About this Event
About the event
Join us as we mark the closing of the exhibition Bamboo Entwine as they Grow at Bankstown Arts Centre.
The day will include free performances by exhibiting artist Sarah Ong and collaborator Joshua Hwa, and a ticketed artmaking workshop facilitated by exhibiting artist Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen.
- 2-2:10pm - Joshua Hwa flute performance
- 2:30-3pm - Sarah Ong sculptural performance
- 3-4pm - Catering
- 3:20-5pm - Bamboo Breathing Ink Workshop with Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen (Click here to register for the workshop)
Where: Bankstown Arts Centre, 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown
When: Saturday 14 February 2026, 2-4pm
Light refreshments will be provided.
This is a free event. Please register your attendance for catering and accessibility purposes.
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About the exhibition
Bamboo Entwine as they Grow has been developed in collaboration by Bankstown Arts Centre and the Museum of Art and Culture, yapang. This two-part exhibition focusses on the practices of three artists Tiyan Baker, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen and Sarah Ong, presenting new and loaned artwork across both sites. The three artists have used bamboo to explore themes of labour, love, resilience, and life transplanted, each through their own contemporary bamboo practice. Baker, Chen, and Ong show how remarkable the humble bamboo grove is - despite its far-away origins, and its ‘primitive’ reputation, they recognise that bamboo plays a vital role in the lives of many people across Australia with spiritual and emotional significance.
With mutual admiration for each other’s artistic practices, the three artists had hoped to one day work together in a collaborative way. As this project has grown over both locations the artists have shared skills, laughs, labour, research and memories born from having East Asian backgrounds and mixed cultural upbringings in Australia. Bamboo Entwine as they Grow plays on bamboo’s role in our contemporary world and speaks to the need for all of us to connect and share knowledge so we can grow and thrive together.
Exhibition dates
Bankstown Arts Centre
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Saturday 14 Feburary 2026
Museum of Art and Culture, yapang
Friday 12 December 2025 - Sunday 15 February 2026
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Bankstown Arts Centre, 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown, Australia
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