South East Aboriginal Arts Market

Overview

More than 30 stalls from Indigenous artists and collectives are set to take over Carriageworks in an extravaganza of Aboriginal art, craft and design. Representing artists from all over Australia's southeast, the event, which takes place on Gadigal country, will showcase weaving, literature, ceramics, carving, photography, painting, shellwork and textiles — with both traditional and contemporary practice and materials explored.

Feast your eyes on works from Baluk Arts, an urban arts centre with a gallery on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, and jewellery by Gillawarra Arts from Canberra, whose bold statements draw on glass, feathers and gum nuts, among other natural elements. Look out, too, for woodcarving by Sydney-based Greg Simms, boomerangs and didgeridoos by the South Coast's Laddie and Raymond Timbery, stunning ceramics by the Northern Rivers' Penny Evans and fibre artworks by Condobolin-based Bev Coe.

Behind the curation are writer and curator Hetti Perkins and artist and curator Jonathan Jones. "SOUTH EAST celebrates the creative diversity of southeast Australian Aboriginal art, revealing the 'here and now' of a region rich in traditional and contemporary artistic expressions," they said.

In between perusing hundreds of creations, get chatting with the artists and learn all about the stories, ideas, experiences and culture behind their work.

SOUTH EAST will take place at Carriageworks on Saturday, October 6 from 10am–6pm and Sunday, October 7 from 10am–3pm. Entry is free.