Exhibition Opening - Of This Earth: Transforming Culture and Country Through First Nations Ceramics

Name: Exhibition Opening - Of This Earth: Transforming Culture and Country Through First Nations Ceramics
Start: 2026-03-13T08:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-03-13T10:00:00+10:00
Location: Cnr Abbott & Shields St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870

Schedule

Fri Mar 13 2026 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am

UTC+10:00

Location

Cnr Abbott & Shields St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870 | Cairns, QL

Join us to celebrate the opening of Of This Earth: Transforming Culture and Country Through First Nations Ceramics.
With Welcome to Country by Professor Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie AM, Gimuy Walubara Yidinji, and guest speaker Tina Baum, Gulumirrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/Karajarri Head Curator, First Nations Art National Gallery of Australia.
Of This Earth: Transforming Culture and Country through First Nations Ceramics highlights cultural continuity and contemporary artistic expression through works of art drawn from the National Collection. The exhibition features over thirty key works of art by twenty-eight significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
Friday 13 March, 6-8pm
Free event. RSVP essential for catering purposes.
Image: Sean MILLER, Gamilaroi Peoples, How Waan turned Black 2023, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2025 © Sean Miller