Myall Creek and beyond Workshop - Gawura Gallery Glen Innes

Myall Creek and beyond Workshop - Gawura Gallery

 

WEDNESDAY 11th April 2018

5pm – 8pm

Gawura Gallery, 9979 New England Highway, Glen Innes

 

A workshop for young indigenous people from across the New England region, to reflect on the significance of the Myall Creek Massacre 180 years later and create a new work to be included in an exhibition at the New England Regional Art Museum as part of this year’s commemorations.

The workshops will be held with Kamilaroi/Gomeroi singer/ songwriters Radical Son (David Leha) and Quralia Knox who will lead a touring musical workshop that explores the history of Myall Creek, the importance of truth-telling in reconciliation, and the role of the arts in healing- including creative responses to trauma.

Workshop participants will:
- Gain experience in singing and songwriting;
- Learn the facts of the Myall Creek Massacre & why it remains significant to Australia today;
- Contribute to a new creative music work that builds on responses to the story of Myall Creek.

 

Myall Creek and Beyond is presented by the New England Regional Art Museum in partnership with the - Friends of Myall Creek:
- University of New England,
- Armidale and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place,
- Beyond Empathy,
- Arts North West
- Oorala Aboriginal Centre at the University of New England.

'Myall Creek and beyond' is supported by the Regional Arts Fund, the New South Wales Government through Create NSW's regional Partnerships Program and the Australian Government Department of Communications and the Arts Indigenous Language and Arts Program.