Wiradjuri Creatives: Ekphrasis at the Gallery

When: Saturday 17 August Time: 10am - 1pm with a break and refreshments
Cost: Free
Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Using the Gallery’s current exhibition Nganampa Ngura Inmatjara: Our Song, Our Country as inspiration, Marie Clear will guide participants in their own “ekphrasis” – a poem, story, or prose, written in response to the beautiful paintings by Aboriginal artists from remote APY lands.

Marie is a Wiradjuri woman who lives, loves, and writes poetry, prose and short stories in Wagga Wagga and is a member of Booranga Writers. She is a mother, grandmother, and foster mum. Marie hopes that her readers can relate and find some hope in her writings, some of which are written about domestic violence and abuse.

Marie has been commended in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition (2020), published in, The Fabian journal (2022) and the Mona magazine (2022) Booranga Anthology Four W 29, (2019) Booranga Anthology Four W 30, (2020) Booranga Anthology Four W 31, (2021) Booranga Anthology Four W 32, (2022) and Finding My Feet (Melbourne Poets Union's Anthology 2024).

About Wiradjuri Creatives

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s annual Wiradjuri Creatives Program will commence on Saturday 27 July at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery under the guidance and leadership of Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Cheryl Penrith OAM. The program aims to support Wiradjuri and First Nations creative practitioners through art programs and opportunities in an inspiring and safe cultural environment.

This year’s program, The Ways of Words, will focus on various forms of writing storytelling, including yarning, poetry, prose, autobiographical storytelling, filmmaking, podcasting, and songwriting. Wiradjuri and First Nations participants can attend one or multiple sessions, and all sessions are free.