Parrwang Community Arts
Connecting with culture & creativity
Parrwang Community Arts
‘Parrwang’ meaning magpie in the Wadawurrung language - originally named Parrwang Youth Arts.
The renamed Parrwang Community Arts invites Geelong's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community of all ages to engage in fun, interactive and meaningful multi-arts experiences that nurture creativity and encourage connection to culture, Country and community.
Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions for the Parrwang Community Arts program:
Parrwang Community Arts
parrwang@geelongartscentre.org.au
Upcoming events
EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS
Little Malop Street Redevelopment First Nations Featured Artists
One of the most exciting design elements of Geelong Arts Centre Little Malop Street Redevelopment is the presentation of specially commissioned artworks within the building's spaces by four extraordinary First Nations artists.
In a collection of captivating videos, Wadawurrung artist Kait James and First Nations artists Gerard Black, Tarryn Love and Mick Ryan take us into their creative workspaces to reveal the stories behind their unique artworks which are part of the fabric of the new Geelong Arts Centre.
INNOVATE|OUR RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN
For over 65,000 years, the land on which Geelong Arts Centre stands has been a significant site for gathering, belonging and storytelling for the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation. Geelong Arts Centre continues this tradition by embracing and celebrating the culture of Australia’s First Peoples and First Nations globally.
GALLERY
Jessie Lloyd at Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan Event 2020 (Ferne Millen Photography)
Wadawurrung Traditional Custodian Corrina Eccles conducting a Welcome to Country Ceremony alongside Norm Jurrawaa Stanley. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Yorta Yorta Soprano, Composer and Educator Deborah Cheetham AO leading ‘Short Black Opera for Kids’ participants in their 2022 performance. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan Event 2020. Artist Shu Brown.
Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan Event 2020 (Ferne Millen Photography)
Parrwang Youth Arts participants performing their ‘Show & Share’ Celebration. (Cormac Hanrahan Photography)
Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan Event 2020 (Ferne Millen Photography)
Yorta Yorta Soprano, Composer and Educator Deborah Cheetham AO leading ‘Short Black Opera for Kids’ participants in their 2022 performance. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Mick Ryan performing at the Opening of Bangarra’s Bennelong. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Wadawurrung Traditional Custodian Corrina Eccles and Yorta Yorta Soprano, Composer and Educator Deborah Cheetham AO at ‘Short Black Opera for Kids’ 2022 performance. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Bennelong Opening: (‘Opportunities Table’) Sisters L-R Renee Howell, Aimmie Howell and Meagan Howell enjoying the opening of Bangarra’s Bennelong. (Ferne Millen Photography)
Parrwang Youth Arts participants performing their ‘Show & Share’ Celebration. (Cormac Hanrahan Photography)
EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS Little Malop Street Redevelopment First Nations Featured Artists. Welcome to Country. 2022 (Ferne Millen Photography)
Wadawurrung Custodian Aunty Naomi Surtees with Edwina McHenry at 2019’s ‘Reconciliation in the Park’ Event (Ferne Millen Photography)
We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Geelong Arts Centre stands, the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, to Elders present and to emerging leaders, recognising their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community.
Parrwang Community Arts is proudly supported by
Government Partner
Major Artistic Partner
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