Tour - Flying Arts Alliance

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this exhibition contains names, images and works by people who are now deceased.

The Regional Queensland tour of Jabu Birriny (Land + Sea) commenced in 2019 and continued throughout the throes of 2020 into mid -2021. The tour launched at its home, Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, to coincide with QMF Band Festival. The celebrations across the precinct were significant and enjoyed by locals and visitors alike.

It toured to 6 venues throughout Queensland over the course of 3 years, with a brief hiatus and everchanging schedule due to the COVID19 pandemic. Flying Arts, with artists from YACP, presented public programs specifically for local indigenous communities, and the wider community to venues where possible. These included weaving workshops, installation workshops for gallery volunteers and cross-cultural community exchange opportunities.

The tour was completed at Tablelands Regional Gallery in Atherton in NAIDOC week 2021. Despite COVID challenges being ongoing, the collective efforts of the Yarrabah artists, the exhibition host venues and the Flying Arts Alliance team continued to honor the legacy of the exhibition.

Tour Galleries Below:

Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, Yarrabah, June – August 2019
Arts Ablaze, Kooralbyn, September – October 2019
Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla, December 2019 – January 2020
Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela, August 2020 – October 2020
Artspace Mackay, Mackay, October 2020 – January 2021
Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton, June – August 2021

Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct

When you see the art, that mix of ancient story and more contemporary reactions and responses to the modern history, I think there is something very unique about that
Hon. Leeanne Enoch, Minister for Communities and Housing, Minister for Digital Economy and Minister for the Arts

Patty Preece interviews the Hon Leeanne Enoch at the opening of Jabu Birriny at YACP

Lisa Beilby, Hon Leeanne Enoch, Joy Harris and Darryl Harris at the opening of Jabu Birriny at YACP

Lisa Beilby and Jaivan Bowen install Jabu Birriny at YACP

Tallara Gray and Jaivan Bowen install Jabu Birriny at YACP

Performers at a Night at the Museum, YACP

Art Centre Manager Darryl Harris sets up for the opening

Tshirts screenprinted by YACP artists for the exhibition

Photo’s courtesy of Tallara Gray, Lisa Beilby and Patty Preece

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Arts Ablaze, Kooralbyn

The Mununjali and Yarrabah Elders Welcome afternoon tea, gathering within the gallery, provided an exceptional local connection and Welcome to Country opportunity. The exhibition space was referred to as a safe space for all involved.
Organiser, Arts Ablaze