Conversations with Artists

Jules Gabor: From emerging producer to Darwin Festival

— by Communications Manager

From creating her own Darwin Fringe show to supporting a large community production at Darwin Festival, Jules Gabor is finding her feet as a producer. A participant in Artback NT’s 2025 Emerging Producers Program, Jules recently took on the role of Associate Producer for Everybody NOW!’s Roller Coaster, with Artback NT’s support. The music theatre

100 boxes: Looking back over 30 years

— by Communications Manager

What does 30 years of arts touring look like? In our Darwin office, part of the answer is stored in more than 100 archive boxes. There are posters and flyers, photographs and slides, exhibition catalogues, CDs and DVDs, old VHS tapes and even floppy discs. There are tour itineraries, installation manuals, artist biographies, media releases,

Vinyl Stories selected for inaugural Fringe Touring Award

— by Communications Manager

Music has a way of taking us somewhere else. A song can return us to a particular place, person, or moment in our lives. It can carry memories across decades and become part of the stories we pass on to others. Vinyl Stories: an exploration of sound waves through storytelling and song brings three distinct

Finding common ground: Taiwan delegation reflects on Top End trip

— by Communications Manager

In August, our friends from Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center (IPCDC) arrived in the Northern Territory for a packed week of art, culture, and conversation. The seven-person delegation visited Garramilla / Darwin and the Tiwi Islands from 4–11 August, returning the hospitality extended to a group of Northern Territory arts leaders who travelled through

Taiwan delegation to continue cultural exchange in the Northern Territory

— by Communications Manager

A seven-person delegation from Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center (IPCDC) will arrive in the Northern Territory next week, continuing a growing exchange between Indigenous artists, cultural leaders and organisations across Taiwan and Australia. The visit follows a recent trip to Taiwan by a delegation of Northern Territory arts leaders, who travelled through Taitung, Hualien

Reflecting on a milestone year of touring, storytelling and Territory creativity

— by Communications Manager

In 2025, Artback NT marked 30 years of taking Northern Territory artists, stories and culture across Australia and beyond. It was a year of significant activity, new beginnings and national reach, with Territory voices continuing to resonate across remote communities, regional centres, interstate cities and international partnerships. As CEO Michelle Bell writes in the 2025

On the road to Taiwan: First Nations arts leaders begin a new exchange

— by Communications Manager

This week, we’re heading to Taiwan with a delegation of First Nations arts and cultural leaders from across the Northern Territory. The trip is part of a two-way cultural exchange, with the Australian delegation travelling around Taiwan from 17–24 June before welcoming a Taiwanese delegation to Garramilla / Darwin in August. For Artback NT, this

TANG on Top End lyrics and taking fem rock to Nhulunbuy

— by Communications Manager

When Darwin fem rock trio TANG head to Nhulunbuy this Friday for Roadshow NT, they’ll be taking more than a setlist with them. They’ll be bringing songs shaped by Top End life and the kind of Darwin stories that are instantly recognisable to anyone who has spent any time in the north. The sold-out Roadshow