Latest articles by Spencer Fowler Steen
Lots to see at KHT
Inner City News caught up with Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) CEO Tom Mosby in March to discuss all things art, design and education happening at the Trust.
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Off The Wall: New exhibition by indigenous artists blows audiences away
A stunning new exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) brings together the work of three Indigenous artists and their individual experiences of loss and reclamation, as well as stories of their families, culture, and country in Naarm.
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Elderly activist to face Magistrates Court over chalk graffiti at Park Hotel on nine-year anniversary of offshore detention
Coincidentally, he will face the Melbourne Magistrates Court on the ninth anniversary of when former Prime Minister Keven Rudd announced, “asylum seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in Australia.
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Public housing in Carlton gets heritage recognition
Public housing in Carlton gets heritage recognition
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Aboriginal man wins top prize for artwork depicting identity and sexuality
As a proud gay Aboriginal man, Ronald Pepper didn’t hold back in putting his all into a recent piece of artwork which took home the top prize in the Koorie Art Show.
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Why are they locked up? Refugees plea for freedom
Refugees and asylum seekers detained indefinitely by the federal government at the Park Hotel in Carlton have shared their harrowing experiences of extreme neglect and the denial of their basic human rights during the past nine years.
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A Very Koorie Krismas
The city will be celebrating Christmas with an Indigenous twist this year thanks to the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) which is also throwing an end-of-year art exhibition showcasing more than 100 works by Aboriginal artists.
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Indigenous artist creates jewellery to unite community
Indigenous artist Cassie Leatham’s exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust’s (KHT) Blak Jewellery – Finding Past Linking Present weaves together her experiences as a Taungurung woman in more ways than one.
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“Deplorable situation”: Carlton asylum seekers granted library access
Asylum seekers being held in detention at the Park Hotel in Carlton will be able to access library services in the City of Melbourne thanks to a council motion which was passed unanimously in September.
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“Intolerable”: Aircraft noise to be addressed by overdue agreement
Local residents have been disturbed by noise from helicopters and aircraft flying over the City of Melbourne for years, but an overdue agreement with flight operators could soon help keep the peace.
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Seen and unseen: Koorie artists tell their stories through art
A new exhibition showcasing the work of trailblazing First Nations artists from southeast Australia is heading to Melbourne.
Read MoreHeavy investment in new CBD North urban renewal precinct
The Victorian Government has announced $44.6 million to fund a new “green spine” linking the CBD, Carlton, Parkville and the Queen Victoria Market through a series of RMIT University-led capital works projects.
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Chalk portrait inspires hope for refugee
A chalk drawing on the pavement outside Carlton’s Park Hotel, where daily protests demand the release of around 12 refugees detained there, has inspired hope for an asylum seeker locked up in Papua New Guinea.
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Road trains and paintings: Indigenous artist Cameron Benson launches first exhibition
On a recent trip to Tasmania with his wife, Mr Benson snapped a few photos of a Tasmanian devil, which he used to sketch out the outline for one of the paintings in his exhibition.
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