WEAVING WORKSHOP w/ BULAAN BURUUGAA NGALI WEAVERS

Saturday 25 January, 2025

11am - 3pm | Grafton Regional Gallery

GENERAL ADMISSION: $65 + booking fee

FoGG MEMBERS: $60 + booking fee

**Subsidised workshop places available for First Nations people wishing to attend - please contact gallery@clarence.nsw.gov.au to reserve your spot

Sit and learn with weavers from the incredible Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition, and create a weaving with natural fibres. This is a great opportunity to connect with women involved in this groundbreaking exhibition.

About the exhibition:

Bundjalung and beyond are lands steeped in complex woven histories and identities. Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition shares the histories and identities of women who bring forth ancient weaving practices and knowledge systems.

Held over three regional galleries located on Bundjalung Country in the Northern Rivers region of NSW (Grafton, Lismore, Murwillumbah), this ground-breaking exhibition presents new work by contemporary First Nations artists responding to their great grandmother’s artistry of weaving alongside historic ancestral woven objects from the Australian Museum collection.

Weavers include: 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.

This touring exhibition is presented by Arts Northern Rivers in partnership with the Grafton Regional Gallery, 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.

Wheelchair access available. Accessible parking in Gallery carpark.

Refunds are available up to 7 days prior to the event. 25% administration fee is obtained from ticket fee for cancellations.

Image from Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali ...we weave together publication by Arts Northern Rivers. Photo Katie Holmes.