Bulmba-ja Arts Centre

28/05/2025

SUB is a powerful, experimental contemporary dance work that invites audiences into the heart of the earth’s depths.

Join Artback NT, Guts Dance and Ash Musk as they take you on a multi-sensory journey through the surface, where the human body interacts with the raw forces of nature and industry.

📍Bulmba-ja Arts Centre
📅 30 — 31 May

📸 Ivan Trigo Miras

01/04/2025

Touring Queensland Fund (Round 6) is now open for applications.

The fund supports regional community access to quality arts and cultural events and products. Funding of up to $100,000 is available for tour-ready performances, gigs, exhibitions, schools’ tours, events and workshops.

⚠️ Applications close 12 May 2025.

Find out more at 👉 www.arts.qld.gov.au/.../aq-touring-queensland-fund

23/12/2024

Bulmba-ja including NorthSite Contemporary Arts will close 25 December 2024 and reopen Tuesday 14 January 2025. The Hungry Pitcher will close 21 December 2024 and reopen 13 January 2025.

The Bulmba-ja team wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

25/11/2024

Musician, writer and visual artist WAARI returns to his hometown of Gimuy/Cairns to present a unique live show at NorthSite Contemporary Arts on 29 November, 7pm.

WAARI will perform his 5-track debut EP 'MUKI' in an audio-visual event featuring First Nations storytelling through dance, movement, art projections, poetry and live music.

For tickets and more information, visit:

WAARI presents MUKI in Gimuy/Cairns, QLD. Presented with Northsite Contemporary Arts at Bulmba-Ja Art Centre on the 29 November 7pm – 10pm

05/11/2024

Now open! See more than 60 works from the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Indigenous Australian Art Collection in the 'I, OBJECT' exhibition at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.

‘I, OBJECT’ features contemporary painting, sculpture and installation works by leading Queensland artists such as Vernon Ah Kee, Naomi Hobson, Tony Albert, Michael Boiyool Anning, Fiona Foley, Danie Mellor, Christian Thompson and Warraba Weatherall alongside 20 historical shields, boomerangs and clubs.

For more information, visit: https://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/i-object-indigenous-art-tours-northsite-cairns

📷 Images:

Naomi Hobson / Kaantju/Umpila peoples / Australia QLD b. 1978 / A Warrior without a Weapon (series) 2018 / Digital photographic print on paper ed. 1/6 (+ 2 A.P.) / Ten sheets, various sizes / Purchased 2019 with funds from the Future Collective through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Naomi Hobson

Alair Pambegan / Wik-Mungkan people / Australia QLD b. 1966 / Kalben (detail) 2016-17 / Carved wood with synthetic polymer paint and natural pigments, raffia / 107 pieces ranging from 14 to 41cm in length (excluding raffia); installed dimensions variable / Purchased 2017. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Art / © Alair Pambegan

24/10/2024

Auditions are now open for young female actors from Cairns and Far North Queensland to join the chorus of JUTE Theatre Company's 'O, Ophelia', premiering in March 2025.

As part of the audition process, you'll participate in free acting workshops throughout November and have a chance to secure one of four chorus roles.

'O, Ophelia' will premiere at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre from 7-15 March 2025 and then tour regional Queensland.

For more information, visit: https://jute.com.au/o-ophelia/

Image: Amber Grossmann engages with Bea Holloway and Julia Allman during the creative development of O, Ophelia at Bulmba-ja.

18/09/2024

NorthSite Contemporary Arts has launched a residency collaboration with the 23 Sampaguita Artists Collective from the Philippines.

Titled 'Linear Horizons', the printmaking residency will unite creatives from Baguio City, Philippines with First Nations artists from Cairns to foster cultural exchange and strengthen pride and identity in both regions.

NorthSite will host a series of events during the residency to connect visiting artists with the community.

More info: https://northsite.org.au/media-release/printmaking-residency-linear-horizon

04/09/2024

Ausdance Queensland is bringing a series of workshops to Bulmba-ja Arts Centre this week. Topics include child safety, dance training for kids and business basics for First Nations. Check out more details below 👇

25/08/2024

📢 NEW EXHIBITIONS NOW OPEN - NORTHSITE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Celebrate experimental approaches to environment, body and materials in four new exhibitions now open at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.

Explore diverse artistic expressions from Far North Queensland through the lens of artists:

▶ Jill Chism (Remnants)
▶ Luke Aleksandrow (The Break Collection: Sound of the Tropics)
▶ Cristina Bevilacqua (SKIN)
▶ Kim Nolan, Danish Quapoor, Lois Hayes, Bunda Art, Malki Studio, Anne Jillett (Intimate Worlds) curated by Lauren Carter

For more information visit https://northsite.org.au/look-now/

📸 Jill Chism Portrait by Anna Curtis, courtesy of the artist and NorthSite Contemporary Arts

24/05/2024

02/05/2024

Bulmba-ja including NorthSite Contemporary Arts and Hungry Pitcher are closed for the Labour Day public holiday, Monday 6 May, reopening on Tuesday 7 May 2024.

24/04/2024

Bulmba-ja including NorthSite Contemporary Arts and The Hungry Pitcher are closed for ANZAC Day, 25 April, reopening Friday 26 April 2024.


Image description: Outside façade of Bulmba-ja with text Bulmba-ja is closed Thursday 25 April ANZAC Day