Tali Gallery is curating two textile exhibitions for the City of Sydney for their Libraries at Customs House, Circular Quay; and at Kings Cross.  These are NAIDOC Week events and will be shown from July 1 until the end of August.  The textiles will be available for sale through Tali Gallery where we will  also be featuring textiles from several communities as well as local textile artists, Lucy Simpson and Suzy Evans.
Kings Cross Library – “Yawkyawk and Lilies”
a display of Babbarra Design’s stunning textiles with their mystical beauty depicting wafting water spirits, lilies, woven pandanus dillybags, turtles, fish and the spirit of the land.
Circular Quay, Customs House Library – “Threads from Meriam Mir” :
a great splash of colour from the artists from Erub Erwer Meta, the Darnley Island Arts Centre in the Torres Straits, who translate their traditional stories onto beautiful and bright screen printed fabrics.
The remarkable GhostNet Bags and Jewellery made by these resourceful artists will also be on display and available for sale.
To learn more about the stories from the people of this island, there will be a Curator’s Talk by Tali Gallery’s Di Stevens at Customs House on July 8th at 6pm, bookings essential via this link:   http://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/18827-naidoc-threads-from-meriam-mir-curator-talk-customs-house-library
