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nginha Weekend: Full Program

When

Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 June 2025

Where

Murray Art Museum Albury

Price

Free

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nginha Weekend: Full Program

Darren Wighton
Gawaymbanha, 2022 - 2025
Murray Art Museum, 2025
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

Join us for a weekend celebrating the artists, stories, and creative voices of our region. Held across the entire museum, this two-day program of performance, demonstrations, workshops, and conversations will connect visitors with exhibiting artists featured in the first season of nginha, you are here.

Saturday 7 June

Rocket Workshop with Marley Dawson

Saturday 7 June, 10.00am-11.30am

A workshop mixing art and science for children aged 6 – 12. Led by artist Marley Dawson, participants will design and decorate their own water-powered rocket ready for launching in QEII square. Children must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

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Our Voices: Screening and Discussion

Saturday 7 June, 10.30am - 11.45am

A special screening of Our Voices, a three-part short film series celebrating Wiradjuri resilience, language revival, and deep connection to Country. Following the screening, there will be a conversation with the Elders and community members featured in the films.

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The Cad Factory: Portraits

Saturday 7 June, 12.00pm - 1.30pm

Sarah McEwan (The Cad Factory) will be collaborating with artists Layla Bacayo and Dave Nicholls to create portraits of Museum visitors, each using their own unique approach.

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Headshot of a woman wearing a black top. She has sholder length brown hair and is smiling. In the background there are two artworks hanging on a white wall.

Artist Talk: Kate Smith with Michael Moran

Saturday 7 June, 12.00pm - 1.00pm

Join us for a conversation with Wagga-based painter Kate Smith and MAMA Head of Curatorial and Collection Michael Moran.

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Headshot of a woman wearing a blue shirt. She is sitting on the verandah of a rural house. The roof line and polls of the veranda, and tree foliage is blurred in the background.

Draw with Beth Peters

Saturday 7 June, 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Drop in and draw with Beth Peters! Based within Peters' current exhibition, this floor-based activity invites people of all skill levels to share time and conversation with Peters whilst working on a collaborative artwork that will evolve over the weekend.

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Two photographic portraits. On the left a man is seated on a stool. He is wearing a in a dark pin stripe suit his arms resting on his legs and his hands a clasped together. Behind him is a black wall with a portion of stainglass window visable. On the right is woman sitting on a bench. She is sitting with crossed legs to her side and holding a microphone. In the background four brightly coloured artworks and partially visable.

Artist Talk: The Cad Factory

Saturday 7 June, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

In this performative artist talk, Sarah and Vic McEwan journey through artist-run initiative The Cad Factory's evolution. From its early beginnings in the Sydney underground warehouse scene through its move to Regional NSW, Sarah and Vic discuss their 21 years of socially engaged art practice.

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Opening: new nginha exhibitions (June)

Saturday 7 June 2025, 4.00pm - 5.30pm

Join us for the opening of three exhibitions that complete nginha: you are here, a season of exhibitions celebrating artists from our region.

Sunday 8 June

Image that contains two headshots in circles and The CAD factory logo. Bottom left is a headshot of a woman wearing glasses with shoulder length blonde hair. To the right and slightly higher is a headshot of a man. He has reading glasses on the top of his head. The ad factory is written with the word the conatained within a rectangle, the letters C,A and D contained within individual circles and the word factory contained with another rectangle.

The Cad Factory: Walks

Sunday 8 June, 10.00am - 11.00am, 12.00pm - 1.00pm, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

A professional development activity for artists and creatives, whether aspiring or established. Take a one-hour walk around Albury with Vic McEwan or Sarah McEwan of The Cad Factory. Discuss your creative practice, an idea you have, a problem, an ethical artistic dilemma, an artistic dream, or a new strategy.

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Artist Talk: Jeanine Leane with Ruth Davys

Sunday 8 June, 10.30am - 11.30am

In this talk, Wiradjuri author, academic and educator Jeanine Leane discusses the central ideas of her poem Nginha with Wiradjuri educator, advocate and community leader, Ruth Davys.

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Composite image. Light ochre colored background with four circle containing images, Circles placed bottom left and top right contain black and white headshots, Two circles placed more centrally containing images of art works. Bottom left circle has a headshot of a man with a grey beard. He is wearing a black shirt and is smiling. Top right circle has a The woman has a headshot of a woman with long dark curly hair. she is looking to her right. She is wearing a black jacket and a leopard print scarf. One large circular earing is partially showing on her left ear beneath her hair. The left center circle conatins an image of two coolamon on stands made of blackened logs. The right center image is of three woven baskets suspended against a light coloured wall. The closest basket has emu feathers decorating it.

Artist-led tour and demonstrations with Phil and Marg Murray

Sunday 8 June, 12.00pm - 1.00pm

Join Phil Murray and Marg Murray for a tour of their current exhibition Embracing our journey: A celebration of family and culture, followed by a demonstration of Phil’s woodwork practice.

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A table of colourful, woven disks and bunches of weaving material

Basket Weaving with Marg Murray

Sunday 8 June, 1.00pm - 3.00pm

Join us for a hands-on basket weaving workshop with Barkindji/Maurara weaver Marg Murray.

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Headshot of a woman wearing a blue shirt. She is sitting on the verandah of a rural house. The roof line and polls of the veranda, and tree foliage is blurred in the background.

Draw with Beth Peters

Sunday 8 June, 12.30pm - 3.00pm

Drop in and draw with Beth Peters! Based within Peters' current exhibition, this floor-based activity invites people of all skill levels to share time and conversation with Peters whilst working on a collaborative artwork that will evolve over the weekend.

More information

Black and white image of a man wearing a black t-shirt sitting on the inside of a large corrugated iron shed. light is coming from the windows as well as holes of various sizes in the corrugated iron.

Artist Talk: Marley Dawson

Sunday 8 June, 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Join Marley Dawson and MAMA Engagement Officer Sophie Holvast as they discuss art as a means of understanding our world, art and functionality, nostalgia, and how art can be for everyone.

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