Artist Talk: Glennys Briggs
Glennys Briggs
Possum Skin Cloak
Grounded, 2024
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image Jeremy Weihrauch
Join us for a conversation with Wiradjuri, Yorta Yorta, Taungwurrung artist Glennys Briggs, facilitated by exhibition curator Andrea Briggs and centring on Glennys Briggs’ work Possum Skin Cloak within the exhibition Grounded.
Grounded focuses on cultural practices that have been passed down through generations of family members to the artists – Glennys Briggs, Glenda Nicholls, and Dr Treahna Hamm.
Possum Skin Cloak represents the connection between Glennys Briggs’ peoples and the Murray River. It is a container for stories that she will share with us.
Free event, all welcome.
Glennys Briggs is a Wiradjuri, Yorta Yorta, Taungwurrung visual artist based in Wodonga. Her work reflects her strong connection to land, culture, and history through the mediums of painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation and sound, wearable art, and possum skin cloak making.
Andrea Briggs, a Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman from Narrandera, NSW, has focused her curatorial career on politically expressive art. She coordinated the Black Screen Program (2009–2016), bringing First Nations films to regional and remote communities. At AFTRS in 2017, she supported First Nation talent and representation in media. As Curator First Nations at Murray Art Museum Albury, she shaped exhibitions centred on First Nation artists. Now working in Aboriginal Community Development, Andrea strengthens connections between local Aboriginal communities and cultural initiatives, ensuring their voices are represented in community planning and development.
