NAIDOC Week at the MCA
Every day, 10am to 5pm Sunday 2 July 2023 to Sunday 9 July 2023
Celebrate NAIDOC Week at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia with welcoming spaces and events created to honour our Elders.
This year's NAIDOC Week theme, ‘For Our Elders,’ celebrates the role Elders have and continue to play in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and families. The theme acknowledges and highlights the vital role Elders have as cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, and leaders.
The MCA joins all participating venues to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Full program
Elders Community Lounge | Free
10am–2pm 2–3, 5–6 July
A comfortable space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and Community during NAIDOC Week .
Yarning Circle | Free
11–11.30am, 11.40am–12.10pm 2, 8 July
A series of talks highlighting the works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in MCA Collection: Artists in Focus.
Screening: You Can Go Now! | Ticketed
12–1.30pm 2, 9 July
Join a screening of You Can Go Now!, a film about contemporary Aboriginal artist and provocateur Richard Bell.
bangawarra Art Yarns: For older & Elder mob | Free
10am–12pm 3 July
Share a yarn, engage in art-making, and connect with culture and community in this weaving workshop specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander older and Elder people, their families and care networks.
Lunchtime screenings | Free
12–2pm 3, 5–8 July
Celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a series of lunchtime film screenings.
Monday 3 July, 12pm: Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow
Wednesday 5 July, 12pm: The sea, the feather, and the dance machine: Arrival song & Leaving song
Thursday 6 July, 12pm: Lousy Little Sixpence
Friday 7 July, 12pm: My Name is Gulpilil
Saturday 8 July, 1pm: Ablaze
NAIDOC Week: Panel discussion | Free
6–7.30pm 7 July
Free panel discussion on the theme For Our Elders featuring Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo, Aunty Ali Golding, Marilyn Russell, and Uncle Ray Davison, moderated by Keith Munro.
Making Time: For Our Elders | Free
1–4pm 8 July
An artist-led intergenerational workshop featuring Wiradjuri, Yuin, and Gadigal (Dharug -Boorongberigal clan) master weaver Nadeena Dixon.