Specialises in Arts + Cultural Development
A proud Yindjibarndi woman living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, Michelle Broun works at many levels and across platforms to produce, promote and present Australian First People’s arts and culture. She is a curator, cultural planner and creative producer-engaging with community and collaborating with artists to engage with audiences – building bridges between cultures and seeking common ground on which to build futures based on truth, justice and equity. In 2024 she completed a Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher-training Certificate with Yoga for Humankind.
Michelle was lead curator of Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn, (Our Heart, Country, Spirit) at WA Museum Boola Bardip from 2017-2020. And the inaugural Australian First Nations Curator at John Curtin Gallery from 2021-2023 curating several exhibitions including Carrolup Coolingah Wirn – The spirit of Carrolup children and Tracing the Art of a Stolen Generation- the child artists of Carrolup, which toured to Manchester and Glasgow in 2022. As an independent curator in 2024, she curated Wadjemup Wirin Bidi (Rottnest Island Spiritual Journey) Exhibition at the Wadjemup Museum (til June 2025). She graduated in February 2025 with a Masters of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, specialising in Curating and Collections. Michelle is currently a board member of Disability and the Arts (DADAA) and a member of the Indigenous Reference Group at the National Museum of Australia. She currently works in an editorial role with LaTrobe as a Research Fellow on the Ngura Ninti project, and developing an ‘In-Conversation’ series with Art On The Move.
The Courthouse Gallery+Studio would like to acknowledge the Kariyarra, Ngarla, and Nyamal people as the Traditional Custodians of the Town of Port Hedland lands. We recognise their strength and resilience and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
The Courthouse Gallery+Studio is managed by The Junction Co. on behalf of the Town of Port Hedland.