THE Redland Art Gallery is celebrating NAIDOC Week (July 7-14) by hosting an extraordinary private collection of Aboriginal art at the Cleveland gallery.
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An Architect's Eye: The John Mainwaring Collection will be on show from Sunday, July 7, with an opening event scheduled for 11am.
Redland City Council spokesperson for the arts, culture and innovation, Cr Paul Bishop, said that everyone was welcome to attend t he opening of this travelling exhibition, which will be on show until August 18.
"An Architect's Eye is part of award-winning Sunshine Coast architect John Mainwaring's personal collection of mostly contemporary Aboriginal art," Cr Bishop said.
"The collection includes works by some of today's best known practitioners including Eubena Nampitjin, Gloria Petyarre, Sally Gabori, Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Terry Ngamandara Wilson, Netta Loogatha and Elizabeth Nyumi.
"It is no coincidence that we open this exhibition on the first day of NAIDOC Week.
"It is an opportunity for council and Redland residents to acknowledge the rich cultural contribution of Aboriginal artists in general and those contributions of our local Quandamooka people traditional owners of the land and waters we call Redlands.
"Local Aboriginal Elder Joan Hendriks, affectionately known as Aunty Joan, will begin the proceedings with a Welcome to Country ceremony and the local Yulu-burri-ba dancers will perform at the opening event.
"Then we will hear from collection owner John Mainwaring, whose own architectural work has been has been inspired by this collection," Cr Bishop said..
For a more in-depth understanding of the collection, exhibition project manager John Waldron will speak about works from An Architect's Eye at a free public floor talk at the gallery at 12 noon, Tuesday 9 July 2013.
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland is located on the corner of Bloomfield and Middle streets, Cleveland, and is open 9am to 4pm Mondays to Fridays and 9am to 2pm on Sundays.
