Briggs

The exhibition Sovereignty focuses upon contemporary art of First Nations peoples of South East Australia, and keynote historical works, to explore culturally and linguistically diverse narratives of self-determination, identity, sovereignty and resistance.

Briggs (Chair, Boonwurrung Foundation) and Aunty Melinda Kennedy (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation). The central trajectory of this iteration – the matter of a chimney that is returned to Country, the spectre of a monument that becomes its own topography – has evolved in relation...

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Who’s Afraid of Public Space? is a multifaceted project of exhibitions and programs exploring the role of public culture, the contested nature of public space, and the character and composition of public life. The exhibition continues ACCA’s Big Picture series, which explores contemporary art’s relation to wider social, cultural […]

The idea of Ngargee Djeembana was developed by Senior Boonwurrung Elder N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM and Palawa built environment practitioner Sarah Lynn Rees...

Listen to N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM, Sarah Lynn Rees, Andrew Atchison, Stephanie Pahnis, Lauren Crockett, Nicola Cortese, Timothy Moore, and John Tanner as they share their approaches to transforming ACCA’s four galleries to become civic spaces: Gathering Space: Nargee Djeembana, Education Space: Creating Art in Public, Reading Space: The Common Room, and Project Space: The Hoarding.

Listen to N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM, Sarah Lynn Rees, Andrew Atchison, Stephanie Pahnis, Lauren Crockett, Nicola Cortese, Timothy Moore, and John Tanner as they share their approaches to transforming ACCA’s four galleries to become civic spaces: Gathering Space: Nargee Djeembana, Education Space: Creating Art in Public, Reading Space: The Common Room, and Project Space: The Hoarding.

Yhonnie Scarce (Kokatha and Nukunu), Katie West (Yindjibarndi), N’arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM (Boon Warrung) and Sarah Lynn Rees (Palawa) expresses a continuation and necessity of First Nations cultural knowledge in understanding and caring for Country...

...for the opening weekend of the exhibition. Then we will move outside to the ACCA Courtyard for a session of storytelling and song around the fire with a Welcome to Country by N’arweet Carolyn Briggs, hosted by Uncle Larry Walsh with Jason Tamiru. ARTIST TALKS: 1:30–2:30pm...

Welcome to Country by N'arweet Carolyn Briggs, Boon Wurrung Elder and Director, Boon Wurrung Foundation. This is track 1 of 9 for Dhumba Narbethong, an afternoon of storytelling and song around the fire in the ACCA courtyard Recorded on Saturday 7 July 2018. Specials thanks to Aunty Fay Muir...

Welcome to Country by N'arweet Carolyn Briggs, Boon Wurrung Elder and Director, Boon Wurrung Foundation. This is track 1 of 9 for Dhumba Narbethong, an afternoon of storytelling and song around the fire in the ACCA courtyard Recorded on Saturday 7 July 2018. Specials thanks to Aunty Fay Muir...

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park on Saturday 27 March with a Welcome to Country by Boonwurrung Traditional Owner Gheran Yarraman Steel Briggs. The gallery will be open from...

...and Architecture (MADA) – Gene Bawden, N’arweet Carolyn Briggs, Emily Floyd, Timothy Moore and Sarah Lynn Rees – all working in the public realm, to reveal a more representative city and explore the ways we can make spaces truly public.

...and Architecture (MADA) – Gene Bawden, N’arweet Carolyn Briggs, Emily Floyd, Timothy Moore and Sarah Lynn Rees – all working in the public realm, to reveal a more representative city and explore the ways we can make spaces truly public.

Bawden, N'arweet Carolyn Briggs, Emily Floyd, Timothy Moore and Sarah Lynn Rees – all working in the public realm, to reveal a more representative city and explore the ways we can make spaces truly public. This panel discussion will commence at 6...

Ngargee Djeembana Designed by N'arweet Carolyn Briggs and Sarah Lynn Rees...

Yalingwa Directions Circle Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO (Chair)Kylie BellingBelinda BriggsHetti PerkinsStacie PiperHannah Presley Associate Elders N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM...

...join artists and creatives N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM, Sarah Lynn Rees, Andrew Atchison, Stephanie Pahnis, Lauren Crockett, Nicola Cortese, Timothy Moore, and John Tanner as they share their approaches to transforming ACCA’s four galleries to become civic spaces...

...and artist Jonathan Jones, as well as more recent dialogues with N’arweet Carolyn Briggs (Chair, Boonwurrung Foundation) and Aunty Melinda Kennedy (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation). Accompanying the brick and grass mound is an artist’s book...

...and artist Jonathan Jones, as well as more recent dialogues with N’arweet Carolyn Briggs (Chair, Boonwurrung Foundation) and Aunty Melinda Kennedy (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation). Accompanying the brick and grass mound is an artist’s book that includes all...

Download a free PDF of the catalogue here With a Foreword by Arweet Carolyn Briggs, the Sovereignty catalogue features essays by exhibition curators...

...out where two new programs have been selected to activate the central commission Gathering Space: Ngargee Djeembana, an installation and gathering space in ACCA’s main exhibition hall developed by N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM and Sarah Lynn Rees.