ABOUT ART ON BUNDJALUNG
Art on Bundjalung is a First Nations-led arts market and cultural program held on Country across the Northern Rivers region. Art on Bundjalung brings community together to connect and gather, and celebrate the First Nations creatives that call Bundjalung Country home.
Through the sharing of culture across many forms – art, performance, food and ceremony – Art on Bundjalung platforms the artistry of Bundjalung creatives, performers and art.
HISTORY
The Art on Bundjalung project began in 2017 as a way to provide opportunities for First Nations peoples across the Northern Rivers to enhance health and wellbeing through connection with cultural arts.
The project brought community members together to connect socially and to build the creative capacity of emerging artists through various art forms. A focus of the project was exploring and communicating personal and social values and giving voice to storylines through art and dialogue. Throughout all stages, art and its connection to culture and country was intrinsically linked, demonstrating its important role in enhancing the health and wellbeing of First Nations communities.
Arts Northern Rivers partnered with North Coast Primary Health Network and Lismore Regional Gallery, supported by a steering committee, to deliver the project through to June 2019 culminating in the delivery of the first Art on Bundjalung Market at The Quad, in Lismore.
WHO ARE WE?
Art on Bundjalung is an Arts Northern Rivers (ANR) initiative. The program is designed and delivered by the ANR First Nations Program Coordinator and Indigenous Arts Development Officer (IADO), in consultation with community and local custodians, and supported by the broader Arts Northern Rivers team.