BILLY BAIN | NAIDOC WEEK WORKSHOP

NAIDOC WEEK at NGUNUNGGULA | KEEP THE FIRE BURNING

To celebrate NAIDOC week 2024 Ngununggula is offering a series of FREE artmaking workshops to our local young people. The workshops will be facilitated by contemporary Indigenous artist Billy Bain whose work spans ceramic sculpture, painting, etching and installation.

Billy will lead participants in the creation of terracotta sculptures and colourful banners. These artworks will contribute to a larger collaborative protest artwork to be installed in the Ngununggula Entry Foyer for the duration of NAIDOC Week. Participants are invited to Ngununggula on Friday 12 July, 5pm - 7pm for a community celebration with live music and to view the installation.

About the Artist:

Billy Bain is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist of Darug descent, the traditional Aboriginal people of Greater Western Sydney. Bain creates new narratives that discuss a contemporary idea of what it means to be a young Indigenous person in Australia today.

Workshop Dates: Sunday 7th, Monday 8th OR Tuesday 9th of July

Time: 10am-1pm

Age: 8 +