VIC Premier
Melbourne’s iconic trams will be transformed into moving works of First Peoples art with the next round of Art Trams to hit the tracks.
Minister for Treaty and First Peoples Natalie Hutchins today joined RISING Senior Curator Kimberley Moulton in unveiling the first of six Art Trams, celebrating First Peoples artists past and present and honouring the enduring strength of First Nations women.
The first Art Tram showcases Wurundjeri Elder William Barak’s Corroborree, a 1897 painting of women in possum skin cloaks that was acquired and returned to Victoria in 2022 by the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation with support from the Allan Labor Government.
This year’s Art Trams also feature works from:
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