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TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS IN SYDNEY TO CELEBRATE
From the 1st to the 5th of July, the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Leichhardt will host an inspiring exhibition by artists such as the winners of the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award recipients Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti.
Other artists include David Bosun, textile artist Rosie Barkus, Aicey Zaro, Eddie Nona, Lisa Sorbie Martin as well as a display of contemporary artefacts. Selected artists will be on hand throughout the week to talk about their work including a ‘yarn time’ with Nancia Guivarra and Dennis Nona discussing his Telstra award winning sculpture, ‘Ubirikubiri”. Music, dance and story telling sessions are also part of the program.
Event details
When
Jul 01, 2008 12:10 PM
to
Jul 05, 2008 12:10 PM
Jul 05, 2008 12:10 PM
Where
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Leichhardt
Contact Name
Mary Day
Contact Phone
0404 999 049
TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDERS IN SYDNEY TO
CELEBRATE
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Media release:
Gadigal
July 1 with
visual arts, oral histories, song and dance.
On the 1st of July every year, Torres Strait
Islanders acknowledge the 1871 arrival of Christianity on Erub Island in the
Torres Strait. In Sydney this year there will be much more than going to church
and feasting.
Acknowledging that July One or its Creole
equivalent, ‘Zulai 1’ is no longer restricted to celebrating Christianity, the
Lagaw Kodo Mir Torres Strait Islander Resource and Culture Centre NSW, with the
support of the Australia Council for the Arts, have organised a week long
exhibition of high profile Islander artists and performances.
The planned activities promote the maintenance of
Torres Strait Islander cultural practices and celebrate the artistic talents of
Islander artists and performers such as Christine Anu, Gavin Ware, the Baiwa
Dance Company and Cindy Drummond.
From the 1st to the 5th of July, the Boomalli
Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Leichhardt will host an inspiring exhibition
by artists such as the winners of the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islander Art Award recipients Dennis Nona and Alick
Tipoti.
Other artists include David Bosun, textile artist
Rosie Barkus, Aicey Zaro, Eddie Nona, Lisa Sorbie Martin as well as a display of
contemporary artefacts. Selected artists will be on hand throughout the week to
talk about their work including a ‘yarn time’ with Nancia Guivarra and Dennis
Nona discussing his Telstra award winning sculpture, ‘Ubirikubiri”. Music,
dance and story telling sessions are also part of the program.
The week of festivities will culminate with an
Ecumenical service and feasting on Sunday 6th July at the Redfern Town
Hall.
For more
information contact
Mary Day: 0404 999 049
Helen Anu: 0413 224 520
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