Dyarubbin
Undercurrents
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery 29 Oct 2022 – 5 Feb 2023
Penrith Regional Gallery 3 Dec 2022 – 5 Mar 2023
This exhibition shares Dharug stories of Dyarubbin using oral histories, art & Dharug words, empowering us with a greater understanding of this astonishing landscape & its culture.
Undercurrents considers the agency that bodies of water possess, and the delicate relationship between the Anthropocene and our environments.
Undercurrents
Dyarubbin
This exhibition includes work by Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris, Penelope Cain, Dean Cross, Kalanjay Dhir, Bonita Ely, Maddison Gibbs, Haines & Hinterding, Venessa Possum, Latai Taumoepeau, Andrew Yip and one collaborative artwork made by students of the Painting up Country program, led by Dharug artist Leanne Tobin.
This exhibition features works by Blak Douglas (Adam Hill), Maddison Gibbs, Joy Lai, Jasmine Seymour, Leanne Tobin, Edna Watson, Leanne Mulgo Watson, Erin Wilkins, Jason Wing, Rhiannon and Lyra Wright.
BONITA ELY Let Me Take You There: the Great Artesian Basin (detail), 2021
Open Day
Saturday 3 Dec, 10 am - 2 pm Brewshop 10 am - 12 pm Boil, brew, infuse and ingest rainwater collected from the Gallery’s grounds in this performance workshop led by Lleah Smith and Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris.
Official Opening Saturday 29 Oct, 12 - 3 pm
A collaborative project between Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and Penrith Regional Gallery.
JOY LAI Sackville Reach, Dyarubbin (detail) 2020, photograph
A Blue Mountains City Council Planetary Health Initiative.
Talk: Grace Karskens Sunday 29 Jan, 1 - 3 pm
This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Grace Karskens, Professor Emerita of History, will be talking about the research from the ‘The Real Secret River, Dyarubbin’, collaborative project with Dharug researchers Leanne Mulgo Watson, Jasmine Seymour, Erin Wilkins and Rhiannon Wright.
Official Opening 12 - 2 pm Opening remarks followed by drinks and canapés from Cafe at Lewers.
Free event, bookings essential.
29 Oct 2022 – 5 Mar 2023
Undercurrents Performance Program
Discover WATER. Exhibitions, programs and events connecting Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Penrith.
Saturday 11 Feb, 2 - 5 pm
Undercurrents artists, Maddison Gibbs, Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris and Andrew Yip present, perform and share ideas responding to the exhibition’s themes and provocations. ANDREW YIP Bloom, real-time stereoscopic immersive environment (detail), 2022
WATERTRAIL.AU COVER: Leanne Tobin The Running of the Eels (detail) 2022, video still
School Holiday Activities
A range of dates during the Jan school holidays Explore Aboriginal language, art and culture in a series of school holiday workshops that focus on local Dharug language and painting. For more information on these workshops visit the website. Tickets: $20. LEANNE MULGO WATSON Marri Badu Muru – Big Water path (detail) 2022, acrylic and ink on canvas
presence & absence Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 10 Dec 2022 – 29 Jan 2023
overflow
Blue Mountains Theatre & Community Hub 10 Dec 2022 – 29 Jan 2023
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
This exhibition and satellite programs explore the urgent need for awareness around our most precious resource – water.
presence & absence
After Dark Illuminations
Featuring Jo Clancy & Wagana Dancers, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Aunty Sharyn Halls with Craig Bender & Vera Hong, Sue Healey, Gabriella Hirst, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Rachel O’Reilly, Venessa Possum, Rochelle Summerfield with Tracy Pateman & Will Rodgers, Leanne Tobin and Judy Watson.
Visit the Hub forecourt to see three contemporary First Nations artists illuminate the building with projections exploring the cultural significance of water. Featuring Maddison Gibbs, Shay Jannowi-Jude Tobin and Leanne Mulgo Watson.
HAINES & HINTERDING Transmissions (detail) 2022, production still
MADDISON GIBBS Where Shadows Meet 2022, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Photo: Chantel Bann
Symposium & Performance
Family Film Festival
Saturday 10 Dec, 10.30 am - 3.30 pm
Wednesday 18 Jan Moana 10 am, Whale Rider 2 pm.
Join us for talks by exhibiting artists and water scientists including David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Aunty Sharyn Halls, Cindy Laws, Tracy Pateman, Leanne Tobin, Judy Watson, and Dr Ian Wright. Jo Clancy & Wagana Dancers will perform the new work Yindyang Bila during the day.
Thursday 19 Jan Finding Nemo 10 am, Storm Boy 2 pm.
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Blue Mountains Theatre & Community Hub
Tickets: $8 per film per person.
WAGANA DANCERS Yindyang Bila (detail) 2022, still photo by Sue Healey
SPLASH!
River - Cinema Screening
Meet some turtles up close with Turtle Rescues NSW, see presentations from local schools, take part in interactive displays from the BMCC Healthy Waterways Team plus creative activities led by the Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture Resource Centre. A free family friendly event.
River is a cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the relationship between humans and rivers. This special screening will include a Q&A with some of the creative team behind the documentary.
Sunday 11 Dec, 11 am - 2 pm
Friday 20 Jan, 7 pm - late
Tickets: $18. Long necked turtle at Wentworth Falls Lake. Photo: Ricky Spencer
PETE MCBRIDE still image from River 2021
The Gully
Garguree Swampcare & Streamwatch Sunday 4 Dec & Sunday 15 Jan
Join local Bushcare legend and Gundungurra man, David King at The Gully for a walk & talk and a waterbug session.
See website for times and ticket information.
Penrith Regional Gallery