Maliyan Cultural Centre

The Maliyan Cultural Centre in Wellington NSW is dedicated to showcasing, exploring and elevating the rich cultural history of the Aboriginal people of our region. We focus on community, culture, conversations and continuity in telling our stories and the stories of those who have been here before us. We understand the intercultural nature of our people and the complex relationships they have with each other and the land.

Community

We value, reflect and energize the community we serve

Culture

We know that culture lies at the heart of the individual

Conversations

We believe that conversations are the building blocks of the future

Continuity

This is our land and always has been

WORKSHOP + EXHIBITION PROGRAM UNDERWAY

First Families Family History Workshops

Are you interested in learning the tools and research skills to search for your family history and shape their story?

First Families is a community development and exhibition project, with the community development stage undertaken through workshops with the resources and tools for you to be able to learn how to search for your family history. We're partnering with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the Wellington Museum to guide the process.

WORKSHOPS

Date TBC, Wellington Museum workshop on how to use the resources at the Museum for researching. This is open to anyone interested in researching family history. Contact: Emah Guihot, Community Curator via the button

9 April, AIATIS workshop, Maliyan Cultural Centre, 9am - 12.30pm, for Wellington’s Wiradjuri families only.

The first of our family history research workshops was with AIATSIS to learn more about what family history resources AIATIS has, and how to search their collections and database. Michael Bennett from The Native Title Service Corporation (NTS CORP) gave a brief presentation on family history and what resources are available out there.

"The workshop was a great day for all of the community who attended. We had lots of great talks about family history and family tree. The AIATSIS team couldn't have been more delightful to have on board." - Emah Guihot

Left to right in front of the AIATSIS banner are Michael Bennet, Emah Guihot, Tara Stanley, Anita Johnson, Sarah Kennedy (AIATSIS Team), and Vince Biego (AIATSIS Team)

MUSEUM WORKSHOP REGO

EXHIBITION

EXHIBITION CALLOUT TO ARTISTS. EOIs are open via email to our curator, Emah Guihot. This callout is for regionally-based artists interested in being commissioned to work with the concept of the Family Tree. There is a fee paid to those artists selected. We are strongly encouraging First Nations and CALD community artists to respond to this callout. EOIs close 31 May.

The exhibition stage will see 20 commissioned regional artists to create one work based on the idea of family history or the family tree. Once selected, artists will have the opportunity to meet with Wellington families taking part First Families workshops and work with our curators. There will be an exhibition in the Maliyan Cultural Centre later in 2024.

YOUR EMAILED EOI RESPONSE MUST INCLUDE:

Your first and last name
Contact details - email, phone number
Town/locality where you live
If you are under 18, tell us and please provide a name/contact for your parent/guardian/carer
What artforms you work with some detail of mediums in e..g., visual, performing, written, digital or other
Why you are interested in this commission of art about family history or the family tree - in less than 100 words.

EMAIL YOUR EOI TO EMAH GUIHOT

First Families is about highlighting the significance of family history and how important it is to culture, identity and sense of self, while promoting cross-cultural connections and building a progressive and resilient community.

This project is a partnership between Wellington Local Aboriginal Land Council, Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service, and Orana Arts, funded by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund.

Contact: Emah Guihot, Community Curator via the button

FIRST FAMILIES ART EOI

EXHIBITION IN PLANNING

Ngiyangarra (Look Up)

Emerging and mid-career artists with a connection to Wellington who have been participating in a development program to expand their creative vision and broaden contacts within the sector, are now preparing for their first exhibition. To date they have been:

● Connecting with community

● Attending workshops on different creative practices (Visual Art, Performance, Digital Media, and Literature). Each workshop will be led by an experienced Wiradjuri artist from that field.

● Learning about creative processes and possibilities

● Exploring how culture and lived experiences inform the creative process

● Developing work for exhibition at the Maliyan Cultural Centre

This program is about how each lead artist uses their particular practice to explore themes of culture, community and individuality with participants.

NOW CLOSED

Murrayalalinya
Jason Wing + Maddie Gibbs

Murrayalalinya (Raising Voice) was an installation and public program by artists Jason Wing and Maddison Gibbs at the Maliyan Cultural Centre in Wellington.

Working with the community and taking inspiration from the voices that have guided them, Jason and Maddie invited the community and audience to build a voice composed of countless individuals, each contributing to a complex, multi-faceted, multi-lingual chalk tapestry on the walls of the exhibition space.

PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING ON THE MALIYAN CULTURAL CENTRE PROJECT PAGE

BUY A MURRAYALALINYA T-SHIRT IN THE SHOP

This was a partnership with the Wellington Local Aboriginal Land Council, funded by the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) program, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to express, preserve and maintain their cultures through languages and arts activities around Australia.