Curator Tour – Kumarangk

Gallery Tour
4 April 2026
Painting of the Kumarangk bridge breaking, with water rushing through and people gathered below.
Painting of the Kumarangk bridge breaking, with water rushing through and people gathered below.

Join us for a curator-led tour of Kumarangk.

When

4 April 2026

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Access

Join Curator Dominic Guerrera and Associate Curator Jayda Wilson on a guided tour providing insight and discussion on the stories within the exhibition.

Feature Image: Sandra Saunders, Ngarrindjeri/Boandik people, South Australia, born Millicent, South Australia 1947 'Nature's Justice', 2025, Port Lincoln, South Australia. Oil on hardboard, 130cm x 75cm. 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
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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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