OPENING EVENT | Still Deadly: Voices of Our Elders

Join us for the opening of Still Deadly: Voices of Our Elders.

The opening will include light refreshments.

Inspired by this year’s NAIDOC theme 50 Years of Deadly, this exhibition honours the resilience, knowledge, and culture of Elders with connections to the Ipswich region. In partnership with First Nations photographer Jim Filmer, and cultural liaison, Lowana Walker, Still Deadly recognises the invaluable contributions of Elders to their community through truth telling. 

The exhibition, and accompanying online collection on Picture Ipswich, showcases recorded video stories and portrait photography of each Elder – acknowledging their ongoing role as knowledge keepers and shapers of Ipswich’s future.

This is an Ipswich Art Gallery exhibition.

Image Credit: Portrait of Uncle Rossi Anderson (detail), 2026. Digital Photograph. Image by Jim Filmer. Courtesy of the Artist. 

Additional information:

Location: Ipswich Art Gallery is located in the heart of the Ipswich CBD. Our public entrance is in d’Arcy Doyle Place, a pedestrian section of Nicholas Street between Brisbane and Limestone Streets.

Parking: The Gallery does not have its own parking, however there is metered on-street parking on Limestone Street, Nicholas Street and Brisbane Street. Street parking is free on the weekends; please check signs for details. Ipswich CBD Parking (beneath Tulmur Place in the Nicholas Street Precinct) offers free parking for up to 3 hours. On weekends parking is free. The car park entry is located on Bremer Street which runs parallel to the Bremer River.

Public Transport: The Gallery is a short walk from the Ipswich Railway Station as well as bus stops. If travelling by train, alight at Ipswich Station. The Gallery is a 4-minute walk from the station. Walk left up Bell Street, right onto Brisbane Street and left onto d’Arcy Doyle Place. Visit TRANSlink for service and timetable information.