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This year the annual Revealed Exhibition returns to Fremantle Arts Centre in collaboration with the Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia (AACHWA.)

The exhibition celebrates the diversity, talent and passion of contemporary Aboriginal Art practice in Western Australia.

Known for championing new and emerging artists, and featuring hundreds of works from regional, remote and metropolitan art centres and independent artists, the exhibition is a cornerstone date on the industry calendar, attracting national and international attention.

The 2024 Revealed program includes the much-loved WA Aboriginal Art Market on Saturday 11 May. Expect to see over 30 stalls from art centres and artists across WA, artist talks in the galleries and delicious food and coffee vendors to enjoy. The Revealed Exhibition and Art Market provides an ethical avenue for purchasing original art from art centres and independent artists across the state, with profits returned directly to the participants.

We are so proud to share our culture with so many people, and we hope that Festival-goers will continue to learn about and appreciate the culture of the Ngarinyin, Woddordda and Wunambal peoples. The performance and revival of Junba, traditional song and dance, is significant for our community, ensuring the passing on of knowledge and culture to the next generation.

The CIAF 2024 theme ‘Country Speaking’ provides an opportunity for Country to be heard.

Since time immemorial, First Nation Peoples have lived in close relationship with Country. Country in turn speaks to its wellbeing; it can be heard in a whisper of the changing wind indicating the arrival of a new season, to the raging violence of rising tides reclaiming coastlines. Country speaks, always.  

Changing climate is affecting human kind. It impacts the livelihoods of First Nations people from traditional food supply to encroaching tidal lines on Country. The constant voice of Country has been communicated continually. CIAF’s 2024 theme will provide insight into what Country is speaking to its custodians. Country is always speaking; the question is, are we listening? 

Art is more than a form of cultural expression. 

Art is a powerful platform to raise the breadth of experiences, issues, and commentary on cultural, social and political subjects from First Nations peoples. It can present compelling contemporary perspectives that are provocative, emotive and raise the conscience of the broader society. We are living in a time where the collective voices of First Nations peoples are being positioned to drive change across our state and nation.  

CIAF Artistic Director Francoise Lane said: “CIAF’s 2024 theme will provide insight into what Country is speaking to its custodians.” 

“Country with a capital ‘C’ as used by First Nations people embodies 65,000 years of deep connection to the land, waters, skies and seas within their Nation and Clans.” 

“Country encompasses First Nations people spiritual, physical, emotional and mental relationship to it; inclusive of the living and breathing landscapes and the animals nourished by it.”

Mark your calendars from the 6-11th August 2024 for an action packed week on Larrakia Country!

Come and engage with the contemporary creations of the oldest continuous living cultures in the world!