Protest is a creative act

Brenda CROFT - Eddy Avenue, Invasion Day, Long March of Freedom, Justice and Hope, 26 January 1988

NAIDOC Week 2025

Exhibition until 31 August
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
Wheelers Hill

FREE exhibition

By facilitating a conversation between women and nonbinary artists across the decades, Protest is a creative act confirms that many of the issues addressed by women photographers in the 1970s – around the body, sexuality, race, national identity and the environment – have not been resolved.

Collectively, the historical and contemporary works in the exhibition show the importance of friendship and community, and the good that can come from working together to advocate and agitate for change.

Protest is a creative act is curated by guest curator Kelly Gellatly and Angela Connor, Senior Curator at MAPh.

A podcast, Protest is a Creative Act, a conversation between artist Brenda L Croft and Curator, Kelly Gellatly will also be made available at MAPh website in July.

More information at https://maph.org.au/exhibitions/312/

Image credit:

Brenda CROFT
Eddy Avenue, Invasion Day, Long March of Freedom, Justice and Hope, 26 January 1988

gelatin silver print

Museum of Australian Photography, City of Monash Collection

Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the artist in memory of Joseph Croft 2009

Courtesy of the artist and Niagara Galleries (Melbourne)