Bundjalung Events

12/04/2025

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Lismore Regional Gallery is pleased to present OCCURRENT AFFAIR — a major exhibition featuring new and recent works by influential Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW. Established in 2003, proppaNOW is one of Australia’s leading cultural collectives – members Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen explore the politics of Aboriginal art and culture, re-thinking what it means to be a ‘contemporary Aboriginal artist’.

Conceived as a collaborative activist gesture, OCCURRENT AFFAIR addresses current socio-political, economic and environmental issues while celebrating the strength, resilience and continuity of Aboriginal culture.

Join us for a soft opening with a Welcome to Country by Aunty Thelma on Sunday 2 March 12.00pm to 1.00pm.

Aboriginal artists and community members are encouraged to join Gathering Space with Kylie Caldwell from 1.00pm – 3.00pm after the soft opening.

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This is an exhibition from The University of Queensland Art Museum, touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body. This project is assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.

12/04/2025

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Introducing our Indigenous MotherCare Capacity Building Workshops⁠
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Designed to complement our postpartum meal delivery and support service, the Indigenous MotherCare Capacity Building Workshops are a series of workshops for Indigenous aunties, sisters, and Elders—strengthening community capacity to care for Indigenous mothers, babies, and families.⁠
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First Nations cultures have long held rich protocols, bush medicines, and practices for caring for mother and baby after birth. However, much of this knowledge has been disrupted by colonisation. These workshops aim to reconnect and revitalise that wisdom.⁠
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Participants will learn to prepare nourishing, culturally grounded meals and provide meaningful support for pregnant and postpartum Indigenous women within their families and communities.⁠
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Led by Indigenous facilitators and birth workers, the workshops include hands-on teaching and traditional recipes from Widjabul Wia-bal chef Mindy Woods, with a focus on cooking with native bush foods to support healing and wellbeing.⁠
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Dates: 13th May and 10th June at The Koori Mail, Lismore⁠
27th May and 24th June at the Murwillumbah Community Centre⁠
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RSVP to secure your spot! Limited capacity. DM us on insta with CAPACITY BUILDING or email: [email protected]

11/04/2025

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‘Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition’ is a must-see in person! 👀

This touring exhibition showcases the work of Bundjalung, Yaegl, Gumbaynggirr, and Kamilaroi (Gamilaroi) artists who have drawn from their great grandmothers’ wisdom to breathe new life into ancient weaving traditions.

Presented by Arts Northern Rivers and curated by Kylie Caldwell, this reclamation project includes contemporary weaving alongside ancestral woven objects on loan from the Australian Museum.

Exhibiting artists include Bindimu, Casino Wake Up Time, Janelle Duncan, Madeleine Grace, Lauren Jarrett, Tania Marlowe, Bianca Monaghan, Krystal Randall, Rhoda Roberts AO, Kyra Togo and Margaret Torrens.

Exhibition on display until 27 April 2025.

An Arts Northern Rivers project made possible by the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program, the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Dobell Exhibition Grant Program, funded by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and managed by Museums & Galleries of NSW, and the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund.

📸 Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali …we weave together publication by Arts Northern Rivers. Photo Kate Holmes.

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09/04/2025

06/04/2025

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Yuzu beer! Creative women! Art! Music! Food!

It’s all happening 10th of April , please come and say hi ❣️
Grab your free ticket through the link on stone and woods page, hoping to see you there X

06/04/2025

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Our third and final installment of Letters to the River is returning this Thursday.

Originally in commemoration of the 2022 Floods, this workshop got delayed due to Cyclone Alfred.

Now more than ever we invite you to join Carly as she guides you through thought provoking journalling prompts surrounding life on the river.

Carly O’Connell is a Wiradjuri woman who lives and works on Widjabul Wiabul. She is a practicing artist and ritual tattooist, marking the body in the traditional hand poke method.

✂️Collage Club is a free creative recovery program for the community; all materials are provided. The event is wheelchair accessible, and Auslan interpretation is available upon request.
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[-o-] This workshop is part of the QUAD: Fundamentals program. A year long initiative of Indigenous led and run workshops funded by FRRR.

03/04/2025

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We invite mob to our Language Culture Camp, running from the 28th April- 2nd May.⁠
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Our Mob-only Language Culture Camp is an opportunity for all mob to learn Bundjalung language together on Country. ⁠
We invite all mob back to Country for four nights and five days to gather around the fire with Indigenous brothers and sisters, listening, learning and finding our unified story on this land.⁠
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Partial and full scholarships are available now under Programs on our website

02/04/2025

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Words Of Activism - Workshop with Penny Evans
10am - 12pm, Saturday 5 April

Places are still available for a free workshop next Saturday that will activate Richard Bell’s ‘Embassy’ currently on display in the Lismore Quad. Bookings can be made by following the upcoming programs page on our website.

Taking Richard Bell’s Embassy as a source of inspiration, local Gamilaroi artist Penny Evans is facilitating a placard making workshop exploring the power of words.

Penny Evans recently won the 2024 Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award, for her powerful work ‘Elephant’. Created in the aftermath of the Voice referendum in 2023 she began making this major body of text-based wall pieces as a response to the deafening NO from non-indigenous Australians, and as a way to process her feelings of rage.

Image 1: Penny Evans, ‘The Elephant’ (detail) 2024. White stoneware, black underglaze, sgraffito, 200 x 200 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Image 2: Richard Bell, ‘Embasy’ 2013-2022. Plain Folding Marquee (green), hand-painted signage, Courtesy National Art School

26/02/2025

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The 2022 Lismore Flood anniversary is this Friday and to honour this time as we shift out of wet season we invite you to join us for Letters to the River X Collage Club.

Over three weeks Letters to the River X Collage Club will feature guest artists who will share an element of their practice while supporting you to write any gratitude, fears or hopes for living alongside the river.
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Joining us on February 27th is Nathan Dawson, an Indigenous Australian with family ties to the Gomeroi Nation from around Gunnedah, NSW, Australia. He likes the gritty, raw side of art and will invite you to work on a collaborative piece tomorrow highlighting our relationship to the river.
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✂️Collage Club is a free creative recovery program for the community; all materials are provided. The event is wheelchair accessible, and Auslan interpretation is available upon request.
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[-o-] This workshop is part of the QUAD: Fundamentals program. A year long initiative of Indigenous led and run workshops funded by FRRR.

19/02/2025

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The 2022 Lismore Flood anniversary is nearing and to honour this time as we shift out of wet season we invite you to join us for Letters to the River X Collage Club.

Over three weeks Letters to the River X Collage Club will feature guest artists who will share an element of their practice while supporting you to write any gratitude, fears or hopes for living alongside the river.

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Joining us on February 20th is Bundjalung multidisciplinary artist Kylie Caldwell. Kylie is passionate about rediscovering ancient Bundjalung crafts and threading them into the modern world.

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Collage Club is a free creative recovery program for the community; all materials are provided. The event is wheelchair accessible, and Auslan interpretation is available upon request.



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19/02/2025

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Join us this Saturday for opening celebrations for ‘BULAAN BURUUGAA NGALI EXHIBITION’.

‘Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition’ is a momentous homecoming of ancestral heritage, touring Bundjalung lands in the Northern Rivers. This reclamation project, presented by Arts Northern Rivers and curated by Kylie Caldwell, presents 9 ancestral woven objects on loan from the Australian Museum, alongside new work by contemporary Bundjalung, Yaegl, Gumbaynggirr, and Kamilaroi (Gamilaroi) artists who have drawn from their great grandmothers’ wisdom to breathe new life into ancient weaving traditions.

📅 Saturday 22 February

🕕 from 2pm

🌟Welcome to Country with Aunty Maureen Logan

🌟Ginibi Ballandah dancers

🌟Speeches followed by Floortalk with Curator Kylie Caldwell and exhibiting artist Kyra Togo.

🍉enjoy light refreshments

🎟️ Free event | bookings recommended - link in bio.

All welcome to Opening Celebrations, numbers for the floortalk are limited.

Exhibiting artists BINDIMU | CASINO WAKE UP TIME | JANELLE DUNCAN | MADELEINE GRACE | LAUREN JARRETT | TANIA MARLOWE | BIANCA MONAGHAN | KRYSTAL RANDALL | RHODA ROBERTS AO | KYRA TOGO | MARGARET TORRENS

‘Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition’ is an Arts Northern Rivers project, in partnership with Grafton Regional Gallery and presented by Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, and Lismore Regional Gallery. This project was made possible by the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program, the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Dobell Exhibition Grant Program, funded by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and managed by Museums & Galleries of NSW, and the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund.

Image from Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali …we weave together publication by Arts Northern Rivers. Photo Kate Holmes.
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19/02/2025

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🌟 Facilitator Announcement: Mindy Woods 🌟

We are beyond excited to have , proud Bundjalung woman, award-winning chef, cultural ambassador, (and BBCC Board Member), leading a roundtable at Byron’s Badass Women of Business! 🎤✨

As the owner of Karkalla on Country, Mindy connects people to Indigenous culture through food and storytelling. A MasterChef Australia finalist and global speaker, she’s passionate about using storytelling to build authentic brands.

Join her for “The Power of Storytelling: Using Your Journey to Build a Meaningful Brand”, where she’ll explore how your journey can create connections, build trust, and drive business success.

🎟 Tickets: $15 Chamber Members | $25 Non-Members
🍸 Includes a cocktail/mocktail + grazing table

📍 March 4th | 4:45 PM – 6:45 PM | Byron Bay Spirit Co.

🔗 Get your ticket now via the link in our bio

18/02/2025

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Join us for a free breakfast workshop in our Lismore shopfront, where Josh Creighton from Agency In Design will guide participants through an interactive Indigenous Knowledge informed process known as Visual Dialogue.

Draw Together: Visual Dialogue workshop
Thu 27 Feb, 8-9.30am
11 Woodlark Street Lismore

A light breakfast will be served at this workshop.
Free. Places are limited and registrations are essential.

Register via the link in our bio.

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WHAT IS VISUAL DIALOGUE?

Visual Dialogue is a straightforward practice of writing and drawing that focuses on individuals contributing their thoughts and ideas visually and then working together to identify connections and grow group patterns.

There are thousands of ways to run Visual Dialogue and Agency in Design has worked with Living Lab Northern Rivers to craft a distinct approach that, at is most basic, draws together people, ideas, and community to share a way forward.

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ABOUT JOSH CREIGHTON

Josh Creighton, Director/Designer, Agency in Design is a Butchulla man but born, and raised, off Country; on Bundjalung Country. Josh has lived and worked in varying cultural contexts within this Country and this Country and Community has fostered his growth. He is also a designer and academic; having worked in Indigenous education for nearly a decade.

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TRACING THE PAST, SHAPING THE FUTURE EXHIBITION

This workshop is part of our current exhibition, which contrasts the Bundjalung people’s Country-centred worldview with today’s Eurocentric approaches, examining changes in our physical environment from pre-colonial times to now. Through the lens of plant communities, we invite you to explore how we can learn from the past to guide our stewardship of the land moving forward.

Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future exhibition
5 Nov 24 — 27 Feb 25
Tue-Thu, 1-4pm
Living Lab Northern Rivers shopfront, Lismore.





Image: .derwin

17/02/2025

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Have you applied for the Professional Placement Program yet? I have 2 roles available for an artist/ studio assistant and an early career mentorship. Applications close in a week on the 24th February.

• The artist/ studio assistant is a paid role of 30 flexible days where you will help me produce stock, artwork, deliver workshops and there is also time allocated for you to work on a project of your own. This role is for mid-career artists / creative workers with a minimum of 3 years accumulative experience

• The early-career mentorship is 40 hours of one-on-one mentorship with me where you will receive 20+ hours of workshops where I will teach you botanical dyeing, felting, weaving, spinning and I will encourage you to create a work of your own. You will receive a stipend for your time. Early-career is defined as artists / creative workers with between 1 and 3 years accumulative experience.

I encourage you to apply and I look forward to working with you! 🌿

Link in bio

11/02/2025

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Excited to announce our first official line-up featuring Local Emerging artists .k and

Date: 21st Feb 2025
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Location: FLOW Collective Studio 1/72 Conway St, Lismore NSW 2480 (Behind Steve’s Bakery)
ALL AGES
Entry Fee: $10 Pre-Sale (Link in bio) $15 Door

All Proceeds go directly to the Artists!

No Genre, All Vibe!

11/02/2025

Calling all men to come connect with Country and culture for a gathering held on Nyanbul Country. Facilitated by over three days.

📆March 20-22

06/02/2025

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We encourage all Indigenous women and women impacted by the 2022 floods to apply for a scholarship position to our annual Women’s Gathering.

March 7-9th held at Midginbil Eco Resort, Uki NSW.

Our scholarship program offers free
- Weekend or day tickets
- Camping onsite
- Lunch + dinner each day
- Access to all workshops and event spaces

Come and experience community connection and explore over 30 workshops, performances and ceremonies.

Apply today so that you don’t miss out on this incredible event!

Link in our bio.
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05/02/2025

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Get ready for The FLOW Sessions – the Northern Rivers’ most electrifying new monthly live music night!

Each month, we’re bringing you two killer original artists, plus an open mic section where ANY artist can step up and share their magic.

It’s a space where artists and music lovers come together to vibe, create, and make unforgettable memories. We’re all about raw expression, live energy, and those genuine moments that connect us. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting to find your voice, this is your stage to shine, collaborate, and be heard�
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