THE POWER OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN ART

This information/discussion panel is part of Artitja Fine Art's KNOWING COUNTRY exhibition, opening on International Women's Day, 8th March, 2018 which honours Aboriginal women artists from regional and remote communities around Australia, who have made an enormous impact on the wider community through telling their stories and culture through art.

Featuring an expert panel of guest speakers Carly Lane – Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of WA; Judith Hugo – Art Curator, North Metropolitan TAFE and Fremantle State Member the Hon Simone McGurk MLA – Minister for Women’s Interests the panel will be facilitated by Artitja Fine Art Director, Anna Kanaris.

(Painting is detail from a collaborative work by artists Sandra Goodwin, Raylene Walatinna, Jeannie Reggie, Julie Yatjitja 198x137cm (Iwantja Arts)