Sabrina-Rose Toby, Still, We Hold, 2026, Timber and woven raffia. PUNQ 2026 Commission. Photograph: Amanda Galea.
Mike Carney Creative Industries Centre, 96 Mosman Street, Gudjal Country / Charters Towers.
The Mike Carney Creative Industries Centre is a not-for-profit, social-enterprise-driven creative space. The multi-roomed centre is home to a gallery, shop, workshop space and venue for exhibitions, Q&A nights, events, training and activities. The centre provides a safe and stimulating place for creatives, community groups and industry experts to showcase their work and access professional development, training, workshops and meetings. The creatives and organisers identify with the concept that creativity changes lives and communities.
View the interactive PUNQ Art Trail Map for directions.
Venue AccessibilityNearby accessible parking.
Nearby accessible public transport (bus stations).
Nearby street drop-off points.
Assisted wheelchair accessibility.
An accessible entrance (both ramp and stairs) and no obstructions to the path upon entering.
Signage indicating it is a PUNQ program.
Venue is close to accessible private bathroom facilities that offer wider doors, adequate floor space to move around in the bathroom, and fixtures designed for comfort including hand railings and low-effort tap handles.
Quiet spaces available for participants, this location will have ambient or no music playing.
Venues have been strategically designed for clear pathways throughout with a focus on minimising clutter.
If participating in workshops, interactions, or artist talks at a pop up there will be an array of seating options provided.
PricingThis is a free event.
Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm
Still, We Hold
Sabrina-Rose Toby
Still, We Hold, is a solo exhibition by Sabrina-Rose Toby Exploring the systems that shape identity, belonging and survival.
Working with timber and woven raffia, the exhibition examines the symbolic legacy of the white picket fence as an enduring image of colonial domestic ideals and aspirational conformity. Through processes of drilling, piercing and weaving, the works disrupt this familiar structure, transforming it into a site of tension, repair and cultural continuity.
Raffia threads move across the timber surface like memory, binding fracture while holding space for stories of resilience, intergenerational strength and connection to culture and Country.
The act of weaving becomes both gesture and intervention and reclaiming within structures not originally built for First Nations people.
Still, We Hold reflects on imposed systems, social conditioning and the ongoing work of truth-telling and reclamation. Across the exhibition, material and process intertwine to convey how identity continues to endure, adapt and remain connected.
About The ArtistSabrina-Rose Toby is a Gangulu multidisciplinary artist, curator and cultural practitioner based in Gurambilbarra / Townsville, Queensland. Her practice spans weaving, sculpture, printmaking, installation, metalwork and mixed media, bringing together contemporary art and Cultural knowledge to explore identity, belonging, truth-telling and cultural continuity. Through material-led processes, Sabrina creates works that invite audiences to reflect on resilience, memory and the enduring strength of First Nations communities.
Sabrina is an Arts Officer, Coordinator of Blak Art Markets TSV, and continues her long-standing involvement with Big Eye Theatre Inc. through cultural workshops and performance. Alongside her artistic practice, she is an emerging curator whose work celebrates First Nations artists, intergenerational knowledge sharing and community collaboration. Her curatorial projects include Woven Together: Undivided We Rise, currently touring at Cairns Art Gallery, and Ung Jay Dijn Un, developed in partnership with Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre.
In 2026, Sabrina presents Still, We Hold, her first solo exhibition, marking a significant milestone in her artistic practice. She continues to expand her artistic and curatorial practice through national professional development, remaining committed to creating spaces for dialogue, cultural continuity and meaningful connection through contemporary First Nations art.
Mike Carney Creative Industries Centre, 96 Mosman Street, Gudjal Country / Charters Towers.
The Mike Carney Creative Industries Centre is a not-for-profit, social-enterprise-driven creative space. The multi-roomed centre is home to a gallery, shop, workshop space and venue for exhibitions, Q&A nights, events, training and activities. The centre provides a safe and stimulating place for creatives, community groups and industry experts to showcase their work and access professional development, training, workshops and meetings. The creatives and organisers identify with the concept that creativity changes lives and communities.
View the interactive PUNQ Art Trail Map for directions.
Venue AccessibilityNearby accessible parking.
Nearby accessible public transport (bus stations).
Nearby street drop-off points.
Assisted wheelchair accessibility.
An accessible entrance (both ramp and stairs) and no obstructions to the path upon entering.
Signage indicating it is a PUNQ program.
Venue is close to accessible private bathroom facilities that offer wider doors, adequate floor space to move around in the bathroom, and fixtures designed for comfort including hand railings and low-effort tap handles.
Quiet spaces available for participants, this location will have ambient or no music playing.
Venues have been strategically designed for clear pathways throughout with a focus on minimising clutter.
If participating in workshops, interactions, or artist talks at a pop up there will be an array of seating options provided.
PricingThis is a free event.
Back to HomePUNQ respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhun, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.