GUEST CURATOR – Rob WATERS

“Blak Out – First Nations Stories and Ideas as part of Story Week 2024 is a celebration of Blak excellence. Blak Out showcases established and emerging Aboriginal artists, exploring their own stories and experiences within the national arts landscape.   

Challenging deficit narratives, Blak Out explores what it means to be excellent. More specifically, what Blak excellence looks like within the colony and how we as First Nations artists and performers can uphold our cultural obligations to carve out and hold space for new voices outside the norm.”
Rob Waters: Story Week 2024 Guest Curator for Blak Out – First Nations Stories and Ideas
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Rob Waters is the 2023 Australian Poetry Slam Champion. He has over 20 years of experience writing, performing and teaching Story. Rob empowers people in communities to use oral storytelling and poetry to share their ideas with the world.

His debut collection of poetry, I Will Speak Now, was published by Word Travels Press in 2024.

Rob has deep cultural connections to the North West region of New South Wales. He is a proud father and grandfather living on Darkinjung Country.