First Nations Art has take centre stage for NAIDOC week at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre culminating in a celebration on Saturday 14 November bringing together education and culture.
The entire gallery has been dominated by First Nations art with artists taking to social media to explain their works through Facebook videos.
After the successful 2019 First Nations Exhibition, funded by Regional Arts Funding, the artists and the audience requested a larger scale exhibition in 2020.
So Cooroy Butter factory Arts Centre responded to the call by hosting a First Nations art exhibition throughout the whole gallery, offering a larger exhibition for emerging and established First Nations artists residing on Gubbi-Gubbi land culminating in a Gubbi-Gubbi celebration during NAIDOC week.
Ambassadors Dr Jandamarra Cadd and Uncle Paul Calcott are excited to be involved in this expanded event.
All first nations people residing on Gubbi Gubbi land have been invited to enter the exhibition and the outcome showcases and exhibition with a diverse representation of the incredibly talented First Nations artists we have living on the coast.
The aim of this exhibition is “to give these artists a place and platform to share their work while offering an opportunity to show their artworks to a greater audience and gain more exposure.. also giving them a visual voice to share their creative expression, whether it be derived from their traditional stories or individual based pieces,“ Dr Jandamarra Cadd said.The celebration this Saturday begins at 11am and includes a Smoking Ceremony, Welcome to Country, story time and Gubbi Gubbi dance group with Lyndon Davies.
