# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Art of the Pacific Celebration
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 03:00 am – Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 am
- **Event Description**: ? ART OF THE PACIFIC CELEBRATION

Celebrating a new display of Pacific and Torres Strait Islander art and design from the NGV Collection, enjoy an afternoon of free talks and performances by exhibiting artists, community members and NGV curators.

The Art of the Pacific display brings together a selection of works from the NGV Collection by artists and designers from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia, and their diasporas. Featuring photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, video, fashion, tapa and lei, the display celebrates the strength and innovation of contemporary creative and cultural practice from the Pacific and Torres Strait Islands.


? NGV International
?️ Saturday 22 November
⏰ 1–4pm


? PROGRAM

• 1–1.10pm
Welcome

• 1.10–1.25pm
Introduction to the Art of the Pacific Display
Dr Jessica Clark, Senior Curator, First Nations Art, NGV
Sophie Oxenbridge, Curator, Contemporary Art, NGV

• 1.25–1.35pm
Blessing/Acknowledgement of the Art of the Pacific Display
Pacific Island Creative Arts Australia (PICAA) featuring Dr. Rita Seumanutafa-Palala, Fulisia Asalemo Tofete and the Pasefika Vitoria Choir

• 1.35–1.45pm
Performance – Pasefika Vitoria Choir

• 3–3.10pm
Performance –Pasefika Vitoria Choir

• 3.10–3.30pm 
Artist Talk
Dr Kirsten Garner Lyttle, Māori artist and academic (Iwi/tribe: Waikato, Waka/Canoe: Tainui, Hapū/Subtribe: Ngāti Tahinga)
Hosted by Sophie Oxenbridge, Curator, Contemporary Art, NGV

• 3.30–3.50pm
Artist Talk
Lisa Waup, mixed-cultural First Nations artist & curator
Hosted by Dr Jessica Clark, Senior Curator, First Nations Art, NGV


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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/art-of-the-pacific-celebration/200029194476141
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, music, entertainment, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 530

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029194476141?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=melbourne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Melbourne
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: NGV International
- **lat**: -37.822683909126
- **long**: 144.96908772863
- **full address**: NGV International, 180R St Kilda Rd, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia, Melbourne

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: National Gallery of Victoria (https://allevents.in/org/national-gallery-of-victoria/25975616)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 03:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** NGV International, 180R St Kilda Rd, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia, Melbourne
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National Gallery of Victoria
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, music, entertainment, sports
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Art of the Pacific Celebration ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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