Logan Art Gallery hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural day

Logan Art Gallery hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural day

One of the Our Stories and designs exhibits from the Weaving series, 2019, banana fibre, fabric and coloured string.

Music, art and artists’ talks will feature at a Logan Art Gallery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural day this month.

The free event is from 10am to 2pm on Saturday, November 16 at the gallery on the corner of Wembley Rd and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central.

The day is curated by Blacklash Projects.

It will also feature creative workshops and an artisan market.

The cultural day highlights Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander artists whose paintings and sculptures are in the gallery’s current Our stories and designs exhibition.

This exhibition is on display until Saturday, November 30.

It features works by seven local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

Renowned Logan Indigenous artist Chris Tamwoy will also perform during the cultural day.

In 2016, Chris reached the Australia’s Got Talent grand final.

Last year, he was a judge on the weekly TV show All Together Now with singer Ronan Keating and a cast of 100 judges.

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