CLOSING DATES
Boomalli will be closed from Sunday 23rd December 2018 and we will re-open on Wednesday 9th January 2019.
Have a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.
BOOMALLI ABORIGINAL ARTISTS CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED
ABN: 89 224 901 194
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Members of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Limited (the
Co-operative) will be held at 55-59 Flood St, Leichhardt, NSW, on Saturday 1st December 2018 at 11am.
Business
1. Apologies
2. Declaration of Proxies
3. Presentation of Financial Statements and Reports (Directors’ and Auditor’s) for the year ending 30 June 2018
4. Questions of the Auditor
5. Election will be held for those Directors whose terms expire on 1st December 2018. Sitting Directors may stand for re-election.
6. Chair’s Address
7. Questions about and comments on management of the Co-operative
By order of the Board :
Sally Walker
Co-operative Secretary
9th November 2018
Proxies
A Member of the Co-operative entitled to attend and vote has the right to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of the Member. A form of proxy accompanies this notice.
To be effective, a form of proxy must be received at the office of the Co-operative at 55-59 Flood St, Leichhardt, NSW, not less than 48 hours before the person named in the proxy form purports
to vote in accordance with the appointment.
Current Board
Euphemia Bostock, Chair
Sally Walker, Secretary
Sheryl Connors
Marcus Hughes
Zoe Rodrigeuz
Di Yerbury
Celebrating 30 years of existence
Presents
THE BOOMALLI TEN EXHIBITION: IN CONVERSATION
Saturday 20th January 12pm – 2pm.
With Djon Mundine OAM (Curator) and Founding Member Artists, Euphemia Bostock, Bronwyn Bancroft, Fern Martins, Arone Meeks, Brenda L.
Croft and Avril Quaill.
Join us at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative for Artist talks and a Curator walk through of Boomalli’s current exhibition The Boomalli Ten.
“They were Aboriginal, and they were Artists, and they would not be denied their recognition, voice or place in history…It is the ten of these who took action that we honour here – Bronwyn
Bancroft, Euphemia Bostock, Brenda L. Croft, Fiona Foley, Fernanda Martins, Arone Raymond Meeks, Tracey Moffatt, Avril Quaill, Michael Riley, Jeffrey Samuels.” – Djon Mundine OAM.
Curator, Djon Mundine will discuss his curatorial premise, and the stories and artworks he has chosen to highlight in this exhibition.
Seize the opportunity to come to the Co-operative to listen to the amazing stories that the Founding Member Artists have experienced in relation to Boomalli and their continued careers in the
Australian art scene.
Free Entry. Register your attendance via our Eventbrite page. Click here.
55-59 Flood St Leichhardt NSW
2040
(02) 9560 2541
boomalliartgallery@gmail.com
Light refreshments provided.
This event is supported by Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
$300 Day Fundraiser 2017
Friday 21st July
6pm - Sunday 23rd July 4pm
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative is celebrating 30 years of existence in 2017. Boomalli was established in 1987 by
10 Aboriginal Artists, Jeffrey Samuels, Arone Meeks, Euphemia Bostock, Tracey Moffatt, Bronwyn Bancroft, Michael Riley, Avril Quaill, Fernanda Martins, Brenda L. Croft and Fiona
Foley.
Boomalli’s primary goal is to promote Aboriginal Artists whose language groups exist in the NSW State boundaries. We
support, promote, educate and protect copyright for our members. Boomalli strives to improve access for Aboriginal Artists from both regional and metropolitan NSW.
Like most arts organisations we must fundraise to survive.
Our $300 fundraiser invites Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Artists to donate artworks exceeding $300. The artworks (we
currently have over 200!) are then sold over the exhibition period for $300.
This year’s fundraiser will open on Friday 21st July 6pm and will continue until Sunday 23rd July 4pm.
It is going to be a great night, so come along and support NSW's longest running Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. Please
share far and wide among your networks.
Our generous donors this year include:
Arone Meeks, Matthew Johnson, Deborah Taylor, Euphemia Bostock, Graham Toomey, Oral Roberts, Jeffrey Samuels, Reg Mombassa, Sharon Smith,
Blak Douglas, Jasmine Sarin, Adam King, Bronwyn Bancroft, Sharon Hickey, Kim Healey, Lottie Consalvo, Anni Jane Linklater, Luke Cornish, James Drinkwater, Euan Macleod, Joe Hurst, Darren
Charlwood, Tracey L. Bostock, Susan Wald, Janelle Evans, Danie Mellor, Somchai Charoen, Suzy King, Dinah Vandermeys, Janny Grant, J.E Thomas, D. Ryan, Edwina Wrobel, Ann Daly, Louise Tuckwell,
Hardie Grant Egmont, Fremantle Press, Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, Harper Collins, Allen and Unwin, Magabala Books, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Tillys Art Supplies, and a collection of
Ariyoshi Kenzo Prints donated by Colleen Doorey. We would also like to acknowledge art collectors who have donated works from their private collections, Reg Richardson, Sharon Page, Mark
Stapleton, Mark Lucas and Bronwyn Bancroft.
DYINDA DESIGNS by Jessica Birk and Frances Belle Parker
Currently Exhibiting in Boomalli's Front Galleries
Continues until Sunday 14th May 2017
The range of products include cushion covers, tea towels, silk scarves, cards and bunting.
NEED SOME CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS?
Come along to Boomalli and have a look at our gorgeous and unique selection of gifts created by our Artist
Members.
We will be open until Friday 23rd December.
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Deborah Taylor. Before the Fires. Acrylic on Canvas. 105 x
80.5 cm.
Jeffrey Samuels. The Cube Invisible and Triangle. Mixed media on Canvas. 10 x 8 cm.
Photography by Sharon Hickey.
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Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd is proud to present ' Makin Tracks ' |
We as Aboriginal people have been traversing this land,
this country for over 60,000 years and still
' Makin Tracks'
Celebrates with us for our
29th Year
Members Exhibition
Next year we turn
30!
So we are
' Makin Tracks ' into
2017 to celebrate this milestone.
Come along and make some tracks with us by supporting our remote, regional and metropolitan Aboriginal Artists on the
12th November 4pm - 6pm
For our end of the year exhibition with light refreshments
Details of Artwork from Members Exhibition 2016 Top L-R; Deborah Taylor, Gordon Syron, Jeffrey Samuels, Bronwyn Bancroft.
Details of Artwork from Members Exhibition 2016 Bottom L-R; Sharon Smith, Annalisa Wilson, Janice Brown, Euphemia Bostock.
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Arone Meeks with his work "Passage".
Jessica Johnson "Desert Dreams".
Cassandra Jones (with models featured in photographic series "Brown Sugar")
Photography by Sharon Hickey
Boomalli 300 Dollar Day - June
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative is 29 years old in 2016. This is the fourth year that the Co-operative for its 30th Birthday next year.
Boomalli Mardi Gras Exhibition - 24 February - 10 April
Opening 6:30pm Wednesday 24th February 2016. As a continuation of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative co-curated by Jessica Johnson and Margaret Ross. It is a space for First Nations artists to creatively explore subjects of self-expression and unified otherness.
ARTIST INCLUDE: Jasmine Sarin, Jenny Fraser, Dale Laughton, Umbarra Burnum Burnum, Tanu Cavu, Kirstie Parker, Jonathon Potskin, Sinoe Falemaka, Jade Santo, Colin Kinchela, De Greer-Yindimincarlie, Dave Long, Jai Walker, Jeffrey Samuels, Chris Bonney, Ella Bancroft, Arone Meeks, Stephen Morgan, Jessica Johnson, Megan Byrnes, Peta Joy Williams, Clinton Nain and more.
Opening night featured performances by local artists.
interZone by Jenny Fraser, a photo series featuring Jason DeSantis
Lost Weekend Music Event
De Greer Yindimincarlie, Burri Jermone, Hamish Brown and Kathryn Miller performed live at Boomalli for the Leichhardt Open Studio Trail on 13 March 2016.
www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/Community/Arts-and-Culture/Projects/LOST
Annual Members Show 2015 - Opening Saturday 28 November at 4pm
Come and celebrate a great year for the Co-operative, surrounded by the diverse works of Boomalli's Aboriginal Artist Members.
Confirmed Artists include Jeffrey Samuels, Graham Toomey, Sharon Smith, Jessica Johnson, Lewis Burns, Leeanne Hunter, Burri Jerome, Greg Weatherby, Aroha Groves, Bronwyn Bancroft, Danny Eastwood, Jamie Eastwood, Joe Hurst, Jenny Fraser, Val West, The Euraba Paper Artists, Cassandra Jones, Arone Meeks, Euphemia Bostock, Nicole Phillips, Tracey L. Bostock and Shirley Amos.
We will also be exhibiting two solo shows by Artists, Val West and Jenny Fraser in Boomalli's front galleries.
Thank you to everyone who came along to Boomalli Unplugged yesterday. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, listening to live music, while being surrounded by the stunning artworks in Boomalli's gallery.
The talent of Kathryn Miller and Hamish Brown was truly inspiring.
Boomalli Unplugged will be back in 2016, bigger and better than ever.
The last Boomalli Unplugged for 2015 was held on Sunday 13th December 2-4pm. The event featured performances by Hamish Brown and Kathryn Miller.
Belonging Now: NSW Aboriginal Women Artists Collective
The Aboriginal Womens Artists Collective Show 'Belonging Now: Personified Landscapes' will open on Saturday 10th October at 4pm. The exhibition is being curated by Emerging Artist, Jessica Birk.
The exhibition will include works by Jessica Birk, Bronwyn Bancroft, Shirley Amos, Leonie Binge, Euphemia Bostock, Tracey L. Bostock, Charmaine Davis, Joy Duncan, Danielle Gorogo, Kim Healey, May Hinch, Leeanne Hunter, Deborah Taylor and Carmel Richardson.
The NSW Aboriginal Womens Artists Collective have been exhibiting together since 2005 and this show marks their last year. They have been exhibiting at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative since 2012.
So come down to Boomalli on Saturday 10th October and join us to celebrate 11 years of exhibiting and creating extraordinary works of art from this talented group of NSW Aboriginal Women Artists.
Boomalli will also be exhibiting a solo exhibitions of works by Jenny Fraser in the front gallery. We hope you can make it, as it will be a show not to be missed!
Miri, meaning shining star, is an Artistic collaboration between Euraba, Moree Plains Regional gallery and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative focusing on Goomeroi artists' capacity to curate, create and influence.
Supported by Arts NSW through a Regional Partnership grant, the project has spanned two years of artistic development including working with new mediums and professional practice.
Through a series of visiting artist workshops, the artists at Euraba have developed new work for this exciting exhibition titled “Miri” being launched at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative on Saturday 22nd August 3pm. The exhibition will continue until Sunday 4th October 2015.
The artists have been developing further skills in photography, watercolour and print media with Bronwyn Bancroft, Judy Watson, Colin Wightman and Raphaella Rosella.
They have conducted professional development through an ongoing relationship with Moree Plains Gallery and through a city art camp at Boomalli in 2014 including workshops with Arts Law and Boomalli members.
Boomalli will also be exhibiting works by Jai Walker and Noel 'Charlie' Caldwell in the two front galleries.
UNITY SOLID & DEADLY : BOOMALLI MEMBERS SHOW
SATURDAY 11TH JULY - 16TH AUGUST 2015
The Members Exhibition 'Unity, Solid and Deadly' will open on Saturday 11th July 3pm.
The exhibition is being curated by Artist Members, Greg Weatherby and Jeffrey Samuels and will continue until Sunday 16th August 2015.
Exhibiting Artists include:
Bronwyn Bancroft, Jessica Birk, Euphemia Bostock, Tracey L. Bostock, Lewis Burns, Charmaine Davis, Blak Douglas, Danny Eastwood, The Euraba Paper Artists, Jenny Fraser, Nicole Monks, Kim Healey, Gordon Hookey, Burri Jerome, Jessica Johnson, Arone Meeks, Nicole Renee Phillips, Oral Roberts, Carmen Sandy, Jasmin Sarin, Sharon Smith, Graham Toomey and artist/curators Jeffrey Samuels and Greg Weatherby.
FRONT GALLERIES
Alongside the Members Show, Boomalli will be exhibiting works by Founding Member Artist and Boomalli Chairperson, Euphemia Bostock alongside Emerging Artist, Carmen Sandy in the two front galleries.
EORA ART EXHIBITION : JUNE 16TH 2015
The annual Eora Art Exhibition featuring students from Eora TAFE College. The exhibition opens Tuesday 16th June at 6pm and will continue until Thursday 25th June.
SACRED PATHS, SACRED SITES APRIL 2015
The exhibition will open on Saturday 18th April 2015 4pm.
an upcoming solo exhibition of work by Artist, Burri Jerome, who is an extraordinary plein air Artist, capturing the ancient pathways and cultural catchment of his people. Burri Jerome brings the ancient country to life with light and colour. His landscapes are breathtaking and are a continual portrayal of his love for nature.
“I would like the landscape to be recognised as an entity, as a personality I work towards the humanising of the landscape, an old tradition here. Old people talk about figures or personalities; I paint portraits of these personalities in the landscape” - Burri Jerome
The exhibition will open on Saturday 18th April 2015 4pm.
Boomalli will also be exhibiting work by Artists, Oral Roberts, Joanne Driessens and Deborah Taylor in the front galleries and foyer.
Please save the date in your diary and distribute to your networks.
BOOMALLI 300 DOLLAR DAY - REQUESTING DONATIONS NOW
Boomalli 300 Dollar Day is happening again this year. Boomalli's annual fundraising exhibition sees a swag of artists contributing work valued over $300 – all for sale at $300 a pop.
Our 300 Dollar Day will commence this year on Wednesday 3rd June 5pm. The exhibition will continue until Sunday 14th June.
REQUESTING DONATIONS NOW $300 DAY 2015
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative is beginning to request donations from Artists and Lovers of the Co-operative for our 2015 Annual $300 Dollar Day initiative.
In the past 4 years we have been overwhelmed by your generosity, which has ensured our continued survival as a thriving Contemporary Aboriginal Art Space. We are requesting the donation of artworks valued at over $300. The 300 Dollar Day Donation of work is open to Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Artists.
Without your support we would not be here. Your generosity and commitment to the Co-operative is invaluable and allows us to continue to provide high quality exhibitions and mentoring programs for our Member Artists. Boomalli survives on very minimal funding and your support makes all the difference.
Our 300 Dollar Day will commence this year on Wednesday 3rd June 5pm. The exhibition will continue until Sunday 14th June.
If you would like to donate a work for our fundraising event, please contact us by phone (02) 9560 2541 or via email boomalliartgallery@gmail.com
We are open Wednesdays to Sundays 11 – 4pm.
Please pass on and encourage those in your networks that you feel would be interested in contributing.
Thank you on behalf of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. contact: boomalliartgallery@gmail.com
http://www.boomalli.com.au
OUR A-GENDER 18 FEB - 28 MAR 2015
The exhibition 'Our A-Gender' runs alongside Sydney's Mardi Gras for 2015.
Curated by emerging artist Jasmine Sarin, the exhibition is 'an opportunity for Aboriginal artists in the LBGTI community to creatively discuss the things that matter to us, from marriage equality to cultural identity.'
Artists: Peta-Joy Williams | Jessica Johnson | Jai Walker | Jasmine Sarin | Arone Meeks | Jeffrey Samuels | Jenny Fraser | Lisa Taylor | Luke Close | Ella Bancroft | Destiny Deacon | Clinton Nain | Willurei Kirkbright
heres the youtube link for the NITV coverage of Our A-Gender and interview with Jeffrey Samuels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7CepsFDwzM
news article
http://modprods.com/blog/boomallis-mardi-gras-season-show
OUR A-GENDER EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT
Boomalli in the Koori Mail Newspaper
Founding member, Jeffrey Samuels with chairperson Euphemia Bostock and the artists of 'The good, the bad and the In-Between', Boomalli's current exhibition, Yatama Nigimali (Danny Eastwood) and Thaya Giwiirr (Jake Soewardie) featured in the Koori Mail.
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative is one of Australia's longest running Aboriginal owned and operated art galleries. Established in Chippendale Sydney in 1987, Boomalli is a word derived from three different New South Wales language groups and means: "To strike; to make a mark".
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