Emily McCulloch Childs

May so far: went to Castlemaine to see my friend the activist Jean McLean in the documentary ‘On the Side of the Angels’ about the anti-war movement in 20th century Australia, stayed at the beautiful @northernartshotel where @geoffachison & @brettgarsed were playing, caught up with my dad and Moz, went to @hepburnbathhousespa , saw an echidna in the wild at the lake, then a special lunch for @lisa.waup ’s exhibition TRACE at @marsgallery 🍂🍁🥮🌳🖼️

Made some simple quite large silver rings for my forefinger which I never wear rings on, or for larger hands, or for men, they’re double rings: hard wax on inside, soft beeswax on outside, cast in sterling silver

April was 🌞🐶🎶🥳🌝🌳🖼️ 🧀🍜🥗💃🪩🏊‍♀️

Thrilled to have some rings and necklaces in Art for Nepean: Fundraising Exhibition to support Independent Candidate for Nepean, @tracee4nepean next to beautiful native wood & silver earrings by @artist_dominic_white Exhibition on now at @everywhenartspace Exhibition images by @alisonhoelzerphoto #contemporaryjewellery #rings #necklace #silver #brass

What a special Friday evening we shared at Art for Nepean at @everywhenartspace at Whistlewood. A full house, incredible artwork and a great sense of community. Thank you to everyone who made the night so memorable and to our local creative community for showing up in such a powerful way. To Susan McCulloch @susan_m_mcc Emily McCulloch Childs @emimccc and @penelope_gebhardt_ huge thanks for the mighty work you did to make it happen. The exhibition brings together more than 100 works by 86 artists, including many with strong ties to the Mornington Peninsula, as well as artists from First Peoples art centres across Australia. We’re so grateful to the artists for their generosity, with 20–100% of sales supporting the campaign. Due to the response, the exhibition has been extended to Sunday, 26 April. If you missed opening night, please visit:
 Everywhen Art, Whistlewood, 642 Tucks Road, Shoreham
 Open Sunday 19 April, Friday 24 April (11am–4pm), Anzac Day Saturday 25 April (1–4pm), and Sunday 26 April (11am–4pm) Install images: @alisonhoelzerphoto Images: @kinfolk_imagery .au .au

Visit to Mulberry Hill @nationaltrustvic with Friends of the @mprg_vic Home of Daryl and Joan Lindsay, Daryl was a Director of the NGV, artist, Joan was an artist and writer, part of the à Beckett Boyd family. She wrote Picnic at Hanging Rock after a dream in this house, from the floor where she worked in her studio here. There’s an amazing feeling in her studio, Daryl’s studio, their bedroom, living room (where the first meetings for the National Trust were held, Daryl was the inaugural director), and dining room, which hosted many dinner parties over the decades they lived here. There’s a Duncan Grant textile from when the Lindsay’s lived in London, the last of its kind due to the Blitz. Everything has been preserved and cataloged as it was, down to the slivers of soap by the bath. Art includes works by friends Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Margaret Preston, Constance Stokes and Rick Amor, who lived in the caretakers cottage as a young artist.

@melbourneartfair satellites @rekorennie @amesyavuz @stationgalleryaustralia @joshua_searle_art @bukuartnow @sullivanstrumpf @revolverupstairs outdoor warehouse party in Carlton and @divebar.disco

@melbourneartfair 2026 highlights

@melbourneartfair 2026 highlights

January 2026, some new favourites some old favourites bushfires heat beaches dancing visitors delicious food watercolouring DJing birthdays all around lots of gallery life

Event at @mprg_vic : Join us at MPRG for a Long Table discussion exploring Unfolding: First Nations Works on Paper—a powerful exhibition where the memory of paper becomes a site of strength, identity and connection. Just as fold lines leave lasting impressions, First Nations artists use paper to hold and carry stories of Country, language, history, community and self. This Long Table brings together key voices in First Nations art, including exhibition Co-curator Jenna (Mayilema) Lee, exhibiting artist Dominic White and Lisa Waup, leading collectors of First Nations art and gallerist Vivien Anderson and curator, writer, art historian, gallerist, researcher and publisher Emily McCulloch Childs. We have one or two more voices that may be joining us at the table - more to come in 2026! The Long Table is an inclusive discussion format devised by Lois Weaver in 2003, inspired by the openness of a shared dinner table. Unlike traditional panels, it invites equal voices and public participation — anyone can join the conversation by taking a seat at the table. Together we will explore the cultural responsibilities embedded in collecting and caring for First Nations creative practice; the relationships and protocols that shape ethical engagement; and the deeper meanings held when artworks enter public and private collections. This Long Table invites you to step into that conversation—open, generous and communal—where ideas can be exchanged, perspectives shared, and the many layers of Unfolding revealed. A thoughtful, generous and inclusive conversation not to be missed. This is a free event, however please register your attendance so we know to expect you. Image: The Ecologies Long Table discussion at MPRG in March 2025. Book online at @mprg_vic

Gilbany (Mabel Downs) (far left) ‘This lot really old people. They never seen gardia (white man) before. They bin look from that big hill at Gilban (Mabel Downs) and seen that wagon and they bin say, “that’s the one that came out of the water. That’s the rainbow serpent.” Shirley explains, ‘They see them and think they bin ghosts; and they see the tracks of that wagon and bin think its like serpent track. That’s why they bin thinking like that.’ ‘That’s why they bin kill ‘im. They bin think they come to do bad thing to them. Now they wasted everything in the wagon. [When] they came across the flour [they] painted them selves with it – like maundu (white ochre). They didn’t know flour and sugar and tea them old people so they bin waste him out.’ On Garlungkudi (Kangaroo Tail Dreaming ‘This one on top here. One place called On Garlungkudi (Kangaroo Tail Dreaming). All bin camping there, he got a flat on that other side.’ ‘And that lot all the Gija people…and all that the Woolangoo tribe from Ngarinyin country – from my father’s country. They bin come and fight now. Big War. Blackfella massacre place.’ Mistake Creek (far right) ‘That bloke was from Darwin, Aboriginal, Black fella. He bin go there (to Mistake Creek) for holiday mix up [with] some fella from Warmun (Turkey Creek) and some fella from Rhatigan Creek, all Gija people. That bloke from Darwin now bin there and he bin seen one women. She said to him “I got a husband.” He was anger one, jealous for her.’ ‘Now, he took the milking cow and hid him behind the hill. Went back la Warmun and told liar to the boss. He said “they bin kill cow! I got that bell here.” All the boss bin jump on their horse now, go to that holiday place and just shoot em, everyone.’ ‘The Gija police tracker went there and saw everyone dead. They bin seen [understood] what happened, they bin kill him [that Aboriginal bloke from Darwin] now. Shoot ‘im and burn him up.’ ‘My old auntie Winnie bin give me this story.’ Shirley Purdie Birrmarriya Goordbelayinji (all massacre places) by Shirley Purdie, 2025 natural ochres on canvas 30 x 80 cm Courtesy of the artist @warmunart and @everywhenartspace #NationalDayofMourning