As part of RAV’s ongoing commitment to walking alongside the voices, stories and creative practices of First Nations artists across regional Victoria, we have launched a new digital licensing initiative, enabling the use of First Nations Members’ artworks across our online platforms.
This initiative was created to both celebrate and support artists, while ensuring that RAV’s communications reflect the strength, diversity and cultural richness of First Nations creativity and our regional Victorian communities.
Earlier this year, we reached out to eligible Members with a paid opportunity to share selected works for use across our website, social media and online communications. We were seeking bold, distinctive images that could be featured in banner-style formats and digital campaigns — work that reflects both individual artistic voices and the communities they come from.
Importantly, this opportunity recognises the value of artists’ labour and intellectual property. Selected artists are paid and provided a non-exclusive five-year licensing agreement, ensuring transparency, respect and ongoing ownership of their work. For our broader Membership, this project reflects RAV’s ongoing commitment to respectful collaboration, cultural recognition and meaningful support for First Nations artists at all stages of their careers. It also services as pathway to partnering with more of our Members on RAV’s growing number of communications, promotions and development initiatives.
We are thrilled to share the first of the participating artists from across regional Victoria who have shared powerful, visually striking works that speak to Country, culture, identity and life in regional Victoria:
- Tracy Wise, an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist of Barkindji Ngiyampaa Maligundidj (Wotjobaluk) heritage, based on Latji Latji Country. Tracy began her artistic journey in 2015 alongside her mother, Mary Wise, using art as a means of healing, cultural exploration and sharing knowledge. Find out more.
- Donna Conley, a Ngyiampaa and Dharug woman and the founder of SallouArt, a practice she created for her family. Donna works across digital, acrylic, and mixed media, weaving activism, culture, and Country into bold visual stories of resistance and survival. Find out more.
- Janet Bromley, a Yorta Yorta woman whose work explores her cultural heritage, displacement, past life experiences, vulnerable people and our management of waste materials. A weaver and maker using non-traditional materials to produce artwork influenced by her heritage and the modern world. She works with re-cycled clothing, plastic, found objects and natural elements from the bush. Find out more.
The works that Tracy, Donna and Janet have provided will now be featured throughout RAV’s digital channels, helping to showcase First Nations creativity to audiences across the state and beyond. We are proud to be working alongside these Member artists and look forward to continuing to share their work, stories and achievements throughout the year.
We hope that this is just the beginning, with more artists and works to come, watch this space!
If you’re a First Nations artist and a RAV Member and would like to learn more about this opportunity, please get in touch with us at [email protected].
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Image: Donna Conley, Old Bones, Fast Spirit, 2025
Posted 3 March 2026