Artist Talks – Kumarangk

Past Exhibition
22 February 2026
Artist Talks – Kumarangk

Hear from the artists featured in Kumarangk as they discuss their practices and the themes explored in the exhibition.

When

22 February 2026

11:00am to 1:30pm

Access

PANEL ONE: 11.00AM–12.00PM
Led by Dominic Guerrera
Artists: Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, Aunty Betty Sumner, Sonya Rankine, Sandra Saunders

PANEL TWO: 12.30PM–1.30PM
Led by Jayda Wilson
Artists: Tiarnie Edwards, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Mardawi Collective

Feature Image: Left:⁠ Aunty Betty Sumner, Ngarrindjeri, 'Kumarangk⁠', (2025), spiny flat sedge, lacquer, dimensions variable. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Connor Patterson. ⁠Right: ⁠Tiarnie Edwards, Ngarrindjeri, 'Country vs Commonwealth' (2025), hand-built clay, dimensions variable. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Connor Patterson.⁠

Curators

Dominic Guerrera,
Danni Zuvela

Associate Curator

Jayda Wilson

Artists

Temeika Campbell,
Zemiah Campbell,
Carly Tarkari Dodd,
Tiarnie Edwards,
Debra Rankine,
Elizabeth Rankine,
Sonya Rankine,
Bessie Rigney,
Stephanie Russell,
Sandra Saunders,
Aunty Betty Sumner,
Aunty Margi Sumner,
Aunty Ellen Trevorrow
Related Exhibition
Kumarangk
Related Live Programs
Opening Celebrations – Kumarangk
Textile Dyeing Workshop with Bonny Brodie and Christina Flanagan
Basket Weaving workshop with Melanie Koolmatrie
Weaving jewellery workshop with Natasha Wanganeen
Protest poetry workshop with Alexis West
Protest banner making workshop with Tikari Rigney

21 February to 4 April 2026

Kumarangk is an intergenerational love letter for Ngarrindjeri women; an exhibition that explores the survival of culture, and resistance to colonial destruction.

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21 February to 21 February 2026

Celebrate the opening of the Kumarangk exhibition.

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28 March to 28 March 2026

Led by emerging artist and Kaurna leader, Bonny Brodie with Christina Flanagan, this workshop offers new understandings of Kaurna history, stories, and culture.

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21 March to 21 March 2026

Melanie Koolmatrie (Ngarrindjeri, Peramungk and Boandik) weaver and dancer, will teach traditional and contemporary weaving techniques to make your own woven item.

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7 March to 7 March 2026

In this workshop weaver, activist and actress Natasha Wanganeen (Kaurna, Narungga, Ngarrindjeri, Noongar) will teach traditional and contemporary weaving techniques to make your own woven jewellery piece.

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14 March to 14 March 2026

Join Alexis West (Birri Gubba, Wakka Wakka, South Sea Islander) who will help you to write your own protest poetry.

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28 February to 28 February 2026

Learn how to collectively make protest banners, with creative Tikari Rigney (Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri and Narungga).

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Kumarangk is supported by the South Australian government through Create SA; Country Arts SA; and Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE).

This project is presented and supported by Adelaide Festival.

This project is also presented as part of Tarnanthi. 

The publication is supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

This project is also supported by SA Water and the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Inc. 

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

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