Little Bit Long Way
11 November 2016, 7:00 PM to 13 November 2016, 4:00 PM
PAINTINGS, CARVINGS, BARKS, WEAVINGS, ARTEFACTS and CERAMICS BY NEW AND ESTABLISHED INDIGENOUS TALENTS.
Profits from LITTLE BIT LONG WAY will be used to fund the travel costs of visiting students and Elders from two Yolngu homelands of Dhalinybuy and Garrthalala in North-East Arnhem Land and two Alywarre communities, Ampilatwatja and Irrultja (Central Australia).
Part of a two-way learning exchange with Woodleigh School. With your generous patronage and support this program will continue to make a significant difference to the lives of Indigenous children in remote communities.
Presented by McCulloch & McCulloch, the exhibition comprises more than 70 works from 25 leading Aboriginal owned art centres in Central Australia, the NT, The Kimberley, Arnhem Land, and the Pilbara. Featuring works from Baluk Arts: Indigenous artists of Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.
EXHIBITION OPENING FRIDAY 11 November at 7 pm. Welcome to Country, didgeridoo performance, traditional fire lighting and smoking ceremony. Refreshments served. Tickets $20. www.ticketebo.com.au/lblw or at the door
WEEKEND GALLERY HOURS Saturday & Sunday 12 & 13 November, 10am-4pm. Tickets $5. Includes curators’ floor talk on Saturday at 11 am
IN CONVERSATION WITH Sunday 13 November at 3 pm
Woodleigh’s Director of Indigenous Education, Peter Aldenhoven and exhibition co-curator Susan McCulloch OAM discussing works from Miwatj and Ampilatwatja in the exhibition Tickets $10 – includes afternoon tea
Contact: Peter Aldenhoven, Woodleigh School. 03 5971 6100. E: paldenhoven@woodleigh.vic.edu.au
Susan McCulloch. 0419 896473. E: susan@mccullochandmcculloch.com.au