What’s on at the Koorie Heritage Trust – March 2019
What’s On at the Koorie Heritage Trust March 2019
Exhibition Openings:
Join us on Saturday 9 March, 2-4pm to launch our first exhibitions for 2019 with refreshments, and music by James Henry.
Undercurrent (Level 1 Gallery)
Peta Clancy
During a 12-month residency at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Bangerang artist Peta Clancy collaborated with Dja Dja Wurrung Traditional Owners to develop and create a major series of large format landscape photographs responding to a massacre site now submerged due to colonial changes in the natural waterways of the area.
Re / Connecting (Level 2 Project Space)
Moorina Bonini
Re / Connecting by Yorta Yorta artist, Moorina Bonini is based upon the artist’s interaction with the Lisa Bellear Photographic Collection held by the Koorie Heritage Trust.
The Koorie Heritage Trust’s residency program and the exhibition Undercurrent has been supported by the Federal Department of Communications and the Arts’ Indigenous Languages and Arts Program. Undercurrent has also been generously supported by Gandel Philanthropy, and the artist has received support from the City of Melbourne and Australia Council
FREE
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Yarra Building, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston Street & Flinders Streets Melbourne VIC 3000.
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Exhibition Dates:
9 March – 28 April 2019
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Community Only – Professional Development Workshop
Join contemporary artist Hayley Millar-Baker and arts professional and academic Steven Rhall (Taungurung) for a round table discussion and Q&A on artist marketing, branding and online presence. Hear from the artists about the paths they have taken to exhibiting and presenting work to different audiences, their personal perspectives of being an artist, along with advice on marketing, branding, setting up a website and social media engagement.
Finish off the day by getting your own professional headshot/portrait, taken by Hayley, which you can use for your own marketing purposes, as well as one-on-one chats with Steven about your practice.
Sunday 17 March 2019
10:00am – 1:00pm
FREE
Yarra Building, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston Street & Flinders Streets Melbourne VIC 3000.
THIS EVENT IS FOR ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITY ONLY.
For more information visit our website or call 86626300
Design tour through the Koorie Heritage Trust collection
The Koorie Heritage Trust holds a collection of over 4,000 artworks and artefacts, including historic and contemporary design objects such as eel traps, possum skin cloaks, emu feather skirts, jewellery, and more. While many of the works also serve as functional design objects, the items are imbued with a deep cultural significance beyond the practical, revealing an intergenerational practice of design that has been evolving for over 60,000 years.
Take a behind-the-scenes tour in our collection storeroom with Assistant Curator, Zenzi Clark, and hear from Maree Clarke and Marlene Scerri who will be discussing treasured design objects within the collection.
This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2019, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
Thursday 21 March 2019
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost – $15
Yarra Building, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston Street & Flinders Streets Melbourne VIC 3000.
For more information visit our website or call 86626300
Culltural Flows
Australia’s Aboriginal peoples have tens of thousands of years of experience in water management. With the appointment of the country’s first Aboriginal Water Commissioner, Rueben Berg, in late 2017, the value of that accumulated knowledge finally appears to be dawning on local and state governments.
Join Mat Ward from Foreground in an intimate conversation with Rueben Berg, Victoria’s first Aboriginal Water Commissioner.
This event is co-presented by Open House Melbourne and Foreground with support from the Koorie Heritage Trust, and is part of Melbourne Design Week 2019, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
Wednesday – Saturday
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Adult: $33.00
Child/Concession: $16.50
Children under 6yrs: FREE
Yarra Building, Federation Square, Melbourne.
For more information visit our website or call 03 8662 6300