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Call for Nominations – Pauline McLeod Award 2017
The Pauline McLeod Awards celebrate and give recognition to community members who are “silent achievers” who work diligently in promoting Reconciliation through selfless acts. Nominations can be made in the…
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Yellamundie Playwriting Festival 2017
A chance for audiences to catch new and distinctive voices in Australian theatre, Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival is the biennial showcase of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and…
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Yabun 2017
Yabun Festival is the largest one day celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia, held annually on 26th of January upon the traditional lands of the Gadigal…
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1967: Music in the key of Yes
In May 1967, as civil rights movements worldwide were at their peak, the referendum to remove passages in the Australian constitution which discriminated against Aboriginal people passed with a ‘Yes’…
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Which Way Home
Tash and her Dad have hit the road – they’re going home to country, where the sky is higher and the world goes on forever. It’s a long way from…
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Sydney Festival 2017: Bayala
Bayala means ‘speak’ in local language. It’s a sharing and celebration of the Indigenous heritage of Sydney and the growing movement to reawaken local language. Working with local Eora and…
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Culture Shock – Art school and the Indigenous student experience
Join Tess Allas, Director of Indigenous Programs, UNSW Art & Design, in conversation with Daniel Browning, Aboriginal journalist and radio broadcaster. Enrolling in a university degree is a daunting experience…
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Naya Wa Yugali – We Dance
NAISDA and Carriageworks present Naya Wa Yugali – We Dance Workshops run by Carole Johnson in the Sydney suburbs of Glebe and Redfern in 1976 led to the formation of the Aboriginal…
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Black Arts Market at Carriageworks
Carriageworks present Black Arts Market Curated by Hetti Perkins and Jonathan Jones, the Black Arts Market will showcase the cultural heritage of South-Eastern Aboriginal Australia. The market place provides a…
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Circle of Cultures
NAISDA and Carriageworks present NAISDA Celebrates 40 Years: Circle of Cultures Celebrating NAISDA’s extraordinary contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contemporary choreography and dance. This season reflects NAISDA’s history…
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Spirit of things at Carriageworks
In this performance, Sprit of Things, Nardi Simpson, Kaleena Briggs, Lucy Simpson and Felix Cross create a work that breathes life into Indigenous cultural objects. When: 20-23 October 2016, 7.30pm…
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WEA – A History of Aboriginal Political Thought
A History of Aboriginal Political Thought is a five week course taught by Paula Jane Byrne at WEA Sydney. The course concentrates on Aboriginal political perspectives since 1788. It deals with Aboriginal readings of the…
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Indigenous Design at ADC
Australian Design Centre is delighted to present an exhibition of work by Nicole Monks and Lucy Simpson, the two recipients of the Arts NSW Indigenous Design Mentorship 2016. The two…
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barrangal dyara (skin and bones)
For the 32nd Kaldor Public Art Project Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones presents barrangal dyara (skin and bones), a vast sculptural installation stretching across 20,000 square-metres of the Royal Botanic Gardens.…
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2016 ArtsNSW History Fellowship
The 2016 ArtsNSW History Fellowship is offered by the State Government to a historian or a practitioner working with history to undertake a self-directed program of professional development. This program of…
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
This August, Artbank collaborates with West Australian curator Clothilde Bullen on an exhibition at Artbank in Sydney: Darkness on the Edge of Town. Drawing largely from Artbank’s significant collection of…
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Call for scripts – Yellamundie
Moogahlin Performing Arts is looking for 6 new scripts from across the continent to be developed as part of the next Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival in January 2017.…
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Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern
The Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern is a celebration of Indigenous and Western science and Indigenous youth and Elder achievements.It will demonstrate the value of traditional and contemporary (customary) Indigenous…
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Indigenous Sciences – A Symposium
The Indigenous Sciences Symposium, part of the Sydney Science Festival 2016, brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics, theorists, researchers, designers, engineers, educators and students from across the community.…
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Spot Fire 3: Loss and resilience
The final in a series of three symposia, Spot Fire 3: Loss and resilience is a Kaldor Public Art Projects and Australian Museum event, curated by Ross Gibson, Centenary Professor…
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Aboriginal Astronomy – Star Mapping in the City
As part of the Festival of Urbanism, join Muruwari man Willy Stevens as we look to the stars to learn from Indigenous knowledge systems that understand, explain and predict nature.This…
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Winyanboga Yurringa
Carriageworks and Moogahlin Performing Arts present Winyanboga Yurringa. Inspired by the iconic Women of the Sun, this new work, written and directed by Andrea James, draws from the life stories…
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Klub Koori at Carriageworks
To celebrate NAIDOC Week, a line-up of Hip Hop artists including Sydney-based Nooky continue the Klub Koori tradition at Carriageworks. Klub Koori is presented by Carriageworks and Koori Radio 93.7FM.…
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This is where they travelled
An exhibition and walking tour called This is Where They Travelled: Historical Aboriginal Lives in Sydney will be held during NAIDOC Week 2016. This project was put together by historian Paul Irish…
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NAIDOC in the City 2016
NAIDOC Week recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. What started as a day of mourning in 1940 is now a full week of events that acknowledge…