Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn

This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.

This Speaker Series has been developed in collaboration with Dominique Chen (Senior Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts) as part of UQ Art Museum's ongoing work to engage artists, colleagues and students while the Museum relocates. Audiences are warmly invited to join students for these guest lectures, which will take place across campus in September and October 2026.

12:30pm, Wednesday 9 September | Room 275 Global Change Institute
Guest lecturer Libby Harward
81% Urban: Urban Art Movements and Artist Collectives

12:30pm, Wednesday 16 September | Viewpoint
Guest lecturer Jonathan Jones
Place & Space: Public and Site-Specific Art

12:30pm, Wednesday 23 September | Fryer Library
Guest lecturer Kimberley Moulton
Indigenous Perspectives on Curation

12:30pm, Wednesday 7 October | Viewpoint
Guest lecturers Aunty Sana Balai & Jocelyn Flynn
Pacific Art and Global Conversations

Upcoming sessions
Past sessions

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Place & Space: Public and Site-Specific Art with Jonathan Jones

16 September 2026 12:30pm–1:30pm

in Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn

Join artist Jonathan Jones for this public lecture on First Nations public and site-specific art in the second installment of the Great Ocean Speaker Series.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Indigenous Perspectives on Curation with Kimberley Moulton

23 September 2026 12:30pm–1:30pm

in Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn

Join curator Kimberley Moulton for this public lecture on Indigenous perspectives on curation in the third installment of the Great Ocean Speaker Series.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | Pacific Art and Global Conversations with Aunty Sana Balai & Jocelyn Flynn

7 October 2026 12:30pm–1:30pm

in Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn

Join curators Aunty Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn for this public lecture on Pacific art and global conversations in the fourth installment of the Great Ocean Speaker Series.

Great Ocean Speaker Series | 81% Urban: Urban Art Movements and Artist Collectives with Libby Harward

9 September 2026 12:30pm–1:30pm

in Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn

Join artist Libby Harward for this public lecture on First Nations urban art movements and artist collectives in the first installment of the Great Ocean Speaker Series.