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UMI Arts is Proud to Present 'Nganydjin Bulmba'
Kuranda Artists Exhibition
26 April to 6 June, 2012

A new exhibition, ‘Nganydjin Bulmba’ (‘Our Country’ in Djabugay language) opens at UMI Arts Gallery, 335 Sheridan Street, North Cairns at 6pm on Thursday 26th April. The exhibition features the work of three Indigenous artists who live and work in Kuranda. Through their work, each artist captures and explores elements of their traditional culture, including stories of the land, sea and rainforest country of the Djabugay people.

The young group of Kuranda artists includes Briana Enoch, Radayne Tanna and Latia Levers. They are descendants of the local Djabugay Aboriginal clan and are some of the most talented artists to come out of Kuranda.

Through their work and community art workshops, these young Djabugay artists are recording history and strengthening the traditional culture of the Warru Warru (young ones) of Kuranda. The artists are members of Briana Enoch’s local Kuranda Aboriginal owned Art Gallery ‘Din Din Arts’ and each is passionate about supporting, promoting and developing the next generations of Aboriginal Artists in Kuranda.

‘Nganydjin Bulmba’ is the culmination of each of the artist’s participation in UMI Arts Exhibition Ready Program. Exhibition Ready is a skills-based program that provides artists at all stages of their careers with training in the 'nuts and bolts' of preparing and presenting artwork for exhibition and sale. UMI Arts is the peak Indigenous arts and cultural organisation for Far North Queensland. It is a not-for-profit company with an all-Indigenous Board of Directors, and it is owned by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts community of Far North Queensland.

Please join UMI Arts in celebrating with the artists their first group exhibition. The official opening will be followed by entertainment and refreshments.

‘Nganydjin Bulmba’ runs from Thursday 26th of April to Wednesday 6th of June, 2012.