Yuma! Welcome to CW’s list of all things NAIDOC Week happening around the Capital, 3-10 July.
NAIDOC Week is the time to embrace and educate ourselves on the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This year’s theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!, calling on all people to use their voices to fight for change and work together to follow through on good intentions; for the implementation of institutional change, environmental protections and a comprehensive process of truth telling.
Here are some of the ways you can celebrate NAIDOC Week on Ngunnawal Country:
Activities
NAIDOC at Ginninderry: Spend some time learning the importance of native plants through a workshop and bush cooking demonstration, with bonus rock painting on offer. The Link building, Strathnairn, Sunday 3 July 12pm. Free, bookings essential: belcoarts.com.au
MEGAfauna afterDARK: Experience the National Botanic Gardens at night, follow the trail discover the creatures that once roamed our lands and hear the story of a local Gurulidj or Bunyip from a Ngunnawal storyteller. National Botanic Gardens, 3,7,8 & 9 July 5:30pm; parksaustralia.gov.au
Feather Flower Workshop: At this free event with Gamilaroi Yularoi woman Sarah Loynes, guests are invited to bring their own feathers to create a flower, Tuesday 5 July 12.15pm and 1pm; tuggeranongarts.com
ACT Community Sector Event: Woden Arts invites you to their 8th NAIDOC Week event, opening with a smoking ceremony, and featuring music performances, art workshops, food stalls and more. Woden Town Square, Tuesday 5 July from 10.45am; tuggeranongarts.com
Get up! Stand up! Show up!: A day with live music, indigenous artworks and a drop-in workshop with Dale Huddleston. Mawson Shops, Friday 8 July 10.30am; tuggeranongarts.com
Wiradjuri Story Time: Join Larry Brand as he brings his award nominated book Wiradjuri Country to life. Gungahlin Library, Friday 8 July 10.30am; Belconnen Library, Saturday 9 July 10.30am; belcoarts.com.au
Dilly Purse Weaving: Wiradjuri, Yorta Yorta artist Angela Jane Pisciotta Firebrace teaches attendees how to create their own dilly purse. Woden Library, Saturday 9 July 1pm; belcoarts.com.au
Culture on the Move: Bush animal weaving workshop with Ronnie Jordan, a Kalkadoon Pitta Pitta woman. Australian National Botanic Gardens, Sunday 10 July 10 am and 1pm; eventbrite.com.au
Exhibitions
Community Service #1: NAIDOC Community art exhibition features over 30 original works from detainees incarcerated in the Alexander Maconochie Centre created through the facility’s art program. All the works displayed are for sale, with the proceeds directly going into detainee’s trust accounts. Community Services #1, Narrabundah, now until all works are sold or end of September; communityservices1.org
Tuggeranong Arts Centre: Hosts three exhibitions celebrating First Nations artists until 16 July. Jessika Spencer: Nginha Ngurambang Marunbunmilgirridyu, a weaving exhibition exploring the songlines that run through Ngunnawal country like bloodlines. Sculptural artist Aidan Hartshorn’s Nganygulia Murunwiginya, Walgalu exhibition tells the story of how country holds the past within its landscape. Proud Wiradyuri woman Rechelle Turner’s works in Ngadhu Bandali Ngurambang Gu embed language to artwork. tuggeranongarts.com
Life Source: In this exhibition by Aboriginal woman Leah Brideson, her works focus on her Country, Kamilaroi and the land she lives on, Ngunnawal. Belconnen Arts Centre, 8 July-21 August; belcoarts.com.au
Colonisation: Award-winning multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello is of Aboriginal, Chinese and Anglo-Celtic descent, and aims to challenge socio-economic taboos with her new exhibition. Belconnen Arts Centre, 8 July- 21 August; belcoarts.com.au
Nancy Sever Gallery: Presents Daam Booroo| Reflections on country showcasing the recent works of four Indigenous artists from the Warmun Arts Centre – Mabel Juli; Gordon Barney; Madeline Purdy; Tommy Carroll. Until 17 July; nancysevergallery.com.au
NMA: See traditional culinary tools alongside contemporary designs on modern appliancesinAn Aboriginal Culinary Journey: Designed for Living, at National Museum of Australia, until 7 August; nma.gov.au
The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony is a testament to the survival of Indigenous cultures bringing together the works from 35 artists, at the National Gallery of Australia until 31 July; nga.gov.au
Connection: Go on an immersive journey through rich Indigenous culture via artworks, photographs, music and scents at the National Museum of Australia, until 9 October; nma.gov.au
National Portrait Gallery: The Parkes gallery hosts the Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibitions featuring works and faces of First Nations people, until 9 October; portrait.gov.au
Performances
NAIDOC Showcase: Renowned singer, songwriter and artist Dale Robert Huddleston is joined by emerging Ngunnawal performer Alinta Barlow for an afternoon of music at Cornerstone Pub, Gungahlin, Saturday 9 July 3pm; belcoarts.com.au
Hand to Earth: Yolnju songman Daniel Wilfred is joined by jazz vocalist Sunny Kim in this Australian Art Orchestra performance at National Museum of Australia, Sunday 3 July 6pm; nma.gov.au
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