Dreams Nursed in Darkness

About this event

Dreams Nursed in Darkness is on at Hazelhurst Arts Centre (782 Kingsway, Gymea, New South Wales, 2227) on Sun 8 Nov 2026.

Tickets and details are on the organiser’s website, linked on this page. Prices listed by the organiser: Price Free. They’re indicative, so check the final price when you book.

The organiser lists these accessibility features for the event: companion card accepted, disability awareness training for staff, website meets wcag 2.0, step-free pathways, step-free main entrance, accessible restaurant, have step free access to the conference or function room, accessible theatre seating, accessible toilet, accessible change room and accessible parking.

From the organiser

Curated by Claire Taylor and Elizabeth Day, Dreams Nursed in Darkness brings together art by people who know incarceration firsthand, alongside artworks that respond to Australia's prison and detention systems, past and present.

The exhibition takes a close look at Australia's relationship with prisons from the inside out. It uses art as a powerful form of truth-telling to face violence that began in the past and still affects us today. The exhibition shows how modern prisons and immigration detention directly continue colonial practices used to control, displace and contain First Nations people. This ongoing history helps explain why First Nations people are over-represented in Australian prisons and face a much higher risk of harm.

The exhibition also includes artworks that look at the use of isolation and borders in immigration detention to hide violence, keep people out of sight, and strip them of their rights.

The works in this exhibition challenge us to think about the failures of our prison systems and unfairness built into our laws, rules, organisations and social systems. They also ask us to consider our own role in long-standing issues. Together, the artworks explore a topic that remains deeply debated—one where many important social questions still don't have clear answers.

The venue’s recorded access

Inclusable’s venue database has an entry for Hazelhurst Arts Centre at this location. It records wheelchair access, step-free entry and accessible parking. The venue hasn’t confirmed these details. They describe the venue in general, not this particular event.

Not yet recorded for the venue: accessible toilet and communication and sensory features such as a hearing loop or quiet hours. We don’t know either way, so it’s worth checking before you go.