| When: | 05/11/2017 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| Where: | Bare Island Bare Island, Anazac Parade La Perouse |
The Blak Markets is a great chance to buy locally made gifts and products directly from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who made them in the knowledge that the profit goes back to Indigenous communities.
The day will begin with a welcome to country followed by live music, dance performances, workshops and will feature a new art exhibition Fire and Water – Warlukurlangu to Gadu -featuring artists connected to the Aboriginal community of La Perouse alongside artists from Warlukurlangu Artists’ Aboriginal Corporation from yuendumu NT.
This one day festival features cultural performances, art exhibition and workshops alongside great bushfood offerings and products to purchase
Entry fee onto the Island is $2.50 Pp, Excluding Children 5 and Under.
Program of the day
10:00am Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
10:30am Traditional Dance
10:30 Warlukurlangu Artists present Acrylic Painting workshop – Dreaming and Symbolism
11:00am Whale Ceremony with Tucky Cooley (booking required
11:00 Singing performance
12:30 Traditional Dance
2:00pm Healing Ceremony with Tucky Cooley (booking required)
Visit the Webite or Facebook for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events
Workshop bookings: https://www.blakmarkets.com/collections/workshops
The Blak Markets will host the inaugural art month at Bare Island, La Perouse this November, featuring a new art exhibition, art markets at hands-on workshops throughout the month.
The celebration launches the Blak Markets’ first art exhibition entitled,
The exhibition will be officially opened to the public as part of the Blak Markets on Bare Island on Sunday, 5 November at 10am to 4pm, and will run until the end of November and all works are for sale. Bare Island is in Kamay Botany Bay National Park.
Warlukurlangu Artists will also host a painting workshop and there will be a new dance performance inspired by the Fire and Water theme, choreographed and presented by Kerry Johnson and the local Aboriginal women of the community.
