Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition …we weave together opening
Saturday 13 September, 1 – 4pm
You are invited to join us at Lismore Regional Gallery for an afternoon opening of Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition …we weave together. Join us for formalities at 1.00pm, followed by a free weaving workshop with Tania Marlowe, Janette Duncan, and Rhoda Roberts from 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm. In this exhibition, nine ancestral woven objects held in the Australian Museum collection will return to Country for Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali ...we weave together.
These historic pieces stand alongside ten newly commissioned works by contemporary Bundjalung, Yaegl, Gumbaynggirr, and Kamilaroi (Gamilaroi) artists, who have drawn from their great grandmothers’ wisdom to breathe new life into ancient weaving traditions. Featuring Bindimu, Casino Wake Up Time, Janelle Duncan, Madeleine Grace, Lauren Jarrett, Tania Marlowe, Bianca Monaghan, Krystal Randall, Rhoda Roberts AO, Kyra Togo and Margaret Torrens.
Curated by Kylie Caldwell. This touring exhibition is an Arts Northern Rivers project, in partnership with Grafton Regional Gallery and presented by Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, and Lismore Regional Gallery. This project was made possible by the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program, the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Dobell Exhibition Grant Program, funded by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and managed by Museums & Galleries of NSW, and the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund.
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