Bamba Gii Workshops
The 2021 Bamba Gii Workshops
Lane Brookes
Traditional Dance
No Booking Required
Times: 11:30am
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
Join Lane Brookes, artist, dancer and teacher for a one-hour workshop. Learn dance from a local Mandandanji dancer, gain insight to storytelling through dance and discover the history of why dance is so important to Indigenous and Mandandanji people. You will learn moves and will create a story from those movements from the elements of the land. All ages are welcome to participate.
Megan Brown
Earth Healing
No Booking Required
Times: 1:45pm and 5:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
Megan Brown is a proud Gungurri and Mithika woman from South West Queensland. Through her business Soaring Souls, Megan offers a range of spiritual and wellness services. Join Megan at Bamba Gii for an Earth Healing session where she will guide you to explore the energetic and natural connection that we have with mother earth and spirit.
DES CRUMP
Language
No Booking Required
Time: 3:15pm
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
Desmond Crump, is an aboriginal languages specialist from South-West Queensland with family and cultural connections to the Gamilaroi Nation. Join Des as he delivers a workshop involving the different languages of the Mandandanji, Gunggari, Kamilaroi, Bidjara, Kunja, Kooma, Mardigan, Kullilli and Budjiti peoples.
Bookings are essential for the following workshops
Workshops are free for patrons who have purchased a ticket to attend Bamba Gii Festival. If you wish to attend a workshop, please complete the form below and proceed here to buy your General Admission tickets.
Sara Moore | Ochre Bee
Bookings essential
Times: 3:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
For indigenous people, ochre is a precious resource – connecting people to their land and culture. Ochres are primarily natural pigments and minerals that are found in the soil that are used to tell the past, present and future through ceremony, art and on the skin. We are so excited to welcome Sara Moore from Oche Bee to this year’s Festival. Attend a workshop with Sara to learn how to use Ochre in art.
Also meet Sara Moore at our Ochre Wall for an artist chat at 1pm and 4pm
Cheryl Moggs | Basket Weaving
Bookings essential
Times: 4:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
Cheryl Moggs, is a proud Bigambul woman from Goondiwindi, Queensland.
Cheryl’s creations make reference to the importance of preserving, protecting and educating others about her traditional country, heritage, culture and story. Learn from Cheryl how plants and other natural materials can be made to create traditional Aboriginal containers that would originally have been used for carrying babies, water, bush tucker and to make bread.
Susie Klein | Arts
SOLD OUT
Time: 2:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hr
Susie Klein is a Jaularoi woman born in Mandandanji traditional lands with a passion for storytelling through art. Working with a wide range of mediums, Suzie believes creativity engages communities and thrives on the impact art can have on others. Join Susie for an art workshop at this year’s Bamba Gii Festival.
