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Cost: Free event.
Gunditjmara artist and Master Weaver Aunty Bronwyn Razem will share stories of her family and the traditional practice of weaving, while teaching you how to create a twined mat.
This workshop is suitable for adults and teens aged 15 and over.
Where: Carnegie Library and Community Centre, Boyd Room, 7 Shepparson Avenue, Carnegie
Cost: $10 and bookings are essential.
Bookings: online at library.gleneira.vic.gov.au or at any Glen Eira Library or contact 9524 3700.
Voice from the desert
Running time: 30 minutes
Aboriginal singer Zaachariaha Fielding returns to the tiny central desert community of Mimili to reveal the inspiration behind his unique music.
Stolen Generations
Running time: 53 minutes
Between 1910 and 1970 in Australia, one in three children were removed from Aboriginal families and placed in institutions and foster homes. These children, in most cases, were never to see their family again. This film tells three stories of Aboriginal Australians — Cleonie Quayle, Bobby Randall and Daisy Howard who were removed.
Where: Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: online through Trybooking
Host Troy Benjamin interviews Uncle Jack Charles about his life and what reconciliation means to him. To be followed by an audience Q&A.
Uncle Jack Charles is an award-winning Aboriginal actor, musician, potter, and Aboriginal Elder but in his 75 years he has also been homeless, a heroin addict, a thief and a regular in Victoria’s prisons. A member of the Stolen Generations, Uncle Jack has spent his life in between acting gigs, caught in the addiction/crime/doing time cycle.
Today — no longer caught in the cycle — he lives to tell the extraordinary tale.
Where: Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Cost: Full $15, Concession $10.
Bookings: essential, book online through Trybooking
Explore the flora and fauna with the Boon Wurrung People’s cultural and historical insights. Then join us for a bite to eat with a barbeque.
Where: Mallanbool Reserve, Leila Road, Murrumbeena.
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: essential, book online through Trybooking
Join Yarn Strong Sista to gain an insight into the Victorian Koorie culture with this special StoryTime session — featuring an Aboriginal storyteller and creative painting.
Where: Caulfield Library, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: Book online at library.gleneira.vic.gov.au or at any Glen Eira Library or contact 9524 3700.
Thursday 2 May–Sunday 28 July
Works by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are featured in this exhibition which examines themes of identity, colonisation, personal history, community and the diversity and richness of a significant cultural heritage. Contemporary Indigenous experiences and cultural practices are investigated through a compelling selection of paintings, photography, drawings, videos, ceramics, sculpture and installations by Brook Andrew, Tony Albert, Hannah Brontë, Michael Cook, Janet Fieldhouse, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Hayley Millar-Baker, Kent Morris, Vincent Namatjira, Wayne Quilliam, James Tylor and Vicki West.
Where: Glen Eira City Council Gallery, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event
Curator's talk
Wednesday 29 May | 6pm
Join Gallery Curator Diane Soumilas for an engaging discussion about the exhibition theme and the artworks included in the exhibition.
Where: Glen Eira City Council Gallery, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: online through Trybooking
MORE:
Glen Eira City Council
Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, Victoria
PO Box 42, Caulfield South VIC 3162
Tel: 03 9524 3333
Email: mail@gleneira.vic.gov.au
Website: www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Uniting in celebration of indigenous culture
Glen Eira has an array of inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural activities and celebrations available for our community to enjoy and participate in.Reconciliation Week launch and exhibition
Monday 27 May | 6-8pm- Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony
- Performance by Brett Lee.
- The exhibition Celebrating Culture: Contemporary Indigenous art will be open to view at the event.
Cost: Free event.
Weave your own twined mat with Aunty Bronwyn Razem
Tuesday 28 May | 5-9pmGunditjmara artist and Master Weaver Aunty Bronwyn Razem will share stories of her family and the traditional practice of weaving, while teaching you how to create a twined mat.
This workshop is suitable for adults and teens aged 15 and over.
Where: Carnegie Library and Community Centre, Boyd Room, 7 Shepparson Avenue, Carnegie
Cost: $10 and bookings are essential.
Bookings: online at library.gleneira.vic.gov.au or at any Glen Eira Library or contact 9524 3700.
Movie night
Wednesday 29 May | 7pmVoice from the desert
Running time: 30 minutes
Aboriginal singer Zaachariaha Fielding returns to the tiny central desert community of Mimili to reveal the inspiration behind his unique music.
Stolen Generations
Running time: 53 minutes
Between 1910 and 1970 in Australia, one in three children were removed from Aboriginal families and placed in institutions and foster homes. These children, in most cases, were never to see their family again. This film tells three stories of Aboriginal Australians — Cleonie Quayle, Bobby Randall and Daisy Howard who were removed.
Where: Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: online through Trybooking
Uncle Jack Charles on Reconciliation
Saturday 1 June | 7pmHost Troy Benjamin interviews Uncle Jack Charles about his life and what reconciliation means to him. To be followed by an audience Q&A.
Uncle Jack Charles is an award-winning Aboriginal actor, musician, potter, and Aboriginal Elder but in his 75 years he has also been homeless, a heroin addict, a thief and a regular in Victoria’s prisons. A member of the Stolen Generations, Uncle Jack has spent his life in between acting gigs, caught in the addiction/crime/doing time cycle.
Today — no longer caught in the cycle — he lives to tell the extraordinary tale.
Where: Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Cost: Full $15, Concession $10.
Bookings: essential, book online through Trybooking
A guided tour of Mallanbool Reseve
Sunday 2 June | 11am and 12noonExplore the flora and fauna with the Boon Wurrung People’s cultural and historical insights. Then join us for a bite to eat with a barbeque.
Where: Mallanbool Reserve, Leila Road, Murrumbeena.
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: essential, book online through Trybooking
Indigenous StoryTime
Monday 3 June | 11am–1pmJoin Yarn Strong Sista to gain an insight into the Victorian Koorie culture with this special StoryTime session — featuring an Aboriginal storyteller and creative painting.
Where: Caulfield Library, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: Book online at library.gleneira.vic.gov.au or at any Glen Eira Library or contact 9524 3700.
Exhibition
Celebrating Culture: Contemporary Indigenous artThursday 2 May–Sunday 28 July
Works by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are featured in this exhibition which examines themes of identity, colonisation, personal history, community and the diversity and richness of a significant cultural heritage. Contemporary Indigenous experiences and cultural practices are investigated through a compelling selection of paintings, photography, drawings, videos, ceramics, sculpture and installations by Brook Andrew, Tony Albert, Hannah Brontë, Michael Cook, Janet Fieldhouse, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Hayley Millar-Baker, Kent Morris, Vincent Namatjira, Wayne Quilliam, James Tylor and Vicki West.
Where: Glen Eira City Council Gallery, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event
Curator's talk
Wednesday 29 May | 6pm
Join Gallery Curator Diane Soumilas for an engaging discussion about the exhibition theme and the artworks included in the exhibition.
Where: Glen Eira City Council Gallery, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Cost: Free event.
Bookings: online through Trybooking
MORE:
Glen Eira City Council
Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, Victoria
PO Box 42, Caulfield South VIC 3162
Tel: 03 9524 3333
Email: mail@gleneira.vic.gov.au
Website: www.gleneira.vic.gov.au