Cultural Storytelling & Family Activity | Where We Come From

Join us at FORM Gallery to celebrate the talent and stories of the artists and arts workers who have brought the beautiful new show, Where We Come From: The Artists of Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi Country, to life.

Join sisters Barngyi (Pansy) Cheedy Sambo and Jane Cheedy as they guide you through a family friendly art and craft activity, and share Yindjibarndi stories.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This event is free, but registration is essential as space is limited. Please keep this in mind when making a booking, and if you can no longer attend, please ensure you cancel your booking so that someone else has the opportunity to attend instead.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Located in the west Pilbara, the town of Roebourne - known as Ieramagadu to Traditional Owners, the Ngarluma people - is home to a melting pot of language groups, with several art centres supporting the work of a large number of the Pilbara’s most innovative artists. In 2019, Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi artists invited FORM to work alongside them and the Roebourne Art Development Program was born. Since then, the program has responded to Cheeditha Art Group, Juluwarlu Art Group, Yinjaa-Barni Art, and now in its fourth year, independent artists' desires to develop skills that increase opportunities to share culture and further their artistic practice, while contributing to the expanding Pilbara Aboriginal art sector and Ieramagadu’s flourishing art movement.

The artworks in Where We Come From showcase the richness of artistic expression emerging from this region, revealing layers of lived experience, memory, and history. The stories shared are as varied as they are personal, yet they resonate with us all: identity, struggle, joy, resilience, and belonging.

The Roebourne Art Development Program is supported by Woodside Energy. FORM Gallery is supported by Wesfarmers Arts; and FORM is supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries through its Arts Organisation Investment Program.