Home program showcase

Since 2017, Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) has partnered annually with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Arts Unit, NSW Department of Education to deliver the arts and language program Home: Aboriginal art from New South Wales. Each year MAMA connects local First Nations artists with nearby schools on Wiradjuri Country to deliver a series of Wiradjuri art and language workshops. Local students build upon their understanding of nationally recognised Wiradjuri artists by engaging with local First Nations community, art, language and culture. A dedicated exhibition is held each year at MAMA presenting the work created by students as part of their involvement in the Home program.

Photo credit: Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), Jeremy Weihrauch

The Walaaybaa HOME program is one of the most valuable education programs in Tamworth Regional Gallery’s calendar. We work with local artists and schools to create opportunities for students and teachers to have a hands-on experience with local Kamilaroi/Gomeroi artists, through making and listening, to understand the local connection of Aboriginal artists to Country and continuing cultural practices. It is an opportunity to learn local language, stories, symbols and places of significance.

Photo credit: Tamworth Regional Gallery

2020 is the second year the HOME Program has run at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. The gallery’s relationship with the Wiradyuri Community has developed through collaboration on recent exhibitions such as Birrunga Wiradyuri, 2020, Backyard Bila, 2019 and Jonathan Jones, 2015. Wiradyuri Community members also presented at the Void Exhibition Education Symposium, 2019.