Oceanic Art Society Forum XIV

The Oceanic Art Society will be holding its Fourteenth Forum on Saturday 14 November 2026 in conjunction with the opening of Billy Missi’n Waikan Thamai, a national touring exhibition presented by NorthSite Contemporary Arts in partnership with Torres Strait Regional Authority’s Gab Titui Cultural Centre  (TSRA), and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Forum Title: Art and Material Culture of the Torres Strait Islands
Date: Saturday 14 November 2026
Location: Burrinja Cultural Centre, 351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey, Victoria

Keynote Speakers

• Dr Leah Lui-Chivizhe, a cultural historian of the Torres Strait Islands and Scientia Senior Lecturer and researcher at the University of NSW
• Professor Ian McNiven, professor of Indigenous archaeology at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre at Monash University in Melbourne
• Dr Jude Philp, Senior Curator, Macleay Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
• Daniel Dow, Project Officer, Repatriation Project at the Museum of Queensland
• Theo Tremblay, Master Printmaker from Cairns, Queensland

More details will follow. Save the date as this event is not to be missed.

Image: Installation view Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Bulmba-Ja Cairns, QLD, 2020.
Photographer Michael Marzik. Courtesy of NorthSite Contemporary Arts.