December 10, 2016
Historic Cherbourg pottery – featured in exhibitions locally earlier this year – is now on show in Brisbane.
Innovation Minister Leeanne Enoch launched the exhibition at the State Library of Queensland.
Barambah Cherbourg Art Craft features more than 100 individual pieces of pottery created by Barambah Potters in Cherbourg between 1969 and 1987.
“The exhibition tells the stories of the Barambah Pottery artists, potters and community members through the pottery pieces themselves,” Ms Enoch said.
Barambah Cherbourg Art Craft is co-curated by Cherbourg’s The Ration Shed Museum.
“It’s fascinating to see Barambah Pottery was once a small commercial venture established in the Aboriginal Community of Cherbourg in the late 1960s, that quickly became a major creative and employment centre for the community,” Ms Enoch said.
Pieces of pottery were borrowed from private collectors for the exhibition, but the bulk of the works came from The Ration Shed Museum’s historical collection.
Also on display will be historic photographs, information about the locally sourced clay from Barambah Creek and a newly acquired McConnell kick wheel plan designed for Cherbourg by well-known Queensland potter Carl McConnell.
The exhibition is being housed in the kuril dhagun area at the State Library and will be on display until April 16.
