Presented in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria

First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams

Blak on Track

Curated by Jarra Karalinar Steel

  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
  • Free
Destiny Deacon's 2024 Melbourne Art Tram. The full tram is captured on a corner angle. The tram features Deacon’s arrangement of black and brown dolls in yellow plastic tubs.

A new fleet of First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams crisscross the city with creative visions past and present.

First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams are re-wrapped and ready to move. This year, tribute trams featuring works from trailblazing artists Destiny Deacon and Ellen José, will roll out alongside a fleet of new pieces. Jarra Karalinar Steel (Boonwurrung/Wemba Wemba) returns to curate the program for the last time. The selections are a movable tapestry of mediums, styles of and ideas—a celebration of the breadth and dynamism of First Peoples expression enriching the city.

Read more about the artists and their artwork.

2024 Artists

Destiny Deacon (Ku Ku/Erub Mer)
Arrears Windows

Ellen José (Torres Strait Islander)
Reach Out And Touch—Distance And Time

Thomas Day (Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta/Wemba Wemba)
Yarkeen—Dreams

Kait James (Wadawurrung)
Hung out to dry

Milla Morgan (Wiradjuri/Yorta Yorta)
I just wanted to say sorry

Iluka Sax-Williams (Taungurung)
Kulin Woora Liwik—Kulin Sky Ancestors
 

Artistic Team

Curator

Jarra Karalinar Steel

Design Support and Artwork Realisation

Kate Francis

Photographer

James Morgan

Supporters

Presented in partnership with Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams and Creative Victoria

Image Credits

Destiny Deacon's 'Arrears Window', 2024 Melbourne Art Trams. PHOTO: RISING/James Morgan

Charlotte Allingham, 2023. Photo: James Morgan

Jay Van Nus, 2023. Photo: James Morgan

Peter Waples-Crowe, 2023. Photo: James Morgan

Rubii Red, 2023. Photo: James Morgan

Lyn and Coree Thorpe, 2023. Photo: James Morgan