When poets Laurie May and Melanie Mununggurr travel to Nhulunbuy with Roadshow NT in May, they’ll be bringing much more than a performance. Across school and community workshops, the pair will also be creating space for people to write, experiment, share stories, and build confidence, while also opening up conversations about where poetry can take

When Clay on Country was being moved from Bunbury Regional Art Gallery earlier this year, Artback NT’s Visual Arts Coordinator Shanrah Austin travelled west to see the exhibition being packed up and gain a firsthand understanding of the scale and complexity involved in touring a major exhibition of this size across Australia. It’s currently being moved

When POD travels to Cairns Children’s Festival this May, it brings with it a rich, sensory performance world shaped by Top End seasons, deep collaboration, and a creative process grounded in both cultural guidance and disability-led practice. Drawn from Larrakia understandings of season, POD invites young audiences into a gentle, immersive experience of music, movement,

Tahlia Biggs is a proud Barkindji Nhuungku and Ngyiampaa Wangaaypuwan, born and raised on Wiradjuri and Duduroa Country. She is a storyteller, producer and facilitator committed to amplifying First Nations voices. And when TINA – A Tropical Love Story hit the road earlier this year, she was right at the centre of it, keeping the

As Clay on Country continues its national tour, this weekend two special events were planned at Geraldton Regional Art Gallery. Unfortunately, due to Cyclone Narelle, these have had to be cancelled. Artist Sally Mumford and ethno-ecologist Fiona Walsh, collaborators on the work Putu Frottage (2021), and both based in Mparntwe / Alice Springs, were going

CEO Michelle Bell attended her first Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) in Boorloo / Perth a few weeks ago, coming back feeling inspired – and grateful for connections new and old.

Here at Artback NT, development is more than a step in the process, it’s where Territory stories find their shape. On Friday 6 March, a select audience will be invited into that process for a dramatic reading of a new work by Garramilla / Darwin-based writer Alex Edmondson. We caught up with her on the process.

Michelle Bell, Artback NT CEO, shares her reflections on traveling to Taiwan at the end of last year.  As 2025 wrapped up, I had the privilege of travelling to Taiwan as an invited guest of the Taiwan Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP), attending the annual Indigenous Women’s Forum and continuing important conversations with the Taiwan

Thirty years ago, a bold idea took shape in the Northern Territory: that local artists, performers and storytellers deserved to be seen, heard and celebrated on stages and walls across Australia and beyond. That idea became Artback NT, and today, three decades later, it stands as one of the Territory’s most enduring and influential arts

Meet Meissa: Artback NT Welcomes Aurora Intern Thomeissa Mason Artback NT is proud to welcome Thomeissa Mason—who goes by Meissa—to the team as our latest Aurora Education Intern. A talented emerging artist and dedicated student, Meissa joins us for a four-week full-time placement through the Aurora Internship Program, which supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander