EXHIBITION DATES: 19 June – 15 August, 2026

OFFICIAL OPENING: Friday 19 June, 6pm

COST: Free

Details

Dyeing Words – from Soil to Silk is a play on words from belonging to re-birth and continuation of story, language and connection to country.  This is a cross-pollination of multi-disciplinary art and cultural practices that combine First Nation poetry from Us Mob Writers, the longest running published First Nations Australian writers’ group, transferred onto large scale hand dyed silk.

This project builds on cultural leadership by fostering meaningful skill development by creating new and innovative ways of sharing stories by intertwining knowledge of country in contemporary art practices. This immersive experience combines video projection onto fabric documenting the process, poetry responding to country and a soundscape recording.

This exhibition is supported by the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts Program.