Art Encounters and the Melbourne Studio of Art honour the ancestral lands of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.  We acknowledge the first Australians as the traditional custodians of this great continent.

We pay our respects to ancestors and elders past and present on this treasured Boon Wurrung country from where we are blessed to operate and are committed to honouring their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas as well as their rich contribution to our society