Whats On

Tjaabi - Flood Country is a celebration of country and culture in song, word and vision.

Tjaabi - Flood Country features the tjaabi song form, which is unique to the First Nations peoples of the Pilbara. A tjaabi is like a musical haiku, with crisp poetic language, capturing stories, dreams, thoughts and moments, which can be funny, profound or wistful.

Patrick entwines this tjaabi tradition with his powerful family story in this beautifully rendered journey of cultural and personal discovery.

Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 April, 4-5pm
City of Melville Main Hall
10 Almondbury Rd, Booragoon WA 6154
(to reserve your place contact Lucy@bighart.org)

(postponed - new date TBA)
Wynyard Watershed
2A Old Bass Hwy, Wynyard TAS 7325
For more information visit: https://thewatershed.bighart.org/program/theatre-tjaabi-flood-country/
Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/tjaabi-flood-country

Dates: Saturday 4 May, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Moonah Arts Centre, 23-27 Albert Rd, Moonah
Booking Details TBA

The Vault, Canberra
Umbarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Wallaga Lake

After such a great turnout in March Skate of Mind Watershed session is happening again at Watershed Wynyard, providing a positive and social space for young people to come together and learn new skills from skilled mentors.

The skate ramp will be rolled out on the grass in front of the Watershed, skate lessons will be available, short film screenings, and a food stall. Bring down your friends and family for some after school fun.

Watershed
2A Old Bass Highway, Wynyard TAS

For more information visit https://thewatershed.bighart.org/the-program/

We are excited to welcome visitors to view the exhibition of our two digital artworks, Jarda Bura, Gurri Bura Gurri Ngarli & Wangaba Barnigu Wangabarni. Commissioned for WA Museum Boola Bardip in consultation with AACHWA, the two films will be on rotation through the screens on Francis Street and in the museum itself.

Filmed and created on Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi country in the Pilbara, Jarda Bura, Gurri Bura, Jarda Ngarli, Gurri Ngarli (Senior Woman, Young Woman) and Wangaba Barnigu, Wangabarni (Staying Alive) are two new digital artworks produced by Big hART and women from the community of Roebourne. These artworks are inspired by the enduring power of women’s relationships, and the significance of connections between generations that underpins a joyful exchange of strength and knowledge.

The digital works can be viewed at
WA Museum Boola Bardip,
Perth Cultural Centre,
Boorloo / Perth, WA, 6000

An exhibition celebrating the 25 year creative partnership between Australia’s most prolific portrait artist and Big hART. A collection of dynamic and moving realist portraits painted on stage, in rehearsals, in homes, at workplaces and on country by Alf Hannaford to celebrate and elevate the extraordinary people at the centre of Big hART’s work.

Skate of Mind is a free, all ages, beginner friendly skateboarding and arts event that promotes community, belonging and positive mental and physical well-being.

The event includes an afternoon of free skating, demos, skate comps and giveaways that will be accompanied by both live and recorded music and visuals created by young people and professional artists. The event will culminate in the presentation of a short skateboarding, musical, and projection work created by Big hART with professional and semi-professional skateboarders and young people.

A new space for community, creativity and discovery in the North West of Tasmania. Housed in the new Wynyard Yacht Club multi-use building at the Wynyard waterfront, Watershed's program is driven by a connection to place and the seasons. Enjoy live music, film, seasonal feasts, workshops for the whole community and more.

Future focused digital learning, grounded in community. NEO-Learning is a new platform which celebrates living culture and is co-created with young people of Roebourne. It provides quality First Nations digital arts content, resources and live virtual experiences for primary schools and students across Australia.