Events@MosmanMosman High Art Project
4 June – 16 July, 10am-5pm daily (closed public holidays) Mosman Art Gallery, Cnr Art Gallery Way & Myahgah Road Free event. Enquiries: 9978 4178. A collaborative artwork produced by Year 7 students from Mosman High School exploring the themes of the Guringai Festival and NAIDOC Week. Seniors’ Guringai Festival Lunch Friday 29 June, 12-2pm Mosman Seniors Centre, Mosman Square $12 per person. Bookings: 9978 4128. The Community Restaurant will celebrate the Guringai Festival by serving a ‘bush’ style lunch accompanied by entertainment. Chowder Bay Discovery Saturday 30 June, 11am-12pm or 1-2pm. Free event. Numbers are limited. Join National Parks & Wildlife Service guides on a tour of the Chowder Bay area. This Aboriginal cultural awareness tour will encompass bush foods and medicines used by the local Gameragal people. Meet at Chowder Bay Beach. Access is via Morella Rd or Chowder Bay Rd. Parking available adjacent to Clifton Gardens Reserve (from Morella Rd) or along Chowder Bay Rd – parking fees apply. The Beatty Clan Crew Friday 6 July, 11-11.50am Mosman Library, Library Walk, 605 Military Road, Mosman Free event. Taryn Laleen and her family present a program of stories, songs and dances from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures focusing on Australia’s unique native animals. Children are encouraged to join in the show, where they will be introduced to instruments, costumes and various artefacts. |
NAIDOC Week – Schools Students’ Artwork Exhibition Sunday 1 – Sunday 8 July, business hours Mosman Library, Mosman Art Gallery, Commonwealth, Westpac and National Australia Banks – Mosman & Neutral Bay Free event. Enquiries: 9909 0203. Displays of artwork by public and private school students in the Mosman, Cremorne and Neutral Bay areas on the Guringai Festival theme: One Voice: Still.Talking and NAIDOC Week theme: Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 years on. Bungaree: The First Australian (Guringai Festival exhibition in development) 1 September – 25 November, 10am-5pm daily (closed public holidays) Mosman Art Gallery, Cnr Art Gallery Way & Myahgah Road Free event. Enquiries: 9978 4178. mosmanartgallery.org.au/exhibitions/bungaree-the-first-australian The biggest exhibition project staged by Mosman Art Gallery to date, Bungaree: the First Australian is an exhibition of commissioned artworks by sixteen emerging and established contemporary NSW Aboriginal artists who have created new works to acknowledge and critically re-interpret the story of Bungaree. Bungaree was known as the Chief of the Broken Bay Aborigines, and was a central figure in early Colonial Sydney. An Aboriginal leader, he was the first person known to have been called an ‘Australian’. His story presents a rich and layered history of one man’s remarkable exploits and ability to navigate calamitous times to become a highly respected leader, and bridge between Aboriginal and white cultures. Curated by renowned Aboriginal curator Djon Mundine, the exhibition features artworks by Frances Belle-Parker, Mervyn Bishop, Daniel Boyd, Karla Dickens, Fiona Foley, Aroha Groves, Adam Hill, Warwick Keen, Gary Lee, Peter McKenzie, Danie Mellor, Caroline Oakley, R e a, Gordon Syron, Leanne Tobin and Jason Wing. Following its display at Mosman the exhibition will tour to 8 art galleries around Australia throughout 2013-2014. |