[Let the] Art Speak
An Anonymous Art Exhibition
27 March - 11 April, 2026
Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
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Have your say about the exhibition
A unique methodology for a new exhibition selection process where all the artists are anonymous. The artworks were reviewed by a panel of art sector professionals.
By taking away the hierarchies of name, place, background and industry experience it allows for the artwork to speak for itself. This process of selection and curation has raised questions of expectation and assumptions, enabling the panel to challenge and deepen their critique.
Artwork by Anonymous (until 5pm 10 April 2026).
resIDual, 2025, Ink and text on paper, 297x210mm.
[Let the] Art Speak
Opening Event:
5.00pm, Thursday, 26 March 2026
Exhibition:
Friday 27 March - Saturday 11 April
Where:
Long GallerySalamanca Arts Centre
77 Salamanca Place, Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania
Gallery Hours:
10am-4pm Monday to Friday
10am-3pm Saturdays
Closed Sundays and 3-6 April
Big Reveal
Closing Event: 5:00pm Friday, 10 April, 2026
At the exhibition’s closing, the identities of participating artists will be revealed in concert with celebration and conversation.
This moment reconnects each work with its maker — completing the project’s arc from anonymity to acknowledgement.
Art for Lunch
During the exhibition we have Tuesday to Thursday lunchtime conversations, workshops and activations asking the questions art keeps circling:
Who gets seen? Who gets heard? What stories are missing? And what happens when the art takes the microphone?
Tuesdays: Conversations
1.30-2.30pm
31 March + 7 April
Step into the conversation. A relaxed one-hour artist talk inside [Let the] Art Speak.
Expect lively discussion about process, identity, power, risk and the strange ways art finds its audience.
Speakers across the series include:
Caine Chennatt • Sharifah Emalia Al-Gadrie • Zara Sully • Luke John Campbell • Maggie May Jeffries • SEE Curatorial Team
Wednesdays: Workshops
1.30-2.30pm
1 April + 8 April
Step into the process. Led by Kelly Drummond Cawthon and the SEE crew, these relaxed, hands-on sessions invite you to explore the ideas inside the exhibition through making, movement and shared experience. There’s no right way in. No experience needed. How do we see? What do we notice when labels fall away? What happens when we trust our own response? Come to participate, reflect and try something new
Thursdays: Activations
1.30-2.30pm
2 April + 9 April
Step into the unexpected. Each Thursday, Second Echo Ensemble artists activate the exhibition through performance, sound, movement and live interaction.
These are not fixed performances, but evolving responses to the works, shaped by the space, the moment and the people in the room.
What happens when art moves? When the body enters the frame? When the line between viewer and performer dissolves?
The Project
At its heart, [Let the] Art Speak asks: What does art become when we release it from labels?
Second Echo Ensemble’s artists — practising radical equity in all its textures — have curated this exhibition through a blind process. No names. No bios. Just bold, thought-provoking artworks that demand presence before presumed meaning.
This model flips the script on traditional art systems, supporting SEE’s long-held belief that art should be encountered directly, without filter or pre-judgment — a space for encounter, curiosity, dialogue, and deep reflection.
Why it Matters
[Let the] Art Speak unfolds SEE’s belief that art can be radically equitable and transformative — that meaning emerges in the shared interplay between artwork and audience, not behind names, status or expectation. It’s visual art reimagined through a lens of inclusion, access, curiosity, and power reversal.
The project invites artists and audiences alike to reconsider how art is valued, who gets heard, and what it means to truly be present with work that speaks without biography.
Be part of the conversation
We welcome:
Artists and makers curious about boundary-breaking platforms
Galleries, curators, agents, and arts reps seeking new realms of dialogue
Collectors and audiences who cherish inclusive, provocative art
Educators and students exploring contemporary curation models
Come. Converse. Reflect. Let the art speak to you first — then through you.
Volunteer
Invigilators Wanted
The Long Gallery will be staffed throughout exhibition hours and we’re calling for volunteer invigilators to help welcome visitors, support gallery operations and be ambassadors for [Let the] Art Speak. If you’re passionate about community arts, inclusive practice and engaging with audiences, we’d love to hear from you.
How to join as a volunteer:
Contact hello@secondechoensemble.org
or sign up here to register your interest.
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