Girramay Traditional Owner and artist Abe Muriata has been at the forefront of a campaign to remove “Aboriginal Art” made by non-Indigenous people from retail outlets across Australia. The proliferation of imported non-Indigenous product in the marketplace is not only … Continue reading
The Girringun artists, art centre, nursery, IPA and Rangers hosted a visit from Professor Rosita Henry, Head of Social Sciences, James Cook University, Dr Michael Wood JCU Dr Kirsty Gillespie, Senior Curator, Anthropology, Museum of Tropical Queensland and Brit Asmussen, … Continue reading
Girramay Traditional Owner and artist Nephi Denham recently completed an artist residency (ceramics) at the Jam Factory in Adelaide. One of four artists across Australia (Ernabella, Hermannsberg and Erub) Nephi took up the challenge to create new works and learn … Continue reading
The Museum of Tropical North Queensland in Townsville is the first venue of a national tour of artworks and cultural objects from the rainforest people of the Girringun region. Opened recentlyby Girringun Chairperson and Gugu Badhun Traditional Owner … Continue reading
The Governor Visits Girringun The Governor of Queensland Her Excellency Penelope Wensley met the Bagu on the Foreshore artists Charlotte Beeron and Eileen Tep in February in Cardwell. She was very impressed by the large works and promised to let … Continue reading
Bush Camp at Echo Creek … Continue reading
Visit to the University of Queensland A day was spent with Dr Sally Butler at the University of Queensland where we talked about our ongoing relationship to support interns at Girringun and met our next intern Lucy Hancock MA … Continue reading
The exhibition John’s Stories by John Murray is a combination of work based on personal experiences and traditional story telling. A series of on-on-one story telling sessions with Elders of the Girramay and Jirrbal peoples has provided inspiration for this … Continue reading