NAVA In Action

What we're working on this year...

NAVA staff and Trent from Koori Kinnections stand together smiling in front of a large tree in a sunny park.

NAVA staff and Trent from Koori Kinnections, Cammeraygal Country, courtesy of NAVA.

ID: NAVA staff with Trent from Koori Kinnections stand together smiling in front of a large tree in a sunny park.

January 2025

  • NAVA office opened 6 January 
  • NAVA team undertook Cultural Awareness training with Koori Kinnections, 13 January
  • Penelope Benton attended ANITO, co-created by Justin Shoulder, Carriageworks for Sydney Festival, 15 January
  • Penelope Benton met with Rebecca Butler, Executive Director Museums & Galleries QLD, 16 January
  • Janel Yau attended In Conversation: Marikit Santiago and Zico Albaiquni, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 18 January
  • Penelope Benton met with Isabella Alexander, Evana Wright and Genevieve Wilkinson, Faculty of Law University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 20 January
  • NAVA announced Improved insurance for NAVA Members – New partners, better coverage, 21 January
  • Submitted Pre-Budget Submission 2025-26 to Treasury, 21 January
  • NAVA published Invasion Day/Survival Day Statement of Solidarity 2025, 21 January
  • Georgia Mokak and Penelope Benton participated in Envisioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AI Futures, hosted by the Centre for Global Indigenous Futures Macquarie University, 22 January
  • Penelope Benton met with Brett Adlington, CEO Museums & Galleries of NSW, 23 January
  • Janel Yau attended the 3rd Bankstown Biennale featuring, Karla Dickens, Jamie Eastwood, Maddison Gibbs, Edwina Green, Morgan Hogg, Gillian Kayrooz, Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler, Gary Lee, Ruth Ju-Shih Li, Jazz Money, Claudia Nicholson, Joan Ross, Salllvaage, Kien Situ, James Tylor, Dung-Chuan Wen, Jason Wing, 23 January
  • Penelope Benton attended the opening of Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania, Latai Taumoepeau and Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta, curated by Taloi Havini; and Juanita McLauchlan, guuma-li / gather, 23 January
  • Media Release: Celebrating Clothilde Bullen on receiving an Order of Australia Medal (OAM), 27 January
  • NAVA mentioned by Phoebe Blogg in Trailblazer Clothilde Bullen honoured for services to Indigenous arts, National Indigenous Times, 28 January 
  • Penelope Benton and Janel Yau met with Adrian Addle, Sebastian Szocinski and Alex McKay, Rockethouse, 28 January
  • Penelope Benton, Leya Reid, Georgia Mokak, and Ju Bavyka met with Jennifer van Bronswijk and Guy Donovan, Holding Redlich, Kate Schaffner, Director Creative Workplaces and Imogen Beynon, 29 December
  • Penelope Benton met with Brett Adlington, CEO Museums & Galleries of NSW, 29 January
  • Penelope Benton attended the openings of Casey Chen: Another Jingdezhen Car Boot Sale, and Louise Zhang: Moving in Quiet, N. Smith Gallery, 30 January
  • Penelope Benton quoted by Linda Morris in Museum of Contemporary Art seeks ‘white knight’ as entry fees kick in, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), 31 January.