Dancing Hands

Curated by Maya Hodge (Lardil), Aunty Patsy Doolan (Barkindji), Amy Hammond (Gamilaroi), Carly Takari Dodd (Kaurna, Narungga, Ngarrindjeri), Kyra Mancktelow (Quandamooka, Mardigan), Lyn-Al Young (Gunnai, Wiradjuri, Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta), Molly Mahoney (Boonwurrung, Wemba Wemba, Barkindji).

Our grandmothers’ grandmothers hands tell stories; weaving and sculpting are more than just a practice – they are deeply-embedded traditions that embody resistance as truth-telling, love and joy, all rooted within Country and kinship. Dancing Hands showcases six Aboriginal women artists at different stages of their careers working across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia. Maya Hodge is the curator of the 2025 First Peoples-led exhibition. The First Peoples-led exhibition series is an initiative established by Craft in 2020 to support the development of contemporary First Nations curatorial practice within craft and design.