NAIDOC Exhibition Opening - Keep The Fire Burning

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Wed 03 Jul 2024 - Mon 09 Sep 2024

Bluethumb , Australia's largest online gallery is celebrating NAIDOC Week 2024 by putting together the biggest-ever exhibition of Indigenous artworks. From 3 July to 9 September 2024, the Keep the Fire Burning exhibition will be open to the public. It echoes the NAIDOC 2024 theme and invites deeper understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture through a showcase of original works by leading First Nations artist Maria Watson-Trudgett and artists from eight of Australia’s foremost Indigenous Arts Centres, including Inkwareny Artists of Yuelamu, lltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre, Injalak Arts, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Marrawuddi Arts and Culture, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Tjalirli Art and Warlukurlangu.

You're invited to the Free Official Public Opening which will take place at Bluethumb Studio Gallery 2, 330 Bridge Rd, Richmond, on Thursday, 11 July from 6-8pm. This special NAIDOC week event features a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony performed by an elder from the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. Reserve your spot to attend here . Indigenous Art Centres promote the work of First Nations artists in remote communities across Australia. Bluethumb partners with over a quarter of these centres to bring contemporary Indigenous art to audiences around Australia and abroad. Over 100 artworks will be on show at Bluethumb's galleries in Richmond, Melbourne, and Goodwood, Adelaide for the exhibition.



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