Join Second Street Gallery and special guest Henry Skerritt on Saturday, March 9 at 10:30AM for a free talk about the current exhibition, First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, on view in the Main Gallery.  Skerritt will discuss the exhibition and answer visitor questions about the artists and the work in the show. Don't miss this unique opportunity to delve deeper into the rich artistic heritage of First Nation Australia. The talk will start precisely at 10:30AM, but visitors are welcome to arrive when the gallery opens at 10AM to view the exhibition before the talk.

Henry Skerritt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Curator of Indigenous Arts of Australia at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. His research centers on the engagement of Indigenous peoples with the institutions of art, with a particular methodological focus on the role of Indigenous communities in curating their own art histories. Skerritt has worked on over twenty exhibitions in the United States and Australia, including Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, currently on view at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.

First Nation Australia features the work of 12 artists from the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre: Gunybi Ganambarr, Yinimala Gumana, Dr. Djambawa Marawili AM, Dhuwarrwarr Marika, Galuma Maymuru (dec), Barayuwa Munuŋgurr, Yimula Munuŋgurr, Garawan Waṉambi, Binygurr Wirrpanda, Ḻiyawaḏay Wirrpanda, Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra, and Moyurrurra Wunuŋmurra. The exhibition includes a selection of contemporary Aboriginal bark paintings, works on metal, and ḻarrakitj (memorial poles).

First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala is organized by Second Street Gallery in partnership with the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala and Agency Projects. The exhibition is generously sponsored by Pamela Friedman & Ronald Bailey, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

No fee to attend, but RSVP is required. Please register in advance and secure your spot HERE!