Enlighten Up Late

Emily Kam Kngwarray Art Cart &
Vincent Namatjira All Stars Studio

Every night
1–11 Mar 2024
5–8pm
Drop in, limited capacity

Kids can get creative at the Emily Kam Kngwarray Art Cart and in our Vincent Namatjira All Stars Studio, every night during Enlighten.

Superstar Photoshoot

Fri 1 & 8 Mar 2024
Sat 2 & 9 Mar 2024
5–8pm

Show off your superstar style! Make a superstar prop, grab a guitar made by Hands on Studio and strike a pose against a Vincent Namatjira backdrop.

Let the superstar in you shine! Take a photo and share it on Instagram #AllStarsStudioNGA

Art Together with Elizabeth Close
Friday 1 & 8 March
Saturday 2 & 9 March
5pm - 8 pm

Step into the wonderous world of Anangu artist Elizabeth Close's projections. Watch as they transform over time while you create your own imaginative landscapes using paper and masking tape. Let your creativity shine!

Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Language Groups, whose family links are to the communities of Pukutja and Amata in the APY Lands.

Sunday Funday

Sun 10 Mar 2024
10am – 4pm

Join us for a playful program of creative experiences for kids and families, inspired by works of art in the national collection. Collaborate in workshops, play in the Enlighten Lab, join a Curious Floor Talk, take part in a Poetry Slam, visit the Vincent Namatjira All Stars Studio and more!

THELMA PLUM

Thelma Plum is a Gamilaraay woman, musician and creator. She grew up in Brisbane and spent many of her childhood years on her Grandparents’ farm in Delungra, a small country town in rural New South Wales. She has been making music her whole life and has told one chapter with her debut album Better in Blak a story about culture, heritage, love, and pain. With incredible strength, courage and heartbreaking tenderness, her debut album captures so deftly what it’s like to be a young Aboriginal woman in Australia. The album became one of the most successful albums of 2019, nominated for 7 Arias and spawning 3 Platinum and one Gold singles. The title track “Better in Blak” came in the top 10 of the Triple J Hottest 100, the highest result ever for an Indigenous artist at the time, as well as winning the prestigious Vanda and Young “Song of the Year” award.

JEM CASSAR-DALEY

Jem is a proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung woman who comes from a long line of storytellers. This young talent has come into her own as a contemporary artist, with a world class sound that is a unique combination drawing from favourites like Missy Higgins, Phoebe Bridgers, Angus and Julia Stone, and Carole King. As imagined, the result is a gorgeously diverse soundscape of soul, indie, pop grooves. The talents of indie-pop artist Jem Cassar-Daley have dazzled the Australian music scene since her debut in 2021. Jem’s captivating performances, stellar vocals and timeless song writing have earned her a strong list of nominations and awards already, national festival inclusions, impressive editorial playlist support along with nationwide press, including being named as the star to watch in 2023 in the Queensland Sunday Mail.

DAN SULTAN

Dan Sultan is one of Australia’s most loved singer-songwriters boasting numerous accolades to his name, including 7 ARIA Awards, NIMA Awards, Top 5 ARIA-charting albums, and an ARIA-certified gold record. His 2023 self-titled album DAN SULTAN won the ARIA for 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' and was also nominated for 'Best Solo Artist' and 'Best Independent Release'. Sultan has toured countless times playing headline shows to sold-out crowds, as well as supporting the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Midnight Oil, Vance Joy and billed on some of Australia’s biggest festivals, including Splendour in the Grass, Blues Festival and Falls Festival, to name a few.

BRIGGS

From mattress-proofed recording studios in Melbourne, to LA’s most esteemed comedy writing rooms, Briggs has affirmed himself as one of the country’s most talented all-rounders in both music, TV and now publishing. Born and raised in the floodplains of Victoria’s North East rivers, In less than a decade Briggs has taken his hometown of Shepparton to the world - and in turn, inspiring a whole generation of black excellence in the process. Starting with a hip hop career that has seen him tour alongside the likes KRS-ONE, Ice T, 50 Cent, Hilltop Hoods and Paul Kelly - it soon became clear his penmanship also translated to the screen. This second wind as a TV writer had him script and star in the likes of Black Comedy, The Other Guy, Cleverman, and Charlie Pickering’s The Weekly. From his break-out rap album ‘Homemade Bombs’ in 2009, Briggs almost instantly joined the vast number of his Yorta Yorta countrymen and women to have infiltrated the mainstream Australian psyche - as sports superstars, writers, activists, politicians, pastors, business identities and musicians.