Yarning History
Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
NAIDOC printmaking workshop.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
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Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
NAIDOC printmaking workshop.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
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Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History, celebration of NAIDOC week at Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVa, July 9, 2016. Photo by Tom Cogill.
NAIDOC printmaking workshop.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
Yarning History. Photo by Tom Cogill.
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NAIDOC Week 2016: Yarning History

Overview

Yarning History was an outdoor yarn exhibition installed on the trees surrounding the museum at its beautiful hilltop location on Pantops mountain. The title of the exhibition, Yarning History, is a pun: “yarning” is Australian slang for telling a story, but in this case it also describes the materials that make up the exhibition. Highlighting significant dates from 40,000 BCE to the present, this exhibition was an opportunity for the local community to learn about Indigenous art and history. More than seventy knitters participated.

About the Partners

Embassy of Australia

NAIDOC Week

The Needle Lady (Mimi Hyde and Susan Bashline)