Painting Cultural Artifacts
Event description
Saturday 5 October | 2pm
Friday 11 October | 2pm
Entry is Free | Bookings Essential
Parents or carers must accompany their children.
These workshops will be held at the Canberra Centre.
Join Wiradjuri artist, Jessika Spencer in a children’s painting workshop. Jessika’s Father Ross Spencer makes cultural artefacts and will be making boomerangs for each workshop participant to paint and take home with them. You’ll get to learn about Aboriginal symbols and iconography and learn how to customise your own boomerang.
About the Artist
Jessika is a First Nations weaver, writer and activist, she is a Wiradjuri woman from the Sandhills of Narrungdera, NSW. For over the past decade she has resided on beautiful Ngunnawal country, where she currently creates her art. Being an Aboriginal woman, culture and art go hand in hand. They are intertwined and are an ongoing source of inspiration for her. Through her varied art forms, Jessika explores her cultural identity.
Cultural Weaving workshop with Jessika Spencer 2024| Photograph 5foot Photography
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