Camp Stove

Through the right set of eyes, something as commonplace as a portable camp stove can evoke a queer spirit. Queer Blakfullas experience life through a unique set of lenses and have developed strategies and techniques for surviving the spaces we find ourselves in. Camp Stove is an exhibition and program series on the craft of Queer Blak survivance.

By reimagining the possibilities of found objects, collected materials and the handmade, the artists in Camp Stove expand on themes of environmental action and justice, the importance of community spaces, resistance, and the magic of imagination.

Camp Stove fosters spaces designed for queer First Peoples and our extended communities – places for creative exchange, skills development and building inter-generational connections.

Camp Stove is the sixth iteration of Craft's annual First Peoples-led Exhibition – an initiative to platform First Peoples' curatorial practice within craft and design. The First Peoples-led Program was launched by Craft in 2020 to create nationally recognised curatorial pathways and to shift representation in the creative sector. Presented annually as as part of NAIDOC Week.