MIECAT

Paralpi by Zaachariaha Fielding — the official poster for National NAIDOC Week July 5–12, 2026.

“Zaachariaha Fielding is a proud Yankunytjatjara man from the APY Lands in South Australia and is widely recognised as one of the country’s leading contemporary First Nations artists and musicians. Known internationally through the acclaimed music duo Electric Fields, his work brings together language, sound, visual storytelling and culture in deeply powerful and contemporary ways.

Paralpi reflects movement, energy and continuity, carrying the stories of Ancestors forward while celebrating the creativity and cultural power of the next generation. Rich in colour and symbolism, the artwork speaks to the enduring strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples over the past 50 years of NAIDOC and beyond.”

www.naidoc.org.au

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Image: The 2026 National NAIDOC Poster incorporating the Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag (licensed by the Torres Strait Island Council).

CARE AT THE THRESHOLD: 4-part series exploring grief, loss, dying and care through lived experience, contemporary knowledge and practical wisdom.

As a partner in this workshop series, the Death Literacy Institute contributes expertise in death and grief literacy, compassionate communities and community-based approaches to care, while sharing MIECAT’s commitment to reflective practice, relational inquiry and meaning-making.

Together, we create opportunities for participants to engage creatively with experiences of loss, care and mortality, cultivating greater confidence, connection and capacity for living alongside life’s endings and transitions.

Participants will:

Increase confidence and language around grief, loss, dying and care.

Develop reflective capacity when accompanying others through change, death, illness or bereavement.

Build practical end-of-life literacy and awareness of resources, frameworks, rituals and options.

Learn from lived experience, professional practice and contemporary conversations in the field.

Explore their own relationship to mortality and grief in a thoughtful and supported way.

Strengthen relational and trauma-informed skills relevant across many professions and everyday life.

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Session 1: Sunday 2nd August, 6–8pm

Session 2: Sunday 23rd August, 6–8pm

Session 3: Sunday 13th September, 6–8pm

Session 4: Sunday 4th October, 6–8pm 

Book via link in bio.

https://events.humanitix.com/community-and-care-or-death-and-grief-practical-artful-ways-to-show-up-for-the-end-of-life

These online sessions will be recorded for those who have pre-registered and available for 4 weeks after each session.

A learning partnership with the Death Literacy Institute.

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Images courtesy of:

Creative Beings Art Therapy & Counselling
Danni Petkovic
The Eulogy Archive
Niki Read
Death Literacy Institute

Join AuDHD artist, arts therapist and educator Chrissy Foreman for a creative, research-rich journey into Autistic and ADHD experiencing through creative and therapeutic arts.

This short online course focuses on a topic each month. Up next…

Alexithymia Poetics:
Discover creative, non-verbal pathways for exploring emotional experiencing, expression, and communication in alexithymic neurodivergent people.

Wednesday July 8th
6.30–8.30pm

Book via link in bio.

https://events.humanitix.com/neurodivergent-experiencing-and-creative-arts-practice-a-short-course-for-practitioners-and-lived-experience-learners

Perfect for mental health & allied health professionals, educators, support workers, creative arts therapists & neurodivergent folks seeking deeper understanding.

A certificate of attendance will be provided.

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Images courtesy of Chrissy Foreman Chrissy Foreman