NAIDOC Week 2017 was a busy one for the team kuril and the State Library of Queensland, with a number of events taking place over the course of the week. This year the State Library and kuril dhagun once again celebrated NAIDOC at the annual Family Fun Day at Musgrave Park on Friday 7 July. … Read more
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is an annual cultural event that showcases the art and culture of Queensland Indigenous artists. CIAF is uniquely (and proudly) QLD orientated and offers three days of visual art, music, talks, workshops, performance, theatre, fashion and food! Community Engagement Officer Kaylah Tyson and myself represented kuril dhagun this year; … Read more
One of the great highlights of NAIDOC 2017 was hosting the Indigenous #MissMakesCode workshop. The Carbon Creative led initiative STEM.I.AM and Girl Geek Academy hired the kuril dhagun venue for coding workshops for Indigenous girls. The workshop saw a group of young girls participate in full days’ worth programming, basic coding, storytelling and game making. #MissMakesCode is … Read more
kuril dhagun and SLQ’s Learning team co-hosted the Rachel’s Place Child Care Kindergarten group in our space. Joined by their teacher Marion, the children had prepared themselves with research queries about kuril (the native water rat), how people use to travel along Maiwar (the Brisbane River) and other curious questions. It was fantastic to see the … Read more
Blog by Freja Carmichael Last week Sophia and I traveled to Yarrabah for kuril dhagun’s upcoming exhibition Jabu Birriny (land and sea). Located on the shore of Cape Grafton in Far North Queensland, Yarrabah is an Aboriginal community surrounded by tropical bush land and mountain ranges that run down to sandy beaches and coral reefs. … Read more
Thursday evening on May 4th saw the culmination of months of hard work and collaboration by the kuril dhagun team at the launch event for our latest exhibition ‘Dont Just Count Us, Let Us Count!’ In a joint effort, SLQ’s Queensland Memory team also launched their latest exhibition ‘Freedom Then, Freedom Now’. The evening took … Read more
On 17 May 2017, Amanda Hayman and Carol McGregor presented at the Museums and Galleries Australia National Conference at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The presentation was entitled ‘Art of the Skins: cultural revitalisation, community co-creation and collaboration’ and we addressed the topic Operational Landscape: best practice, case studies, collection management, curating, strategic directions, using the ‘Art of the Skins’ … Read more
In late March, the First 5 Forever team caught two planes, a bus and a ferry, donned traditional ‘Floral Friday’ clothes and delivered professional development ‘Island Style’. The destination was Thursday Island (otherwise known as TI), approximately 39 kilometres north of Cape York Peninsula in the Torres Strait. The workshop was one of many held around … Read more
kuril dhagun wrapped up it’s first Indigenous Arts Business workshop series over the weekend. Inspired by the exhibition Barambah<>Cherbourg<>Art<>Craft, and the experiences of the Cherbourg potters when their studio and livelihood were lost when Government funding ceased, the series aimed to provide access to tools that can help fledgling businesses thrive. Developed in consultation with … Read more
Hello I am Zarah, and I’m a Year Eleven student at San Sisto College in Carina. At school I am currently studying Cert 3 in Business, and to receive this certificate I will have needed to complete work placement in a business environment. I have had the pleasure working alongside the amazing kuril dhagun team. … Read more