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Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct wins CIAF’s Simone Arnol Textile Innovation Award supported by QIC for its Blak Canvas collection. Photo by Rob Hookey.

Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct wins inaugural Simone Arnol Textile Innovation Award

Thanakwithi woman Marsha Hall is the 2026 recipient of the Thancoupie Bursary Fund.

Napranum artist Marsha Hall awarded 2026 Thancoupie Bursary

Premier’s Award for Excellence ($25,000), supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland - Daisy Hamlot, Hopevale Arts Centre

Hope Vale artist Daisy Hamlot awarded CIAF Premier's Award for Excellence

Yarrabah Arts Centre artist-mentors and Elders, Philomena & Michelle Yeatman with Sofii Belling Harding

Melbourne artist's Yarrabah residency leads to CIAF debut

Imbala - Dance of the Butterfly

Butterfly songline takes flight at CIAF 2026

Ryan Presley, Inferno, 2025, video game. Courtesy of Milani Gallery.

CIAF 2026 invites audiences into an immersive First Nations gaming experience by acclaimed artist Ryan Presley

CIAF 2025 Exhibitor - Kerry Klimm & Ambassador - Samara Barlow-Fukofuka at CIAF 2025 Opening Night. Photograph: Blueclick Photography

CIAF launches new digital truth-telling initiative for First Nations creatives

Jimi.K Thaiday

CIAF 2026 announces Torres Strait Islander participation in TSRA-supported program

Lynelle - Taiwan Trip

From Taiwan to Tropical North Queensland: CIAF Fashion Curator explores Indigenous textile traditions and contemporary fashion ahead of international exchange at CIAF 2026

In his Marrickville studio: Archibald Prize-winning artist Blak Douglas pauses to reflect. The Archibald Prize winner will make his Cairns debut with the keynote Blak Portraits at CIAF 2026.

CIAF 2026 invites audiences beyond the exhibition floor with an immersive talks and masterclasses program

Accomplished actors Vaughan Wapau & Jimi Bani will bring Jillian Boyd-Bowie’s seminal Australian work, The Boy Who Found His Way Home, to life in July at CIAF 2026.

CIAF 2026 to present Torres Strait theatre work The Boy Who Found His Way Home

Kerry Klimm, CIAF 2025 Art Fair Showcase booth. Photograph: Studio Sol by Alicia Jade.

Elders Lounge: Welcome Blak Home creates space for connection, care and cultural memory at CIAF 2026