Our Stories - Contemporary Indigenous Weaving
CIAF City-Wide Program | Cairns Art Gallery | FREE
28 Jun – 14 Sep 2025
Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-2pm
Free entry | No bookings required
Weaving is an ancient artform practiced throughout the globe. The styles, purposes and materiality of each woven form is influenced by the locality, the land and Country, of their creators. The artists in Our Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Weaving exemplify the connection of practice to place, demonstrating vastly different responses to the theme of ‘my land’ that reflect the diversity of their individual homelands and culture. From the red dirt of the central desert to the lush green rainforests and seasonal wetlands of Northern Queensland, to the islands and sea Country of the Torres Strait and Minjerribah, each work embodies the unique experiences, histories and stories of that Country.
The exhibition features works by Vanessa Cannon, Sonja Carmichael, Shirley Macnamara, Ivy Minniecon, Paula Savage and Philomena Yeatman. Meditations on Country and culture, these vessels of knowledge, containers of connection, honour the women who bind the fabric of families and culture together.
Image:
Philomena YEATMAN
Gunggandji
b.1960, Cairns, Queensland
Mother’s womb 2025
pandanus, lawyer cane, natural dyes
Courtesy of the artist
Photographer: Michael Marzik
