Baaka Ngamaka’inana (The River, Our Mother)

The Baaka/Darling River, the lifeblood of NSW, is in grave danger. This exhibition sees three diverse artists create powerful work in response to the history of colonisation of the Baaka and its hinterlands, and the existential threat posed by its degradation. Artworks by acclaimed Baakantji printmaker and sculptor Badger Bates, cloth designer and printer Julie Paterson and geographer/embroiderer Judith Burns will remind us of our duty of care to Country, waterways and each other.

Baaka Ngamaka’inana offers many opportunities to become involved. The three artists will join together for an interactive panel session and Judith will run a workshop to explore via stitch a place that has meaning for you. As part of Sydney Craft Week, Julie will host a new Underwater iteration of her popular Community Gardens collaborative project, for the first time based around the health of waterways, plus the opportunity to contribute to a Memorial Loop of stitched fabric, in memory of the mass fish kills at Menindee.