


AROUND THE BLOCK Winter Screenings
This winter, Blak Dot Gallery lights up the dark with the first of our annual, six-week screening series - transforming our glass entrance into a circular portal for moving image.

Artist talk and live performance with Daisy Dale Collier + friends
Join us for an Artist talk and Live performance with artist Daisy Dale Collier as they share ideas behind Tera echo and deliver a visceral sound intervention with collaborators, Nicholas Currie + Tristan Harwood.

Artist Floor Talk ///\\\ Bead workshop with Patricia Peña
Artist Floor Talk ///\\\ Bead workshop with Patricia Peña

Artist talk: Kirsten Garner Lyttle, Wani Toaishara + Frances Tapueluelu
Join artists Kirsten Garner Lyttle, wani toaishara and Frances Tapueluelu for an open conversation as they share the journey behind their works created for our current exhibition, EXCHANGE.

PASIFIKA STORYTELLERS COLLECTIVE- Anthology 1# Launch
Pasifika Storytellers Collective are launching their first Anthology of writing. Book launch

EXCHANGE: Panel discussion + ngargee: Book launch
EXCHANGE: Panel discussion + ngargee: - Coming together to celebrate Southeast Australian Aboriginal art Book launch


BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET We are back, Dawson & Glenlyon Street Intersection take over.
BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET We are back, Dawson & Glenlyon Street Intersection take over

APPLICATIONS OPEN
Applications are now open, Blak Dot First Nations Artists Market, SYDNEY RD, STREET PARTY 2025

Sur-Sur Solstice Tales: FILM screening
Colectiva de Abya Yala are pleased to invite you all to Unknotting Sentipensares film screening.

Artist Floor Talk: Future River
Join: Julie Gough , Peta Clancy, Jody Haines and Jahkarli Romanis

CELEBRATING: Future River International Women’s Day
A unique fusion of art and performance celebrating International Women’s Day and Future River: When the past flows.

BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET
BLAK DOT Artist Market presented in collaboration with Brunswick Music Festival

BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET
Blak Dot Gallery is proud to present the fourth annual Blak Dot Artists Market in Partnership with Brunswick Music Festival.

Primavera Community Day & Artist Market
Primavera/Springtime in Naarm! Yo Soy Collective and Colectiva Abya Yala come together for the first time to curate a beautiful day of live performances, workshops and an artist market.
BUNA & VIBES
Enjoy music spoken word poetry, a bit of food refreshments and visual goodness!

Welcome to fall in | An Autumn Equinox Celebration
Come celebrate the Equinox with live music, workshops, performances and food.


BLAK DOT ARTIST MARKET
Blak Dot Gallery is proud to present the fourth annual Blak Dot Artists Market in Partnership with Brunswick Music Festival.

WE OUTSIDE - CUBBY ART PARTY
Please join us for a afternoon on the lawns with Cubby Art Party Magazine Launch

Diasporas Sur-Sur | Gathering Around the Fire
First Nations-led weaving circle around the fire to talk about traversal connections across the Pacific Ocean.


Our hair, our culture, our stories
For Pacific Islanders, our hair are our crowns. Our connection to identity, ancestors and source of pride.
GOOD BREAD ARTIST TALK
Please note these events will take place online.
This event is FREE. Register via the link
These events are free but donations to CUBBY Art Magazine fundrazr are welcome (link below)
https://fundrazr.com/CubbyARTZINE?ref=ab_89rRd4
GOOD BREAD is an Afro American expression of pleasure and approval for a person, place or situation. Brought to you by Cubby Art Party, y'all could say that Good Bread is the art party that we've been... kneading!
At Good Bread, you can expect a wide array of flavour from a lineup of established and emerging artists from across the globe. We're cutting y'all some scrumptious slices of what we got over three weeks in October, so you can celebrate how you want to.
Butter up the dance floor on Opening Night. Snap your fingers at our Spoken Word event. Good Bread goes with everything! Come break some with us.
This event is proudly supported by Blak Dot Gallery
GOOD BREAD SPOKEN WORD & OPEN MIC
Please note these events will take place online.
This event is FREE. Register via the link
These events are free but donations to CUBBY Art Magazine fundrazr are welcome (link below)
https://fundrazr.com/CubbyARTZINE?ref=ab_89rRd4
GOOD BREAD is an Afro American expression of pleasure and approval for a person, place or situation. Brought to you by Cubby Art Party, y'all could say that Good Bread is the art party that we've been... kneading!
At Good Bread, you can expect a wide array of flavour from a lineup of established and emerging artists from across the globe. We're cutting y'all some scrumptious slices of what we got over three weeks in October, so you can celebrate how you want to.
Butter up the dance floor on Opening Night. Snap your fingers at our Spoken Word event. Good Bread goes with everything! Come break some with us.
This event is proudly supported by Blak Dot Gallery
La Fiesta de la Chakra
‘AROUND THE FIRE’
Blakademy Art Program presents:
LA FIESTA CHAKRA - Winter Solstice Film Launch
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Colectiva Abya Yala in collaboration with Kathleen Gonzalez gathered to celebrate the return of the sun, weaving a heartfelt ritual to honour the land and its cycles. The winter solstice has been celebrated by communities and cultures from the southern hemisphere since immemorial times. The gathering weaved threads between lands in the South, intertwining ‘Sur-Sur’ dialogues. Through the sharing of music, food, thoughts, caring and intentions around the fire, they put together a meaningful offering to the Pacha Mama. In circle, they braided their hair as roots braiding themselves, as sisters from Latin America inhabiting unceded Wurundjeri Land, inviting voices from the land, as plants climbing up to the light.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻
Bringing back to memory those days when we learned
That the land that gave us birth
it's the one to celebrate.
The return of the sun
ceases with the darkness.
Light inside of us
Light for our gardens.
The music is about to start
and the body needs to dance.
Through stories and prayers
flourishing in trance.
Gather for the harvest
and sitting by the fire
The feast has started
our spirits rising higher.
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'Around the Fire’. Colectiva de Abya Yala will be hosting a Winter Solstice Celebration offering a caring space to open dialogues with the broad community around the subjects of rituals, poetry, music, dance and food.
𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗮
𝟮9𝘁𝗵 August 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 | 5.30-𝟳𝗣𝗠
𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗩𝗜𝗖
This event is part of the project 'Around the Fire' which has been proudly supported by Moreland City Council through the 2020 Flourish: Arts Recovery Grant program.

La Fiesta de la Chakra
Blakademy’s free public art program 'Around the Fire’. In this opportunity, Colectiva de Abya Yala will be hosting a Winter Solstice Celebration offering a caring space to open dialogues with the broad community around the subjects of rituals, poetry, music, dance and food.

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
BLAK DOT GALLERY presents 'HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE'
A feature film written and directed by Taika Waititi (2016)
✿ BYO picnic & a rug
✿ family & dog friendly
✿ licensed bar, popcorn & choc tops available
✿ deck chairs provided
7.30pm | selected shorts begin
8:30pm (or dusk) | feature begins
Synopsis — This adventure comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi, whose screenplay was based on the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison star as a rebellious kid and his foster uncle, as a national manhunt is ordered when they go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Produced by Little Projector Company
Hosted by Siteworks & Blak Dot Gallery
This is a COVIDSafe registered event. Please stay safe and do not attend if you are feeling unwell.

TOP END WEDDING
BLAK DOT GALLERY presents 'TOP END WEDDING'
A feature film by Wayne Blair (Australia, 2019)
✿ BYO picnic & a rug
✿ family & dog friendly
✿ licensed bar, popcorn & choc tops available
✿ deck chairs provided
7.30pm | selected shorts begin
8:30pm (or dusk) | feature begins
Synopsis — Lauren and Ned are 2 lawyers from Adelaide recently engaged, and set out through the stunning landscapes of Northern Territory to pull off their dream wedding. Adamant she can’t get hitched without her mum, Lauren and Ned hop in the four-wheel drive and get on the road to find her after a split with her Father. A rom-com story about family, heritage and the bonds that never break.
Produced by Little Projector Company
Hosted by Siteworks & Blak Dot Gallery
This is a COVIDSafe registered event. Please stay safe and do not attend if you are feeling unwell.