NAIDOC Week Ceremonial Lighting Event
Event description
Join us for the ceremonial lighting of the façade at Australian Parliament House in celebration of NAIDOC Week.
The façade will be illuminated with the striking colours and design of Michelle’s Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), a 2023 artwork by Michelle Lewis.
Michelle Lewis is a Pitjantjatjara artist. The artwork depicts how the tjala (honey ants) tunnel through the sandy soil. Alongside the tunnels are waterholes, trees, and shrubs.
The artist says that ‘I am painting the landscape from above, as you might see it from an airplane or as a bird looking down. It is beautiful country both from on the ground and up above.’
Michelle Lewis lives and works in Pukatja community on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjatjara (APY) Lands in the northwest of South Australia. Michelle will travel to Canberra to see her amazing work come to life on the APH façade on Monday 7 July.
Register for this free event before 2:00 pm on Monday 7 July 2025.
Date: Monday 7 July 2025
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Australian Parliament House Forecourt
Please dress warmly as the event will be outside.
Image: Michelle Lewis (born 1983). Pitjantjatjara people, Michelle’s Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), 2023, Parliament House Art Collections.
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