When
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Where
Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space
Cnr Hargraves & Mostyn Sts
above Stonemans Bookroom
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Australia
Why
A shared space.
You are invited to enter gently.
This exhibition gathers voices from Palestine, the Palestinian diaspora, and those who have chosen to remain present.
It is not an argument. It is not a spectacle. It is a space to feel and reflect.
Some works may ask you to slow down. Some may feel heavy. Each carries a story shaped by love, loss, memory, endurance, hope and connection.
Sumud is often translated as steadfastness, and here, it is felt in the protection of family, in the preservation of culture, of belonging, in the quiet refusal to be erased. It lives in everyday gestures of care, solidarity and reflection.
To bear witness is to stay. To listen. To allow what is revealed to matter. And to bear the weight of responsibility to respond with care.
This exhibition asks only that you come with openness, and leave with a deeper awareness of our shared humanity, of what it means to hold one another in times of fracture, and of what is at risk when compassion is lost.
‘Bearing Witness: A Love Letter to Sumud’
7 march - 19 march
Fridays to Sundays
11am - 5pm
20 march to 29 march (coinciding with the Castlemaine State Festival 2026)
Daily
11am - 5pm
Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space (CASPA)
Access via Hargraves St, Castlemaine
Contact
Tales of the Olive Trees
talesoftheolivetrees.org
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