Sharon Orapeleng at the Fairy Tales opening weekend / December 2023 / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Photograph: C Baxter / View full image
Gallery of Modern Art, Maiwar Green
Free
Experience enchanting storytelling sessions by local authors and performers Gordon Hookey, Kate Foster, Rachel Burke and Sharon Orapeleng.
Sessions on Sat 28 Jun at 10.45am and 11.45am will be Auslan interpreted.
Sharon Orapeleng / Image courtesy the storyteller / View full image
10.45 – 11.00am, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jun
Sharon Orapeleng is a mental health professional and cultural diversity advocate inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu — "I am because we are." She is dedicated to transforming communities through connection, collaboration, and collective well-being.
Kate Foster / Image courtesy the storyteller / View full image
11.45am – 12 noon, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jun
Kate Foster is a best-selling and award-winning children's author living on the Gold Coast with her family and second-hand dogs. Her novels are published in Australia, the UK, and the US, and include PAWS, The Bravest Word, Harriet Hound, The Unlikely Heroes Club and Small Acts. Kate founded The ASLA Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award in 2023, and runs Author Pen Pals, a new Australia-wide initiative in which children’s book creators write letters to groups of students throughout the school year.
Rachel Burke / Image courtesy the storyteller / View full image
12.45 – 1.00pm, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jun
Rachel Burke is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, designer, and author based in Brisbane, Australia. Known for her vibrant, tactile wearable artworks and iconic tinsel creations, her work is inspired by a love for naive craft materials and transforming the mundane into the magical. She has published five books: Make It Up (2025), Fancy Long Legs (2024), Pla Pla: Gather, Make, Play. (2023), Craft Roach (2023) Be Dazzling (2018) and Daphne and Daisy (2017).
Gordon Hookey / May 2021 / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Photography: J Ruckli, QAGOMA / View full image
1.45 – 2.00pm, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jun
Gordon Hookey is a Waanyi artist, who locates his art at the interface where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures converge. His book The Sacred Hill is an illustrated tale about four spirited kangaroos trying to find their way home and was published by the Gallery in 2013.
