Gai-mariagal Festival 2025

A Celebration of the Oldest Living Culture on the Planet
26th May to 13th July 2025

Emma Hicks and Merindah Funnell, 'Untitled' (detail) 2025,mixed media  - Gai-mariagal Festival 2025 - Sydney Northern Beaches



12 June to 13 July 2025 | 11:00am to 5:00pm

Echoes of Light:
Our Connection Through Waterways

A First Nations exhibition focusing on the deep connections between culture, Country and water.

Echoes of Light: Our Connection Through Waterways is an exhibition by friends and collaborators Emma Hicks and Merindah Funnell, presenting a series of mixed media works that highlight interwoven stories shaped by water and time immemorial and are deeply connected to Country.

The exhibition features new, site-specific works that bring together the cultural practices and knowledges connected to Cammeraygal Country. The artworks share relationships to Country and invite viewers to reflect on their own connections and experiences to place.

As part of the exhibition, Emma and Merindah consulted with Barada Bana, Yuin, and Cammeraygal Elder Auntie Jeanie Moran.

Emma and Merindah are also bringing together First Nations Aunties in Sydney's north, hosting a one-day eco-dyeing and weaving workshop led by Noongar artist Jodie Dowd as part of a community-led collaborative artwork.

  • Event cost:  Free

Event Location - Art Space on The Concourse

Echoes of Light: Our Connection Through Waterways - Contacts

02 97777972

Event enquiries phone number.

Location

Art Space on The Concourse, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood

Organiser

Monique Bedwell

We acknowledge the original custodians of the land, the Gai-mariagal clans of the Northern Sydney Region.  We pay our respects to the Elders past and present.