Koorie Heritage Trust – What’s on in August
WELCOME | WOMINJEKA
Friends and Supporters
Welcome to the August edition of What’s On at the Koorie Heritage Trust, and our new e-format.
As we enter into the second week of stage 4 restrictions, our thoughts and well wishes go out to our Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Melbourne, and also to the wider communities around the state who are back in stage 3 restrictions. We also send our very best wishes to all those individuals and families whose lives may have been directly affected by the virus.
These are certainly unprecedented times, and little did we know that when we initially closed our doors back in March, that we would still be closed in August; but we are in it together and we hope that in our own small way, we are able through our online programming to engage with you in supporting, promoting and celebrating the strong and continuing culture and journey of Aboriginal Victoria.
Please check out all our online activities including our online exhibitions and public programs. For our families out there who are looking for activities to keep our young ones (and young at heart) engaged, please check out our colouring sheets and activities on our KHT Kids’ Club page. We also continue to add to our KHT Voices page where we are capturing the voices of people from our communities during this time.
We thank you for your ongoing support, and we look forward to welcoming you back to the KHT in the near future.
Gnokan danna murra kor-ki | Give me your hand my friend
From the Board and Staff of the Koorie Heritage Trust
THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2020IN CONVERSATION
Join KHT and Fed Square for an exclusive, free online event with First Nations contributors to the Koorie Heritage Trust’s online project KHT Voices. John Harding will guide a conversation with Claire G. Coleman, Monique Grbec and Ron Murray via Zoom around First Nations perspectives on the Covid-19 experience.
INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2020
Together with Rubii Red, we are presenting an online professional development workshop for Koorie artists to improve and polish your Instagram skills.
Rubii has recently been featured in Vogue Australia via their #voguechallenge on Instagram. She is a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait woman from Cairns, Queensland. Her mob are the Lama Lama people of Coen, in the Cape York Peninsula but she has grown up in Melbourne, Victoria in foster care.
Rubii has a successful Instagram account on which she tells her story and shares positive images of the Aboriginal community including her digital portraiture.
This workshop is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members only.
BLAK DESIGN
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPENS 1 SEPTEMBER 2020
We will shortly be seeking expressions of interest from our mob around Victoria who are interested in participating in our exciting new initiative, Blak Design.
Extending over four years, Blak Design will focus each year on a different design discipline, providing mentoring in design, production, and small business skills to nurture long-term sustainable design practices. The first year will focus on jewellery design and practice, and will involve professional development and mentoring through workshops and tutorials with cultural mentors, design professionals, jewellers and industry practitioners.
Blak Design: KHT Jewellery Program is proudly supported by the Ian Potter Foundation, and has been developed in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria and RMIT University.
THE 8TH KOORIE ART SHOW
APPLICATIONS OPEN 24 AUGUST 2020
We’re excited to announce that planning is underway for the KHT 8th Koorie Art Show and Koorie Art Show for kids and young people.
The exhibitions will be launched, and prizes announced, at the end of the year at our annual community day launch! So time to start planning, thinking and making! The call for entries will open up at the end of August.
ISO is the perfect time to start on that artwork that’s been at the back of your mind.
The Koorie Art Show is our annual group exhibition which is open to all Koorie artists working across all mediums aged 17 years and above. The Koorie Art Show for kids is for our budding young artists 16 years and below. Emerging, mid career and established artists and skill levels are all welcome to enter for a significant cash prize pool.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
AFFIRMATION & BLACK CROW BY DAEN SANSBURY-SMITH
We are pleased to be able to extend our current temporary gallery exhibition Affirmation until 15 November. Bringing together some of Victoria’s most exciting multi-disciplinary Indigenous photographers – Paola Balla (Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara), Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung), Tashara Roberts (Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta, English and German) and Pierra Van Sparkes (Pibbulman), each artist explores the concept of truth in the context of place, ancestral identity and cultural pride. Explore the exhibition in our virtual gallery tour and online catalogue.
We are also proud to present the first ever exhibition of Narungga and Trawoolwaway artist Daen Sansbury-Smith. Black Crow is a metaphor for the wise watchful eye of male Aboriginal role models and their key responsibilities within the community. Black Crow expands on Sansbury-Smith’s representation of Narungga and Palawa stories, art and culture. Explore the exhibition in our virtual gallery. All works are available for sale.
KHT VOICES
NEW ADDITIONS
During these unprecedented times in our collective history, KHT Voices presents a series of short one minute essays, interviews and stories about how our communities are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. New voices are added on a regular basis. Recent voices include:
- The Pandemic of Racism by Monique Grbec
- Delkaia Heart – Aunty Nancy Harrison (Wotjobaluk) interviewed by Monique Grbed
Weaving the past into the future – Aunty Bronwyn Razem (Gunditjmara) interviewed by Tabitha Lean
BUILDING ABORIGINAL CULTURAL COMPETENCY
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL GROUPS
We are leaders in Building Aboriginal Cultural Competency (BACC) through our cultural awareness workshops. Throughout the year, we offer sessions for individuals and small groups. The learning outcomes of our workshops are to: develop awareness of Aboriginal culture and identity; develop awareness of the strengths of Aboriginal culture and people; assist in making the connection and understanding the impact of colonisation and past policy for Aboriginal people today; develop capacity to be more understanding and responsive to Aboriginal peoples and communities; and motivate and support participants in their cultural competence journey.
Dates for the remainder of 2020 are 10 September, 6 October, 11 November and 7 December. Due to COVID-19, all our workshops are conducted online via Zoom.
Bookings are essential.
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