Virginia Keft Artist

13/10/2026

We’re excited to invite Kinchela Boys Home (KBH) Survivors and Descendants to join our upcoming Western Sydney art program, with workshops starting in just a few weeks.

The workshops will be held in the Mt Druitt Hub Community Rooms.

Join us for a series of 7 weekly creative workshops designed and facilitated by Muruwari artist, Virginia Keft (living on Dharawal Country, Wollongong, NSW).

You don’t need to have any art experience, Virginia will introduce a range of art experiences for you to try, and all the materials are provided. Each day will include yarning, guidance, and support by KBHAC Survivor artists and Elders.

Workshop dates: Every Thursday from 29 October until Thursday 10 December 2026.

Time: 10.00 am to 2.00pm

What to expect:

· hands-on art skills and creative practice
· time to work on individual and shared artworks
· yarning circles, connection and gathering
· support and guidance from KBH Survivor artists
· refreshments and a light lunch at every workshop

Whether you already make art or would like to try something new, you’re welcome to join in. This will be a culturally safe space to create, yarn, connect and spend time together.

At the end of the workshops, you’ll have the opportunity to display the artworks you create at two exhibitions planned for February and May 2027.

Through Coolamon Arts Hub, you’ll also be able to offer your artwork for sale at the exhibitions and through the Coolamon Arts Hub website.

We will be putting up a registration link in the next few days

Healing Foundation
Tiffany McComsey
Dave Moore
NSW Aboriginal Land Council
Virginia Keft Artist

03/10/2026

🍃 Wonderful opening of, Where Things Take Root at Airspace Projects!

Curated by Matthew Grayson matthew grayson

On until 18 Oct, Airspace - 10 Junction St Marrickville
Airspace Projects

✨Exhibiting Artists
Matthew Grayson matthew grayson
Michelle Heldon Michelle Heldon
Jess Martin • JESS MARTIN •
Jon Potter Jon Potter
Bridie Nicholls Bridie
Claudia Ingrey Claudia Ingrey
Alicia Nahona
Kezia Simone Kezia Simone
Virginia Keft Virginia Keft
Amy Kinzett Amy Kinzett
Lenny Domazar Lenny

03/10/2026

Sky Country puts on a show ☁️🖤

02/10/2026

Me and my Golden box ✨👑 😏

25/09/2026

✨A great night celebrating the opening of the 2026 Gosford Art Prize.

My work has been beautifully displayed by the gallery team - if you’re on the central coast go check out the exhibition, some amazing works on display.

Congratulations to all the winners. ✨

Gosford Regional Gallery & Edogawa Japanese Garden

22/09/2026

Such a lovely celebration of Art Yarns at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery ❤️

Over the past six weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of working with children and families connected to the Gubidja Wurrangalali Gooyoong playgroup at Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre, delivering Art Yarns for the MCA.

Today we brought their artworks together for a special pop-up exhibition, celebrating the stories, creativity and connections shared throughout the program.

A huge congratulations to all the children and families involved, and a special thank you to Shoalhaven Regional Gallery for welcoming us and supporting the celebration, and to Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre, Noah’s Inclusion Services and the MCA for making the program possible.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Cullunghutti Noah's Inclusion Services Shoalhaven Regional Gallery

21/09/2026

Over the past 6 weeks I’ve had the pleasure of making and yarning with the children and families connected to the Gubidja Wurrangalali Gooyoong playgroup at Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre. 🌿

Tomorrow, we’re bringing their artworks together at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery for a special celebration of everything they’ve created.

Come along, see the work, share some food and celebrate with us.

✨Tuesday 22 September
✨10.30am–12.30pm
✨Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra

Everyone is welcome, I’d love to see you there ❤️

A special thank you to Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre, Noah's Inclusion Services, and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery for supporting Art Yarns and helping bring this celebration together.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

09/09/2026

📣 Update! New launch date just announced!

🖤 I’m honoured to be curating Truth-Telling: Our Past, Present and Future featuring incredible work by Kinchela Boys Home survivors.
Please come to the opening on Friday!

Register - Link in Bio

Truth-Telling: Our Past, Present and Future features the artwork of KBH survivors whose works share the experiences of KBH and legacies it has left on their lives and the journey of reuniting.

The exhibition also features Noongar and Spinifex visual storyteller Tace Steven’s photographic collaboration with the KBH Survivors titled ‘We Were Just Little Boys’.

Special Events
📍Launch - 13th November, 6.00pm to 8.00 pm
🔗 To Register - link in bio
☀️Exhibition opening hours 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Paddington Market Days
13 November - 11 December

05/09/2026

I’m honoured to be curating Truth-Telling: Our Past, Present and Future featuring incredible work by Kinchela Boys Home survivors.
Please come to the opening on Friday!

Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation KBHAC and the Coolamon Arts Hub are proud to announce that Dr Virginia Keft Artist a Muruwari artist (See Bio below) has been appointed curator of our upcoming exhibition in Sydney featuring works by Kinchela Boys Home survivors.

Truth-Telling: Our Past, Present and Future features the artwork of KBH survivors whose works share the experiences of KBH and legacies it has left on their lives and the journey of reuniting.

The exhibition also features Noongar and Spinifex visual storyteller Tace Steven's photographic collaboration with the KBH Survivors
titled 'We Were Just Little Boys'

Bio: Dr Virginia Keft is a Muruwari artist living and working on Dharawal Country (Wollongong, NSW). Through weaving, sculpture, painting and installation, she creates works that bring together eucalyptus bark, fibre, silk, bronze and timber to reflect relationships between Country and madjam (flying foxes).

Drawing on her own Muruwari cultural knowledge and lived experience, her practice centres truth-telling, ecological care and the enduring presence of Country.

Her work has been recognised through major awards, public commissions and finalist exhibitions, and is held in public and private collections in Australia and internationally.

In 2025, Keft exhibited alongside twenty-five Australian artists at Galerie Handwerk in Munich, Germany.

Keft is the Producer of bangawarra Art Yarns for older and Elder mob at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (University Medal), a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Distinction), and a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Wollongong

Exhibition location (See Graphic )

Special Events
Launch 11th September
6.00pm to 8.00 pm

To Register
https://events.humanitix.com/coolamon-arts-hub-exhibition-truth-telling-our-past-present-and-future

Meet the artist October 2nd

Closing event 23rd October

Exhibition opening hours 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Paddington Market Days
September 12 to 17 October

Paddington Markets
AH&MRC of NSW
Healing Foundation
Tiffany McComsey
Paddington Uniting Church
Aboriginal Medical Service Cooperative Ltd
AbSec
Close the Gap
Claystone Marketing
Creative Australia

22/08/2026

🍃 Final days to see Pinampi at Artspace, until 30 Aug.

2026 Visual Arts Fellowship (emerging) Exhibition

📸 Virginia Keft, Pinampi, (detail), 2026.
Installation view, Artspace, Sydney, 2026.
Photos by Hamish McIntosh

Artspace Create NSW