Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover 2024
Second Street Gallery is pleased and honored to present First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, to be held in the Main Gallery. The exhibition will feature the work of 12 artists from the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre : Gunybi Ganambarr, Yinimala Gumana, Djambawa Marawili AM, Dhuwarrwarr Marika, Galuma Maymuru (dec), Barayuwa Munuŋgurr, Yimula Munuŋgurr, Garawan Waṉambi, Binygurr Wirrpanda, Ḻiyawaḏay Wirrpanda, Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra, and Moyurrurra Wunuŋmurra. Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre is the Indigenous community controlled art centre of Northeast Arnhem Land. Exhibiting artists from the Yolŋu (Aborigianal) delegation will be present at the First Friday opening.
First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala is organized by the Second Street Gallery in partnership with the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala and Agency Projects. The exhibition is generously sponsored by Pamela Friedman & Ronald Bailey, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Tending, a solo exhibition of works by Charlottesville-based artist Laura Josephine Snyder, will occupy the Dové Gallery. The exhibition will feature personal drawings in conjunction with a film created in collaboration with photographer Kristen Finn.