Behind the Art
The Rockhampton Museum of Art takes you ‘behind the art’ in their in-depth conversations with artists and art professionals of high acclaim. In these engaging monthly episodes, discover enlivening insights about artists’ practise, community initiatives and the art world itself.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 83
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Darren Blackman in conversation with Nickeema Williams
Artist, Darren Blackman, in conversation with Nickeema Williams, First Nations Art Assistant at RMOA in 2025.
Blackman's work is on display in State of the Art: Reimagining Queensland from 19 July - …
Daniel Kielly-Davis, Kusangalala Mkoka and Melissa Mills
Join Dr Melinda Mann, First Nations Art Officer at RMOA, for a conversation with writers Daniel Kielly-Davis, Kusangalala Mkoka and Melissa Mills.
Learn about how these three Central Queensland-based…
Remy Faint in conversation with Melinda Mann
Artist, Remy Faint, in conversation with Dr Melinda Mann, First Nations Art Officer at RMOA. Faint's work is on display in Artists in CQ: Of the Region from 5 April - 3 August 2025.
The exhibition b…
Phoebe Paradise in conversation with Jonathan McBurnie
Learn more about artist Phoebe Paradise in this conversation with Jonathan McBurnie. Phoebe delivered two workshops at RMOA during 2025 and her work, FORTRESS, was exhibited in Maximum Madness at RMO…
Gail Meyer in conversation with Helen Kavanagh
Artist in Residence, Gail Meyer, in conversation with Helen Kavanagh. Learn more about Meyer's four week residency at RMOA and how works from the Collection inspired new directions in her artistic pr…
LeLarnie Hatfield and Joanna Joy in conversation with Melinda Mann
Artists in Residence, LeLarnie Hatfield and Joanna Joy, in conversation with Dr Melinda Mann, First Nations Art Officer at RMOA. Learn about how Hatfield and Joy's collaborative film project took ins…
Ainslie McMahon in conversation with Easton Dunne
Artist in Residence, Ainslie McMahon, in conversation with Easton Dunne. Learn more about McMahon's art practice and her four week residency at RMOA.
About Ainslie McMahon
Ainslie McMahon is an artis…
Jodie van de Wetering in conversation with Easton Dunne
Artist in Residence, Jodie van de Wetering, joins Easton Dunne for a conversation discussing their four week residency at RMOA. Learn more about how artworks selected from the Collection inspired the…
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Walking through the Cabin garden IX: Two morning glories
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the KenDone: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Beautiful afternoon
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Spade
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the KenDone: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | The circus
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the KenDone: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Ice block
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Mother magpie
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | A boyhood dream
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the KenDone: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Pink frangipani
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Yesterday's smile
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings | Poems from Home
Hear from artist Ken Done as you wander through the Ken Done: Poems from Home and Other Paintings exhibition.
Melissa Mills in conversation with Easton Dunne
Artist in Residence Melissa Mills speaks with Easton Dunne about her practice and the work she's making during her residency at RMOA.
Melissa Mills
Melissa Mills is a photographer whose cultural inheri…
Julie Fragar in conversation with Jonathan McBurnie
Artist Julie Fragar speaks with RMOA Director Jonathan McBurnie about her show Biograph, which was also curated by Jonathan.
Biograph is the first career survey of Fragar’s work. Mapping more than twe…