Join Wanda Nanibush, the AGO’s Curator of Indigenous Art with Margo Neale, Head of the National Museum of Australia’s Indigenous Knowledges Centre and Senior Indigenous Curator, and Terri Janke, Solicitor General & International Authority on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, for a conversation about working with Indigenous artists through initiatives such as the AGO’s Kananginak Pootoogook installation and Breville’s Aboriginal Journey Culinary Collection.

Margo Neale is the Principal Indigenous Advisor to the Director at the National Museum of Australia and has curated more than 10 key exhibitions including the award-winning Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters which is now touring internationally, opening at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin in early June 2022 following a run at The Box in Plymouth UK. Margo is also a prolific author, co-author and editor. Most recently she has worked to produce the 10-volume First Knowledges series, the first Songlines: The Power and the Promise, she co-authored with Lynne Kelly.  She has also worked at the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Queensland Art Gallery, and was a recipient of the prestigious Manning Clark award in 2008.

Dr. Terri Janke became a lawyer to advance the social justice of Indigenous Australians. She is of Meriam and Wuthathi heritage and is the owner and managing director of Terri Janke and Company, an award winning legal and consulting firm founded in 2000. The team at Terri Janke and Company strive to empower Indigenous people to manage their culture and attain their business goals - the key to Indigenous self-determination is being able to control and manage your future. She is an international expert on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property. In 2019, Dr Janke was awarded a PhD from the Australia National University for her thesis True Tracks: Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Principles for putting Self-Determination into practice. Her book True Tracks: Working with Indigenous Knowledge and Culture was published in July of 2021.

Prior to joining the AGO in 2016, Wanda Nanibush held various curatorial and academic roles across Canada since 2001. In addition to independent curation, Nanibush held the post of Aboriginal Arts Officer at the Ontario Arts Council, Executive Director of ANDPVA and strategic planning for CCA. She holds a Master’s Degree in visual studies from the University of Toronto, where she has also taught graduate courses. Nanibush has published widely in magazines, books and journals. As co-lead of the AGO’s department of Indigenous and Canadian art, Nanibush’s area of specialty is Indigenous Art and collection diversification.