Tour: Art & This Place

Judy Watson, Waanyi people, Australia b.1959 / tow row 2016 / Bronze / Commissioned 2016 to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Gallery of Modern Art. This project has been realised with generous support from the Queensland Government, the Neilson Foundation and Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist / View full image
When
11.30am – 12.30pm, Sun 29 May 2022
Where
Gallery of Modern Art
About
Engage with artworks and the stories they tell, and reflect on the long history of this place. On this tour, you’ll hear from First Nations storytellers and creatives as they highlight artworks from QAGOMA’s Indigenous Australian Art Collection and explore the complex stories of history, culture and place that they tell. In this season’s tour, explore the work of artists Judy Watson, Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Ryan Presley and Vernon Ah Kee. This season’s facilitator: Sam Harrison. Sam is an emerging Brisbane-based artist and curator of Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri decent. Free, bookings required. Capacity is limited. / Held during National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June) – a time for strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples for the benefit of all Australians. Blaklash Creative’s involvement in this project is supported through a Growing Indigenous Tourism in Queensland initiative, thanks to the support from the Queensland Government, Department of State Development, Tourism & Innovation