weavers in Tarntanya (Adelaide). Gathering brought together works by 48 artists representing diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations, in a celebration of contemporary weaving practice, cultural resilience and artistic innovation at Light Square Gallery.
Images of Gathering exhibition opening and installation views, 2025. Photographed by Keith Warrior.
Curated by Emerging First Nations Curators Marli Macumba and Kristal Matthews, with mentoring from Hannah Presley, Senior Curator, Art Museums at University of Melbourne, Gathering: National First Nations Weaving Salon offered audiences an opportunity to experience the diversity and dynamism of fibre practices, from works utilising traditional techniques and materials to bold contemporary interpretations with materials that are collected, found, bought or made.
Gathering is a testament to the strength of First Nations’ storytelling, intergenerational knowledge sharing, the interrelatedness that exists and new connections to be made between weavers from across the country.
Gathering: National First Nations Weaving Salon has been developed through the Ku Arts Emerging First Nations Curators Program with program and development support from Mel Henderson, Arts Program Producer, Ku Arts.
