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Exhibitions

Thursday 30 October
2025

Katie Ryan

A rose is a rose is a rose

Craft
Tuesday 12 November – Saturday 8 November

Group Show

The Story of the Moving Image

ACMI
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

Group Show

Art + Film

ACMI
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show (Kaltjiti Arts)

Paintings from the Sand Dune Country

APY Gallery
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 22 February – Sunday 30 November

Stephen Benwell

People Now: Recent Ceramics and Paintings

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 15 October – Saturday 8 November

Group Show

Eternal Oblivion death and the afterlife

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 23 August – Sunday 9 November

Group Show

Chroma II

Boom Gallery
Thursday 16 October – Saturday 8 November

Carla McRae & Morgan Blue

Blooming And Buzzing Confusion

Boom Gallery
Thursday 16 October – Saturday 8 November

Artists of Yirrikala

Yuṯa Ganydjarr

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nyangulya Katie Nalgood

Friends in Flocks

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Jessie Rose Ford

Re-visiting

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Samuel O’Malley

Knocking From Below

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nyssa Braid and Dan Go

It’s Mothman’s world, we’re just living in it

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Myles Burgess

Still Drifting

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nancy Cover

Flourish

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Group Show

Glass Futures

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

Lindy McSwan

The Steelworks: Women’s Work

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

Group Show

Trove: Contemporary Jewellery

Craft
Saturday 27 September – Saturday 8 November

Lindy McSwan

The Steelworks: Women’s Work

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

The documentary film Women of Steel (2020), directed by Robyn Murphy, recounts the Jobs for Women Campaign, which began in 1980 when women fought for rights to equal employment opportunity at the Port Kembla Steelworks. Repeatedly denied jobs and confined to the underpaid and exploitative textile and clothing industry, they pursued years of legal action against BHP. Their victory led to major changes in employment practices and recognition of women’s rights to equal opportunity.

This history informs my work, The Steelworks: Women’s Work.

A digitally printed photograph of the steelwork’s structures, printed on silk, forms the backdrop for a series of mild steel vessels. The fabric-like texture of each vessel’s surface is created using an adaptation of a traditional Korean and Japanese metal inlay technique. A finely sharpened steel chisel is hammered rhythmically onto mild steel sheet in a repetitive, physically demanding process—each square centimetre bearing more than forty chisel strikes. While creating these surfaces, I reflected on the long hours of labour endured by the Women of Steel in the textile and clothing sweatshops, where they sought to make a living while aspiring to higher-skilled, better-paid, and more secure work.

Location

Craft
Watson Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Date

Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

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Exhibitions

Thursday 30 October
2025

Katie Ryan

A rose is a rose is a rose

Craft
Tuesday 12 November – Saturday 8 November

Group Show

The Story of the Moving Image

ACMI
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

Group Show

Art + Film

ACMI
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show (Kaltjiti Arts)

Paintings from the Sand Dune Country

APY Gallery
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 22 February – Sunday 30 November

Stephen Benwell

People Now: Recent Ceramics and Paintings

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 15 October – Saturday 8 November

Group Show

Eternal Oblivion death and the afterlife

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 23 August – Sunday 9 November

Group Show

Chroma II

Boom Gallery
Thursday 16 October – Saturday 8 November

Carla McRae & Morgan Blue

Blooming And Buzzing Confusion

Boom Gallery
Thursday 16 October – Saturday 8 November

Artists of Yirrikala

Yuṯa Ganydjarr

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nyangulya Katie Nalgood

Friends in Flocks

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Jessie Rose Ford

Re-visiting

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Samuel O’Malley

Knocking From Below

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nyssa Braid and Dan Go

It’s Mothman’s world, we’re just living in it

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Myles Burgess

Still Drifting

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Nancy Cover

Flourish

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 23 October – Sunday 9 November

Group Show

Glass Futures

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

Lindy McSwan

The Steelworks: Women’s Work

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

Group Show

Trove: Contemporary Jewellery

Craft
Saturday 27 September – Saturday 8 November

Lindy McSwan

The Steelworks: Women’s Work

Craft
Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

The documentary film Women of Steel (2020), directed by Robyn Murphy, recounts the Jobs for Women Campaign, which began in 1980 when women fought for rights to equal employment opportunity at the Port Kembla Steelworks. Repeatedly denied jobs and confined to the underpaid and exploitative textile and clothing industry, they pursued years of legal action against BHP. Their victory led to major changes in employment practices and recognition of women’s rights to equal opportunity.

This history informs my work, The Steelworks: Women’s Work.

A digitally printed photograph of the steelwork’s structures, printed on silk, forms the backdrop for a series of mild steel vessels. The fabric-like texture of each vessel’s surface is created using an adaptation of a traditional Korean and Japanese metal inlay technique. A finely sharpened steel chisel is hammered rhythmically onto mild steel sheet in a repetitive, physically demanding process—each square centimetre bearing more than forty chisel strikes. While creating these surfaces, I reflected on the long hours of labour endured by the Women of Steel in the textile and clothing sweatshops, where they sought to make a living while aspiring to higher-skilled, better-paid, and more secure work.

Location

Craft
Watson Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Date

Thursday 18 September – Saturday 1 November

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://craft.org.au/whats-on/all-events/the-steelworks-womens-work/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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