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About Me

Moale James-Proud has worn many hats—Artist, Writer, Journalist, Curator, Producer—but at her core, she is a storyteller, sharing her own narrative or amplifying the voices of others.

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Raised in a community of Educators and Artists, including musicians, dancers, weavers, performers, and storytellers, she developed a deep passion for storytelling across various mediums such as live events, theatre, podcasts, print media, photography, spoken word, and community workshops. Her experience spans community arts projects, non-profit organizations, grassroots initiatives, private institutions, and government arts agencies.

 

Through her work, Moale strives to embody values that uplift community, encourage deep listening, empower others, foster a better for future generations, create safe spaces for women and matriarchs, and protect energy and spirit.

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THE MATRIARCHS BANQUET | WRITER & CREATIVE PRODUCER | CURRENT ARTWORK

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE | CREATIVE PRODUCER | PRESENT

QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE | PRODUCER | PRESENT

     NATIONAL EARLY YEARS POLICY SUMMIT AT QPAC'S OUT OF THE BOX FESTIVAL 2025

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE | PRODUCER | 2025 Season
       ALCHEMY AFTERNOONS | LUNAR LOUNGE | FUSION ON THE GREEN | RESEARCHERS ON TAP |         UNSEEN WORLDS


ABC PACIFIC RADIO | PRODUCER | 2024 Season
       STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | PRODUCER | 2024 
        NATURE'S LEADING WOMEN


WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE | PRODUCER | 2024 Season
        SOCIAL SCIENCE | ART & ACTIVISM: CARING FOR COUNTRY

BRISBANE FESTIVAL | PRODUCER | 2023 Season
         SERENADES | COMMUNITIES | 80'S KING ST. PARTY | KIDCHELLA | COMMUNITY HEROES

CURATOR IN-RESIDENCE, PACIFIC ART | QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, GALLERY OF MODERN ART | 2022 - 2023


WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE | ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | 2023 Season


BLAK FRIDAY | PRODUCER; CONTRACTED BY BLAK SOCIAL | 2022

CURATOR AND KEY-CREATIVE | HERU PINKASOVA'S BILUM MAMMA 'BILUM STORIES' | 2022

BRISBANE FESTIVAL | ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | 2022 Season 

            QUEEN'S CITYDANCE HALLS | BRISBANE SERENADES

BLAKTIVISM | PRODUCER; CONTRACTED BY GABA MUSIK | 2022 

COLOUR BOX STUDIO | PROGRAM MANAGER | 2022

QAGOMA ARTLINES I PUBLICATION, ACE Project Making space/s | 2022

QAGOMA ARTLINES | PUBLICATION, Healing the spirit of collections | 2022

COLOUR BOX STUDIOS I INTERVIEWEE | 2021

OUR KNOWLEDGE, OUR PRACTICE, OUR STORIES | PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR | 2021-2022

QAGOMA APT10 | RESEARCH ASSISTANT | 2021

QAGOMA CURATORIAL PACIFIC ART DEPARTMENT | VOLUNTEER | 2020-PRESENT

QAGOMA ACAPA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT | PROJECT ASSISTANT, CATALYST, WRITER | 2020-PRESENT

PACIFIC FASHION FESTIVAL | MODEL | 2019


PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH | PUBLICATION, Citizen journalism countering deliberate media silence | 2019

HORIZONS FESTIVAL | EXHIBITION PARTICIPANT, Our people, Our Place 


ACAPA PILOT PROJECT | CONVERSATION PARTICIPANT | 2018

WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL | WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATOR | 2017-2019

QAGOMA ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL EXHIBITIONS; 8TH AND 9TH ITERATION | 2015 I 2016 I 2018

ASCENSION MAGAZINE | PUBLICATION, Bilum Mama | 2016

ASCENION MAGAZINE | PUBLICATION, Gini Goada, Gini Auka | 2016


TEDX TALK | 2016

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Magandjin, Brisbane QLD, Australia

​© 2025 by MOALE JAMES-PROUD
As a Motuan-Australian woman with mixed-heritage to descendants from Western/colonial nations, I acknowledge that I live, work and create on land where sovereignty has never been ceded by “so-called Australia”’s First People. I wish to acknowledge their elders and ancestors whose stories and histories are embedded in this land. These lands have always been places of creating, learning, story telling and sharing. I bring with me my own stories and collaborate with other Artists to share stories, learn and create and we do these things in good spirit.

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