YAAMA GANU IS DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BOGGABILLA BASED ART CENTRE, EURABA ABORIGINAL PAPER CORPORATION TO THE GALLERY.

IN COLLABORATION WITH BANK ART MUSEUM MOREE AND WITH SUPPORT FROM ARTS NORTH WEST AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE PRESENT THE NEW SHOW  LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD. WE ARE HONOURED TO WORK WITH THE GOOMEROI ARTISTS IN THIS FIRST GROUP SHOW FOR THE ARTISTS, SINCE THE REOPENING OF THE STUDIO.

‘This is a rags-to-riches story. It is set in the Goomeroi Aboriginal Communities of Toomelah and Boggabilla in northwestern New South Wales, Australia. In one of the nation’s wealthiest agricultural districts, the Goomeroi come to terms with the legacies of the “sad business” of white-contact history: long-term unemployment, youth crime, substance abuse, and racism. Here an extraordinary group of nine senior Goomeroi women established a production paper mill, the Euraba Paper Company. They are the first indigenous community to make handmade paper and paper arts in Australia.’

Hand Papermaking 2020

ALL ENQUIRIES TO TOBY OSMOND

E. TOBY.OSMOND@AES.ORG.AU

P. +61 2 6794 3280

THANK YOU TO THE ARTISTS AND EURABA FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.