Second Chance: Boorrumpah Goupong Aboriginal Corporation
Sloane Stallan, Ugarapul Creation Story, 2025. Acrylic on Canvas, 90 x 125 cm. and Rhan Hooper, Coolamon and Hunting Boomerang, 2025. Mulga hardwood. Image by Louis Lim.
27 Jun 2025 — 27 Jul 2025
Sloane Stallan, Ugarapul Creation Story, 2025. Acrylic on Canvas, 90 x 125 cm. and Rhan Hooper, Coolamon and Hunting Boomerang, 2025. Mulga hardwood. Image by Louis Lim.
| Dates | Friday 27 June to Sunday 27 July |
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| Times | 10:00am — 3:00pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Booking | No bookings are required to visit the exhibition. Artist Talk | Saturday 05 July 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm with Sloane Stallan and Uncle Patrick Scribner RSVP now via the link below: |
Coming soon - Second Chance showcases a journey through life, culture and mental health education.
Through art, Boorrumpah Goupong Aboriginal Corporation tells their stores to provide a safe space for healing. Boorrumpah (Mount Flinders) means meeting place for Ugarapul Men's Business. Goupong means Frog, the Ugarapul totem. The Ugarapul Dreamtime story tells how the Frog and the Serpent made Ugarapul Country by putting up mountains for protection from storms and the elements. Just as the Frog and the Serpent formed the mountains as a form of protection, BGAC builds men’s mental health like mountains to weather life’s storms and mishaps.
This is an Ipswich Art Gallery exhibition.
Boorrumpah Goupong Aboriginal Cooperation Member David Sams. Image by Jim Filmer.
Boorrumpah Goupong Aboriginal Corporation
Boorrumpah is the first local community-based Indigenous Men’s corporation to be established in Ipswich. It is a not-for-profit community-controlled organization that has been established by local men to address the disadvantage experienced in access to specialized men’s well-being support and services.
"Today, we create a safe space for men to speak. Since 2022, BGAC has been reaching into the Ipswich community of young and older men, by running groups and camps in partnership with Healthwise every Wednesday at the Leichhardt Community Centre. We also partner with the Kambu Young Indigenous Boys Program, Ripley Valley Secondary College, Bellbird Park State Secondary College, Ipswich State High School and the West Moreton Detention Centre." - Sloane Stallan, President, Boorrumpah Goupong Aboriginal Corporation
An Ipswich Community Gallery Exhibition
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Where is the Ipswich Community Gallery?
The Community Gallery is located in d’Arcy Doyle Place in a separate building to the Ipswich Art Gallery. The entrance to the Community Gallery building is on the corner of Limestone & Nicholas Streets (opposite the Ipswich Civic Centre).
Past Exhibitions and Events
Reading is Magic: Story Arts Festival Ipswich
04 Aug 2024 — 17 Aug 2024
David Pearce, The Inventor (detail), 2023, Images courtesy of the artist.
Blak & Abstract - 21st Century Indigenous Explorer
20 Jul 2024 — 28 Jul 2024
Countermeasures, 2024, silicone, pins, wool, pigment, variable dimensions.
Image courtesy of the artists.
Countermeasures: Ellie Coleman & Linda Clark
30 May 2024 — 09 Jun 2024
Alex Beitz, The Eyes of a Man, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 455mm x 355mm, Image: Courtesy of the artist.
Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School: Visual Art Showcase
10 May 2024 — 19 May 2024
Connections: The Marburg and District Art Society
18 Apr 2024 — 28 Apr 2024
Photograph of videographer Kate Ellovee and Russell Clifford with the prize surfboard.
Photo by Thomas Oliver www.thomasoliver.photo
Ippy Drops In…and Rips: Surfboard Art Design Competition
02 Dec 2023 — 22 Dec 2023
Bobbi Lockyer
For Our Elders 2023. The 2023 National NAIDOC Week Poster incorporating the Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag (licensed by the Torres Strait Island Council).
For Our Elders: Poster Exhibition + Workshops
03 Jul 2023 — 17 Jul 2023
