Jeffrey T is a Barkindji artist who has been a part of The Torch program for four years. After his release last year, Jeffrey has been highly active in the community with his art practice and with The Torch directly – working casually in the office and assisting in painting murals. His bright and colourful

Kerry Newby is a Yorta Yorta artist living on Gumbaynggirr country who started painting in 2019 when she joined The Torch Program. Kerry paints landscapes to represent her connection to Yorta Yorta country, reflections of her thoughts and of her childhood memories. It is an outlet for my thoughts and feelings. It helps me process

The Torch is proud to partner with the Deakin Melbourne Boomers for the Women’s National Basketball League Indigenous Round on Saturday March 19th. The WNBL’s inaugural Indigenous Round is an important date in the WNBL calendar, recognising and acknowledging Indigenous culture and people across Australia. Players will be wearing playing singlets designed by an Indigenous

A proud Palawa man, Dale A. has recently made the transition in The Torch’s Program from in-prison artist to in-community artist. Dale paints breathtaking portraits of people who are important to him and that inspire him. He also paints birds which are native to Tasmania, including the yellow-tailed black cockatoos and green rosellas, in collaboration

Graham Gilbert (Gil) is a Wiradjuri man with connections to central New South Wales. Gil grew up on Wiradjuri land in the country town of Condolbolin. His totem is the goanna (griiawaa), an animal he has dreamt about since he was a young boy and to which he maintains a strong connection to today. Gil’s

From 7th February you will have the choice of purchasing a painting from The Torch online shop either as a flat canvas or stretched and ready-to-hang. Most of the paintings that The Torch sells on behalf of the artists in our program we receive as flat canvases. Each painting is priced by our Art Team

Ash is a Yorta Yorta artist who creates detail-orientated paintings that interconnect culture, spirituality and realism. My art practice at the moment is based on my recovery and my journey so I do it each and every day, which seems to work. I love that the torch lets me create what I want, so I

This year, The Torch received the Champions of Reconciliation Award at this year’s HART Awards for the annual Confined exhibition. Confined 12 began as an in-person and online exhibition this year, but COVID-19 restrictions pushed us to take the event online-only for the second year in a row. Our supporters were not phased by this

Melissa Bell, Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta woman and one of the post-release artists in The Torch program was commissioned by Respect Victoria to paint an artwork for various corporate documents including their Reconciliation Action Plan. Joining The Torch program, I didn’t think that I would get this far in life. I’m proud of myself and I am