ACT-BELONG-COMMIT ELEVATE ARTS

DANJOO - INTERWOVEN

Curated by Wadandi/Minang/Koreng Bibbulmun artist Lea Taylor and Greg Sikich

Danjoo - Interwoven celebrated local Aboriginal culture, Country, language and visual arts practice in Western Australia, proudly presented new and recent artworks by eighteen Aboriginal artists from or now residing in the south west corner of the state. Danjoo – meaning together in Bibbulmun Noongar language reflected the bringing together of established, mid-career and emerging Aboriginal artists working in diverse art forms, presenting artworks that speak of local Aboriginal culture and contemporary, personal, social and political issues.

Featured artists Deborah Bonar-Mills, Lance Chadd, Julie Dowling, Jeanette Garlett, Naomi Grant, Linda James, Bradley Kickett, Rohin Kickett, Norma MacDonald, Janine McAullay Bott, Esther McDowell, Lewis Nannup, Daniel Roe, Lea Taylor, Jo Ugle, Mandy White, Desmond Woodley and Boyden Woods.

OPENING Fri 15 Feb 6pm - 8.30pm
Welcome to Country 6.30pm
Concert by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse 7.30 - 8.30pm. More info >

VIEWING WED TO FRI 10AM - 5PM, SAT 11AM - 3PM

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Image: Julie Dowling, Mardubaya Irra (growing language) (detail), 2018, acrylic, red ochre, plastic on canvas, 119 x 89 cm