Nairm Djambana Workshop

• Adam Edwards Magennis
• Bob Kelly
• Carly Sheppard
• Chantelle Brown
• Chris Austen
• Daniel Trazic
• Dawn Campbell
• Debbie Clifford
• Dicky (Eric) Bedford
• Faith Janssen
• Jacinta Kelly
• Jack Sheppard
• Jake Gaye
• Jamilla Watson
• Jan Chapman Davis
• Kylie Kennedy
• Maggie Kelly
• Mariah Briggs
• Nola Lauch
• Pam Anderson
• Pauline Mackinnon
• Rhoda Green
• Sara Chadwick
• Tameeka Clifford
• Tracey-Lea Smith

Nairm Djambana is an Indigenous exhibition of collaborative stencil artwork produced by 25 Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Aboriginal artists, in a recent two week stencil art workshop facilitated by Andrew Mac of Citylights Projects, and the Stepping Stones Indigenous Art Project. Artists aged from ten to sixty-five participated in the workshop, working together to create an expression of Indigenous connection to community, culture and place using contemporary and traditional Indigenous forms of stencil art.

The work incorporates ancient traditions of marking identity or mapping specific sites or stories. This expression acknowledges and incorporates the dynamic relationship between the past, the present and the future, creating a work of great vibrancy that celebrates aboriginal life as it has been, and as it is now.

ABOUT BALUK ARTS
Baluk Arts is a collective of urban Aboriginal artists from Frankston and Mornington Peninsula whose work reflects themes of identity in a contemporary cultural context. The artists are celebrating the first year of operation of their newly formed Victorian Aboriginal arts organisation with an exciting and successful workshop program, quality exhibitions and delivery of artist services.

Artists range from 10 to 62 years of age and are from diverse Aboriginal backgrounds. Family groups and members of the stolen generation have reconnected with their culture and express their histories through strong artistic practices to support their cultural and creative well being.

Baluk Arts encourages community development, youth leadership, participation and interaction, and Indigenous governance through innovative arts practice. Baluk Arts is building a long-term and sustainable future for Aboriginal people of Frankston & Mornington Peninsula. Baluk is a local Boonwurrung word meaning clan or extended family group.

info@balukarts.org.au
http://balukarts.org.au/