Young Wiradjuri and First Nations creatives are being encouraged to spend time with a local Wiradjuri artist as part of a pilot residency program at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.

Lorraine Connelly-Northey, who is connected to the Williams family of the Narrandera ‘Sand Hills’, will be sitting in an artist-in-residence position for the eight-week Meet & Make program.

Each Tuesday Wiradjuri creatives, particularly those aged between 18 and 26, can join in a variety of practical art making sessions led by Ms Connelly-Northey.

Ms Connelly-Northey’s artistic practice is influenced by her western and Aboriginal heritage where she transforms into sculptures materials, such as wire and corrugated iron found and scavenged on farms and country tips.

The first Meet & Make was held on Tuesday 11 May, with a session to be held each Tuesday from 10am to 3pm at the Art Gallery’s E3 Art Workshop space until 22 June.

For more information about the program, contact Maryanne Gray at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery on 6926 9360 or email gray.maryanne@wagga.nsw.gov.au