Opening at Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland this Sunday, Gathering Strands celebrates the vitality of fibre art in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures with particular relevance to south east Queensland.
Curated by Freja Carmichael, recipient of the 2014 Australia Council Emerging Curator’s Fellowship, Gathering Strands is the culmination of a two year journey that has embodied a clear focus on strengthening fibre practices locally.
The exhibition presents the work of more than 18 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, including a collective of Quandamooka weavers, practising fibre artists, and established and emerging visual artists.
The official opening event will be at 6pm this Friday, June 10. There will be a welcome to Country by Uncle Bob Anderson and opening dances by Yulu-Burri-Ba dancers, with the exhibition to be opened by Diane Moon, curator, Indigenous Fibre Art, QAGOMA. On Sunday there will be an exhibition floor talk and morning tea from 11.30am, featuring curator Freja Carmichael and exhibiting artists. The exhibition continues to July 24. These are free events, all welcome.
This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s Backing Indigenous Arts program and the Gordon Darling Foundation, and is supported by QYAC.
Visit Redland Art Gallery at cnr Middle and Bloomfield Streets, Cleveland, artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au
