The Canning Stock Route Project is founded upon a program of workshops in multiple creative mediums. Various workshops throughout Australia - in remote communities, regional centres and cities - have been pivotal to the development and delivery of the Canning Stock Route Project. Since the birth of the project in 2006 there have been a total of 51 different workshops with communities, artists and the project team. This includes, but is not limited to, a six week Return to Country workshop, eight community consultation meetings, over six artists' camps, seven curators' workshops and 27 content approval workshops in communities.

Content Approval Workshops

Ngurra Kuju Walyja – The Canning Stock Route Project came from the ground up like a new car. The project team drove that car with support and 100% backing from custodians. The Project shows how the Jukurrpa links the people and the people to the land in a way that is visual and practical. There’s two different ways of story telling: the western way and the Martu way. In this exhibition we ran with voices that have been silenced for a long time.
Curtis Taylor, 2011

Throughout the Canning Stock Route Project art centres, artists and contributors have been directly involved in the project’s development and the delivery of its final outcomes. As content was being finalised for Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route at the National Museum of Australia, content approval workshops were undertaken in 17 communities to ensure that artists and elders were satisfied with the accuracy and cultural appropriateness of its content. These visits engaged contributing artists with the layout, content and presentation of the final exhibition, multimedia and publications. Important decisions were made during these approvals, which allowed the project team to adjust and finalise content that would not only be presented to national audiences but would become a legacy for communities into the future.