Nice To Meet You: Freja Carmichael 2023

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Hear from independent curator, Freja Carmichael - a Ngugi woman belonging to the people of Quandamooka, Moreton Bay.

Over the past decade she has worked alongside First Nations artists and communities as an independent curator on exhibitions, programming, collection research and writing. Freja's work is focused on Indigenous fibre and weaving practices and creating sites of sharing and intercultural exchanges through collaborative curatorial approaches. Freja recently co-curated the National 4: Australian Art Now, Carriageworks (2023) and other curatorial projects have included national touring exhibition long water: fibre stories (2020-22), Institute of Modern Art, Weaving the Way (2019), The University of Queensland Art Museum and co-curator of The Commute, 2018, the Institute of Modern Art. Freja was an inaugural participant of the National Gallery of Australia's Wesfarmers Indigenous Arts Leadership Program in 2010 and is a member of the Kluge- Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Advisory Council and Northsite Contemporary Art Gallery Board. Freja is currently a PhD candidate with The University of Queensland and works intergenerationally with her family on Quandamooka weaving practices.

Nice To Meet You is a series of public talks inviting visiting curators to share their knowledge and experiences. The project is part of ACE and Guildhouse's shared motivation to create connection, exchange and learning within the visual arts between South Australia, Australia and parts of the world.