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Banksia – Jenna Lee on Alt/Text at Incinerator Gallery and Jason Tamiru on Yalinguth at GSPF

Jenna Lee on Alt/Text exhibition at Incinerator Gallery until 24 September and Jason Tamiru on Yalinguth Live at Gertrude Street Projection Festival on 4 August

Banksia – Stacie Piper on WILAM BIIK and Uncle John Brown on Fitzroy Through The Decades

Joining Banksia were curator Stacie Piper on touring TarraWarra exhibition WILAM BIIK at Walker Street Gallery in Dandenong and Uncle John Brown on Fitzroy Through The Decades exhibition at Fitzroy Library

Banksia – Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis on Yarn exhibition at Craft

Proud Pitta Pitta woman, emerging artist, researcher and curator Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis discusses Yarn exhibition which features works from seven Indigenous makers at Craft Victoria until 16 September.

Banksia – Kee'Ahn talks new music and Banksia celebrates 50 episodes

Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal, Zenadth Kes artist Kee'Ahn discusses latest single Sunsets and collab Take No More with Emma Donovan. Banksia celebrates 50 episodes of First Nations music, arts and culture.

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Banksia – Artist Dancingwater and Jaadwa song-man and composer James Howard

Artist Dancingwater spoke about upcoming show 'My Sis' and their music practice, and Jaadwa song-man and composer James Howard discussed sound sculpture Subterranean Frequencies

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Banksia – Johnathon World Peace Bush and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Johnathon World Peace Bush on art practice and exhibition Everything That Came Before Makes The Present and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO discussed opera Parrwang Lifts The Sky

Banksia – Corey Tutt on This Book Thinks Ya Deadly, and Brenda Matthews on documentary The Last Daughter

Joining Banksia were Kamilaroi man Corey Tutt on This Book Thinks Ya Deadly, and Wiradjuri woman, author and speaker Brenda Matthews spoke about documentary The Last Daughter.

Banksia – Uncle Kutcha Edwards reflects on Waripa; and Katherine Regional Arts project 'Bla Mela Stori' feature story

Uncle Kutcha Edwards reflects on Waripa ceremony at the Forum and release Mother Tongue ahead of performance Warta – Kiki with Melbourne Youth Orchestra; Katherine Regional Arts project 'Bla Mela Stori' story 'Eva…

Banksia – Birdz and Fred Leone on release 'Girra'; Melissa Bell and Bianca Baldwin on Confined 14 exhibition

Butchulla artists Birdz and Fred Leone on release 'Girra' launching at RISING; and Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta artist Melissa Bell and Gunnai-Kurnai woman Bianca Baldwin on The Torch's exhibition Confined 14

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Banksia – Noongar Wongi hip hop artists INKABEE and Flewnt, and Larrakia, Jawoyn and Torres Strait Islander MC Kootsie Don

Hip-hop artists INKABEE and Flewnt discuss INKABEE's new single 'Saved By The Bell' and more, and MC Kootsie Don talks about single 'Lemme Know' and upcoming theatre production CUSP

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Banksia – Agency Projects' Leila Gurruwiwi and Wala Connections' Thara Brown

Agency Projects' Leila Gurruwiwi discussed Numbulwar exhibition and AGENCY UNTOLD panel, and Wala Connections' Thara Brown spoke about upcoming meditation and movement classes at Immigration Museum

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Banksia – Artist Kieren Karritpul and artist, curator, designer and First Nations Fashion + Design founder Grace Lillian Lee

Banksia – Kieren Karritpul discusses solo exhibition Texere: New Woven Surfaces On Fabric and Grace Lillian Lee talks about Exposed Resilience exhibition and First Nations Fashion + Design

Banksia – Artist Miss Kaninna on single 'Blak Britney' and curator Jenna Rain Warwick on Two Girls From Amoonguna exhibition

Yorta Yorta, Kalkadoon and Yirendali artist Miss Kaninna discusses debut single 'Blak Britney' and ACMI First Nations Curator and Luritja woman Jenna Rain Warwick talks about Two Girls From Amoonguna exhibition.

Banksia – Pakana hip-hop artist DENNI and Kamilaroi circus artist Dale Woodbridge-Brown

Pakana hip hop artist DENNI discusses new single 'Know My Worth' and Kamilaroi circus artist Dale Woodbridge-Brown talks about Camp Culture at YIRRAMBOI

Banksia – 24 April 2023: Music fill

Billy hosts with a music fill. Vanessa Morris will be back with regular Banksia programming on 1 May.

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Banksia – Koorie Heritage Trust's Blak Design Matters First Peoples Design Forum

Vanessa Morris is joined by the Koorie Heritage Trust's Gail Harradine and Gemma Jones about Blak Design Matters First Peoples Design Forum at Federation Square on 12 May 2023 for YIRRAMBOI

Banksia – First Nations tracks including, Denni, Nate-G, INKABEE, RONA, Dameeeela and Sycco

Changing up the program this week with a First Nations music show including tracks from Denni, Nate-G, INKABEE, RONA, Dameeeela, Sycco, Kardajala Kirridarra, Alice Skye and MELA-D

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Banksia – Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu on new LP and tour

Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu (Brett Lee) joins Banksia to talk about new LP 'Fire When The Sun Goes Down' and tour.

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Banksia – artist ENOKi on projects with Haus of Dizzy and YIRRAMBOI and rapper T Breezy ahead of show at Miscellania

ENOKi discusses creative practice, collab with Haus of Dizzy, project with World Pride + Apple, and upcoming work with YIRRAMBOI; rapper T Breezy talks EP 2360, upcoming mixtape, working with label Trackwork and…

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Banksia – Kimberley Moulton on Shadow Spirit at RISING and Sherene Stewart and J-Maine Beezley on YIRRAMBOI's program

Yorta Yorta woman, curator + writer Kimberley Moulton discussed Shadow Spirit at RISING, and Taungurung / Filipino festival co-lead + creative lead Sherene Stewart and Wakka Wakka / Kabi Kabi festival co-lead +…

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Banksia – First Nations tracks including Mo'Ju, DJPGZ, Kobie Dee, Barkaa, DOBBY, Nate-G and Nooky

Changing up the program this week with a First Nations music show including tracks from Mo'Ju, Kobie Dee, Barkaa, JK-47, Narli, DOBBY, Nate-G, Nooky, Becca Hatch, Ziggy Ramo and Kaiit

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Banksia – Bardi Jawi author Bebe Backhouse

Bardi Jawi man and author Bebe Backhouse joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk all about their new and debut poem collection more than these bones which explores first love and loss, and…

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Banksia – Speaker, writer and filmmaker Sasha Kutabah Sarago and Mob in Fashion founder and model Nathan McGuire

Wadjanbarra, Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American woman Sasha Kutabah Sarago discussed book Gigorou and Mob in Fashion's Nathan McGuire spoke about showcase FUTURE/HISTORY

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Banksia – Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott and writer, critic and researcher Tristen Harwood

Gamilaroi Artist Tyler Millot AKA The Terrifying Lows spoke about new single BLACKOUT and writer, critic and researcher Tristen Harwood discussed upcoming lecture  ‘Sustainability is Colonialism: land trauma and settler futurity in environmentally…

Banksia: Artist Maree Clarke and singer-songwriter and visual creator GLVES

Maree Clarke yarns about Yallingwa Fellowship and creative practice spanning 30 years and GLVES discusses songwriting and new single 'Ships'

Banksia – Koorie Heritage Trust CEO Tom Mosby and Trawlwoolway artist Mandy Quadrio

Koorie Heritage Trust CEO and Torres Strait Islander man Tom Mosby spoke about KHT's expansion, and Trawlwoolway artist Mandy Quadrio spoke about 'Decolonising imperatives’.

Banksia – The Merindas and Kinya Lerrk

The Merindas' Kristel Kickett and Candice Lorrae and Kinya Lerrk's Emma Bambelett and Megan Van Den Berg join the final episode of Banksia for 2022

Banksia – Gomeroi Author Dr Amy Thunig and Taungurung Curator Kate ten Buuren

Gomeroi author Dr Amy Thunig joined Banksia to talk about their memoir 'Tell Me Again’, and Taungurung Curator Kate ten Buuren spoke about exhibition 'How I See It' at ACMI

Banksia – Bardi Jawi writer Bebe Backhouse and Koorie Heritage Trust's Gail Harradine

This week Koorie Heritage Trust's curatorial manager Gail Harradine talks about the 10th Koorie Art Show and Bardi Jawi writer Bebe Backhouse yarns about the Lord Mayor awards and creative writing practice.

Banksia – 21 November 2022

This week musician Isaiah Firebrace talks about new book Come Together and cultural activist and musician Gurridyula yarns about event Blaktivism and ceremony Waddanagnuu against Adani

Banksia – 14 November 2022

Presented by Dr Ngaree Blow, with guests Music Vic CEO Simone Schinkel about the upcoming Music Vic Awards and Uncle Archie Roach Foundation Award, and Wiradjuri dancer Joel Bray about performance Garabari.

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Banksia – 7 November 2022

An episode of Banksia on 7 November 2022

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Banksia – 31 October 2022

Waanyi artist Judy Watson talks about exhibition the red thread of history, loose ends at MUMA; Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator Deborah Cheetham talks about Woven Song

Banksia – 24 October 2022

Gamilaroi artist Sean Miller yarns about the 2022 Indigenous Ceramic Award's South East Australian Indigenous artist prize for their work titled Galibay on Country, as well as working with The Torch.

Banksia – 17 October 2022

Wadawurrung artist Kait James yarns about the unveiling of a permanent 193 panel installation of their work at Geelong Arts Centre, as well recent exhibition Dirty Laundry at Neon Parc.

Banksia – 10 October 2022

CEO of Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Rodney Carter talks work Djarra does with Open House Bendigo; Gamilaroi storyteller Judi Morison yarns about the Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship

Banksia – 3 October 2022

This week Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator of South Eastern Aboriginal Collections at Museums Vic joins Banksia to yarn about new exhibition Naadohbii: To Draw Water at Bunjilaka

Banksia – 26 September 2022

On this week's show Ripple Effect Band's Rona, Rachel and Jodie yarn about their tour, and Yasmin Silveira and Sharn Geary talk about jewelery exhibition 'Layers of Blak' at Koorie Heritage Trust

Banksia – 19 September 2022

Wamba Wamba playwright, Brodie Murray talks about their play 'The Whisper' at Fringe Festival and Gunditjmara Keerray Woorroong woman Tarryn Love talks about new First Nations creative program YOOKAPA

Banksia – 12 September 2022

A music fill presented by Rachel Connor

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